I've tried Myth on Fedora 5 and 6(BE & FE using Jarod's guides), Mythdora 3.2 & 4.0 (BE & FE), Ubuntu FF (FE only), and Mac OS X (FE only, albeit on a cracked copy running on a Dell laptop). Mythdora 4.0
was by far the easiest install and setup I've used. With my PVR-150 it's "just worked" on an Athlon 2500+ and an Intel Pentium D system as well as a few FE-only laptops. But Mythdora 4.0 is version 0.20.1
fixes, and upgrading to the latest stable release (0.20.2) involved jumping through a few hoops.<br><br>I haven't tried Mythbuntu or KnoppMyth in a couple years, so I don't know about those distros.<br><br>The big question, of course, is what exactly you need. Basic recording? Do you want lots of add-ons like MythMusic, Myth2iPod, MythIPTV (What's it called these days?), etc? Are you recording standard definition or do you want HD? Single standalone system or multiple FE & BE machines? Cable box or straight in? Etc., etc., etc.
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 11, 2007 10:48 PM, Arpotu <<a href="mailto:arpotu@apathynews.com">arpotu@apathynews.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey all, it's me again.<br><br>As I look around for a good linux distro to build MythTV on, I find that<br>some support it better than others. Is there a "best Linux" for MythTV?<br>I suspect this is a somewhat political question, as one can "make it work"
<br>for most distros. I've tried it on Ubuntu, which is iffy - and I've heard<br>it works on Fedora, but does it (easily) work with CentOS or RHEL? Pure<br>Debian? Mandriva? Knoppix? Is it better, in general, to use precompiled
<br>packages or does MythTV work better compiled from scratch?<br><br>Thanks again,<br><font color="#888888">Arpotu.<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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