<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Nick Morrott <<a href="mailto:knowledgejunkie@gmail.com">knowledgejunkie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On 18/04/2008, Douglas Wagner <<a href="mailto:douglasw0@gmail.com">douglasw0@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Questions: First, has anyone tried Myth with one of the beta/pre-release<br>
> versions of Fedora 9? I know we're about a month away (I expect 9 to ship<br>
> right around the time I start this project) from it's release and I'm trying<br>
> to figure out if I should "blaze the trail" so to speak with a new setup or<br>
> go with Fedora 8...I kinda hate being a version of software behind at the<br>
> git-go but on the other hand I have 2 weeks to get the WAF back up to at<br>
> least where it is now. Opinions? 8? 9?<br>
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</div>If this is a dedicated PVR machine and you're used to using Fedora,<br>
seriously consider installing CentOS instead of Fedora 9. CentOS has<br>
long term support, will be supported on <a href="http://atrpms.net" target="_blank">atrpms.net</a> when Fedora 9 goes<br>
EOL, and is very stable. It does not use the latest and greatest<br>
kernel (currently 2.6.18, so it might not be suitable if you have<br>
hardware which requires very new driver support), but you can still<br>
use pre-built binaries of MythTV, LIRC etc and because it's a Red Hat<br>
derived distro, looks and feels a lot like Fedora, just without the<br>
upgrade headaches.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><div>Excellent point: from what I understand CentOS is basically RHEL repackaged in a "free" form.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I admin about 60 international RHEL boxes so i'm very familiar with the OS. Mostly however I tend to upgrade the OS due to new stuff comming out, I guess that doesn't make alot of sense for an appliance...still treat the thing as a server and not an appliance.</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I guess centos is one of the supported OSes on AT? (Haven't paid much attention since I've always been a fedora guy) or are you in essence pulling packages from the Fedora set? (I suppose I could look instead of asking, ignore that question).</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Certainly something to consider.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>--Douglas Wagner</div>