<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Colin McGregor <<a href="mailto:colin.mc151@gmail.com">colin.mc151@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">My mother is in the process of recovering from some major surgery.<br>This means two things, I expect to be going to see her in the not too<br>
distant future and and am thinking "is it time to pull together a<br>MythTV box for her?".<br><br>My mother is a retired high school home economics teacher, so, no<br>dummy, but on the other hand, limited computer skills (well, limited<br>
technical skills in general, programming the VCR is something she<br>finds frustrating). So, the question is has MythTV with say Mythbuntu<br>reached the point where once set-up a "average" person could run the<br>
machine? Basicly I want something that will make life easier for her,<br>not frustrate her...<br><br>Thoughts? Feedback?<br><br>Thanks all.<br><font color="#888888"><br><br>Colin McGregor<br>_______________________________________________<br>
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<div>If you do this, I recommend something like minimyth on a USB key for the front end (unless you were thinking of a combined FE/BE). That way, if the power goes out or she has to reboot the box, nothing is likely to be messed up.</div>