<p>On Jul 5, 2012 9:03 AM, "Karl Dietz" wrote:<br>
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> On 05.07.2012 14:22, David Litchman wrote:<br>
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>> I'm looking into switching my PC-DVR setup over to MythTV. It looks like<br>
>> there are three main precompiled distros and I'm wondering if any one of<br>
>> them comes more highly-recommended than any of the others?<br>
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> I'm quite happy with Mythbuntu. It has its set of quirks, but is a<br>
> close as I could find an appliance style distribution.<br>
> And it appears to have to biggest installed base according to Smolt OS<br>
> stats <a href="http://smolt.mythtv.org/static/stats/stats.html">http://smolt.mythtv.org/static/stats/stats.html</a><br>
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> Regards,<br>
> Karl</p>
<p>I'd second Mythbuntu. I'm also an IT professional, and spent several years battling through, and getting some good use out of, a Fedora-based Myth system. It was a learning experience! </p>
<p>Then I got hit by the same Comcast change everyone did, and decided to build a new box around a Mythbuntu system (and an HDHR Prime). It was damn near seamless, but the biggest difference is that finding answers online is a lot easier, because of the wide user base. </p>
<p>I still had some quirks to deal with (NAS storage permissions, for example), and VAAPI doesn't seem to work with Ivy Bridge yet, but generally it's pretty smooth sailing. </p>
<p>Cheers, <br>
Geoff <br>
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