<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:07 AM Paul Gardiner <<a href="mailto:lists@glidos.net">lists@glidos.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I've been using OpenSUSE for years now, mainly because I know it better <br>
than other distributions, and my backend has also been my MTA and web <br>
server, so I need to know it reasonably well. But now I've made other <br>
arrangements for web and email, so I'm free to make the backend just <br>
that and nothing else. OpenSUSE has been good, and there is at least <br>
someone who kindly creates MythTV packages, but they're restrictive in <br>
terms of versions. At the moment, I cannot update OpenSUSE version <br>
without updating MythTV version at the same time, and I'd rather not. <br>
Also, neither the latest OpenSUSE or the one I'm on, gives me access to <br>
MythTV v31. So, I'm thinking this may be a chance to swap to a different <br>
distro. Any recommendations?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well, I keep the Fedora packages up to date via RPM Fusion, and already being used to a RPM based distro it would be an easier transition. Upgrades between Fedora versions works way better than it used to 5+ years ago so that's largely pain free as well. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">One thing I don't want to lose is kiwi. Kiwi allows me to build my <br>
frontend disc images on the backend and server them via AOE or write <br>
them to the frontend disc and control whether the frontend boots from <br>
AOE or disc from the backend. I never have to connect a keyboard or <br>
mouse to the frontend. I believe Kiwi was developed on OpenSUSE but now <br>
supports other distros.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've never used Kiwi but it appears to be available:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kiwi">https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kiwi</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Richard </div></div></div>