[mythtv] Dual tuner card

[IvanK.]

Nothing against Lindows, and all the best to them, but let's limit discussion 
on this list to mythtv issues and no pr talk, please :-)

Thanks,
IvanK.


On Thursday 23 January 2003 01:19 pm, Merle Reine wrote:
> LindowsOS is Open Source and GPL and as such, I believe the source code
> will be made available according to the GPL.  The real value in
> LindowsOS is not the OS itself but rather the simplicity of the Click N
> Run agent .  Non techie users (i.e. my mom, etc) would not even dream of
> apt-get or rpm -i anything via konsole and I would not want them to as
> it would be a support nightmare (it is bad enough helping her with
> Microsoft Windows).  With the Click N Run Warehouse, you can select what
> application you want and simply click on it and it installs, creates
> start menu icons and / or desktop icons and you are all set.  Say you
> want Star Office, click on it and it installs.  No need  to apt-get, rpm
> -i, sh installer.sh, etc.
>
> This will surely push Linux to the desktop as it will not be so scary
> for first time users.
>
> On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 09:57, Micah Morton wrote:
> > Interesting - I have a couple questions though. Once conexant releases a
> > driver for linux, will it be only for lindowsOS? or will it be released
> > for all linux variants?  I'm concerned about this because although I have
> > nothing against lindowsOS and actually thing its pretty awesome, I feel
> > dirty paying for closed source software. So, I may switch to lindows down
> > the line, but for now, mandrake/debian will have to do.
> >
> > Also, the other drivers developed for lindows... will they too be lindows
> > only? or will the driver make its way to the linux market via open
> > source? Any info is GREATLY appreciated!
> >
> > Let the year of the linux desktop begin!
> >
> > --Micah Morton
> > --Linux Network Test Engineer
> > --Intel Corp
> >
> > > Actually, I have had the head of driver development for Conexant in my
> > > office all week working on the linux driver with our engineers (not a
> > > "rep").  We should have a driver for the 23880/1 chip ready in a few
> > > weeks.  I have already gotten it to work with 2.4.20 kernel and we are
> > > working out a few bugs.
> > >
> > > You have to remember, this is the year of the "Linux Desktop". 
> > > Everyone is in a mad scramble to catch up with the growing demand for
> > > linux on the desktop.  As our company is at the forefront of the Linux
> > > Desktop movement, I see the the demand for drivers first hand.  Almost
> > > on a daily basis, I get calls from various hardware and chip makers and
> > > vendors looking to develop or have us develop linux drivers for their
> > > product.  Conexant happens to be one that contacted us and is urgently
> > > looking to get out a linux driver for their latest chipset.
> > >
> > > I will keep you posted and as I love the MythTV project, I will make
> > > sure that you guys are the first to know when we release the Conexant
> > > driver for the 23880/1 chipset.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Merle Reine <merle.reine at lindows.com>
> > > Lindows.com Hardware Certification
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 19:52, Bruce Markey wrote:
> > >> tarek Lubani wrote:
> > >> > I don't for a moment believe that's genuine naivete...
> > >>
> > >> Busted ;-) I wanted Merle to think about how empty that
> > >> non-promise is. In fact, my interpretation is that he was
> > >> told "no" and didn't understand. "That should be possible",
> > >> "we're currently exploring that", "this is on our list of
> > >> future enhancments", "blah, blah, future release", and
> > >> "this is a priority" are all polite ways for customers
> > >> reps to say "no" and let the customer believe whatever
> > >> they'd like without making any promises.
> > >>
> > >> --  bjm
> > >>
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> > > --
> > > Merle Reine <merle.reine at lindows.com>
> > > Lindows.com Hardware Certification
> > >
> > >
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