[mythtv-users] Linux Mythtv Questions

[Ken Bass]

I'm not sure it was a troll. I think Keith's point, after looking at the
original post, is that the way the person (Dave) asked their question
implied someone who is very new to the concepts of compiling and installing
downloaded software. In addition Dave said he is new to linux! While mythtv
is a great project, it has a steep learning curb and not having any linux
(and perhaps unix experience) is tough. At this point in time, I wouldn't
recommend mythtv to non-technical people (like my neighbors, etc) - its just
not stable enough. All I have to do is watch (and try to explain) some of
these concepts to my wife and I realize that.

On the other hand, Dave said he was willing to learn and one you get mythtv
working I think it is worth it if you are willing to invest the time.

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:44:36 -0600, Aran Cox <spin at avalon.net> wrote:

>On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 03:34:06PM -0500, Keith Kris wrote:
>> I would suggest you not use mythtv, It's not really designed to be easy to
>> compile/install.  Freevo may be a safer bet (though it can't do live tv.)
>> If you really want Myth, try one of the binary distributions, or even the
>> knoppmyth bootable cd.
>> 
>
>Is this flamebait?  I think mythtv is easy to install and configure.  It's the
>dependancies that can be time consuming to get right, and with RH9, the apt
>repositories, and the howto, it's not bad at all.  Driver issues/conflicts
>and lirc seem to be the points a lot of people get stuck on.
>
>Aran