[mythtv-users] Linux Mythtv Questions

[Boyd II, Willy]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Bass [mailto:kbass at kenbass.com] 
>Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:05 PM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Linux Mythtv Questions
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>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.

Exactly.  I think the important part was the he already had Redhat 9.0
installed and running, and beyond that compiling software isn't really all
that necessary with the great
ATrpms resources.

- Willy

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