[mythtv-users] Re: Choice of Linux distro?

[martin north]

Thomas Rokamp writes: 

> Hi! 
> 
> Next week I'll start setting up an installation of MythTV. 
> 
> The basic configuration will be this: 
> 
> Amd Duron 600MHz
> 384mb RAM
> 80gb hd
> Hauppauge PVR-350 
> 
> What Linux distribution would you suggest for a first time installation?
> I'm planning to use apt-get and install the whole suite.
> Most of my Linux experience comes from RedHat. Will there be any 
> difficulties using that? 
> 
> Next - I plan to change the setup later. I will change the mainboard 
> with the VIA Epia M60000. Does nyone know how the 667 MHz VIA CPU 
> performs compared to Duron 600? 
> 
> And would the above setup be able to be used with "live" tv (time-
> shifting)?

I started off using Redhat - and got myself tied up in knots with failed 
dependencies, and a general bad experience. I have rebuilt with gentoo and 
it is much better. 

I am running it on an EPIA-M6000. I haven't got things fully working yet, 
since i'm using DVB. But you really do need to get the CLE266 MPEG decoder 
working. I have found life is much easier in the Gentoo world than Redhat if 
you want to use the reverse engineered cle266 drivers.