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

[Sam Gibbons]

On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 10:37, Torsten Schenkel wrote:
> If you are used to redhat you can use is very well with mythtv. There's
> an excellent install guide by Jarod dealing especially with Redhat and
> Fedora. Maybe Fedora would be the better choice of redhat flavour since
> redhat will stop support for rh9 in the near future?
> 
> There were some problems compiling the ivtv driver (for the pvr) with
> redhat, but there are redhat module rpms for the driver which seem to be
> updated frequently. Not bleeding edge, but they support the tv-out for
> the pvr.

> My experiences with redhat for the mythbox weren't that good either (had
> to start using redhat because of the cle binary drivers, but switched to
> the pvr350 and back to debian). But I am a long time debian user and
> don't like some of the concepts in redhat. But you have to admit, that
> it's much easier to set up a redhat system compared to debian (or
> gentoo). Once it's up and running, maintenance seems lots easier with
> debian to me. But if he's used to redhat, why not?


I am also a long time Debian fanatic. I do have to say that using Fedora
(with all of RH's strangeness) is slick and easy to maintain. With the
addition of APT and the ATRPMs, this is just as simple as Debian to
upgrade etc.

For your first time, this is the road of choice. If there is one thing
Red Hat (and hence Fedora) does well is making polished and streamlined
installation programs.

I am running a A7A266 with AMD Athlon XP 1800+ with 512MB RAM, 120 GB
hard drive, GeForce2 MX440 video and a PVR 350. Works slick and it
installed the first time correctly. I was recording shows in less than a
couple of hours. And, most of the install time was due to xmltv getting
listings.

I have yet to get TV-Out (from the 350) to work correctly, however. I
get a picture and sound, but the picture is choppy and unwatchable via
the TV-Out. So, I use the GF2 s-vid out with NVTV to correct the
picture.

Sam