[mythtv-users] Re:Best linux OS for mythtv

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:22:00PM -0600, Alexander Petkov wrote:
> Kinda wish the info on crux came out 2-3 days earlier... I just completed a Mythtv install on a fresh Vector Linux 4.0 system. I mostly compiled everything by hand, total / size is 800 Megs. 
> 
> The convenience of a Debian-based distro is not to be dissmissed though--I tried a Mythtv install on Mepis and it was the easiest Myth install I have ever done. However, with my old machines I am aiming towards less resource-hungry distros. The Vector install uses 60 megs of RAM with fluxbox loaded. Even when Mythfrontend plays tv, there's RAM to spare (it uses just under 160 Megs).

You could certainly trim your Debian install down to the same figure.
(Remember that you're talking about the same software just packaged
differently.)

The memory figures are a bit meaningless. My MythTV box has 512Mb
RAM and only 75Mb free - because there's 265Mb in the disk cache.

Hamish
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