[mythtv-users] Distro of Choice

Greg greg.d at cwgsy.net
Sat Nov 13 23:07:35 UTC 2004


> 
> I do not want to start a holy war!!!   But what i would like is some
> advice.  I just purchased a PVR 350 just to build a myth tv box.
> my Setup
> Hauppange 350
> Sempron 2400
> 512 DDR RAM
> 
> What distribution of linux have people had good experience 
> and ease of configuration for MythTV.  I've uesed every 
> distribution listed
> Mandrake, SuSE, Gentoo, Debian.   I consider my self proficient in all
> but not an expert.   I dont mind compiling but for my first box i'd
> probably use a binary (or emerge) till i understand it 
> better, then possibly compile later.
> 
> If one distro works with the Hauppange Remote control that 
> would be good.  But what i'm really after is which one is 
> easiest to configure.
> 
> Please No Holy wars.... i'm just interested in your milage.
> 
> Mark Gardner
> 

I personally like SUSE 9.1, and use the rpm's provided by oystein here:
http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/apt/suse/

Greg



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