[mythtv-users] Starting to think I should use Kaffeine instead of Mythtv

[Simpson, Richard]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of ffrr
> 
> Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:25:15 -0400
> >David wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Well, if you want a full-blown desktop distro, I can't 
> recommend Fedora 
> >>Core 4 highly enough.  IMO it's the best platform for both 
> Myth *and* 
> >>desktop work.  I've never like Mandrake/Mandriva much myself.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >My local lug refers to it as Mandrivel
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> Don't want to start a distro war, but do they give good 
> reasons?  I mean 
> Mandrake was based on redhat to start with.  I actually ran 
> Fedora 4 for 
> a while, then switched to Mandriva because it was a more complete 
> distro, and easier to setup. It sits higher on the 
> distrowatch website's 
> page hit ranking too. 
> 
> Of course, none of that amounts to much if it doesn't work 
> :-(  To tell 
> the truth, if I was to switch, I might consider Suse, as we 
> use that at 
> work - mainly because of the support from Novell.
> 
> Oh and Jarod's guide pretty much applied to what I had to do 
> to install 
> mythtv under Mandriva.  I used it extensively.

Use the distro your're most familiar with. They all work! Myth can be complicated enough without tossing a new OS into the mix.

Richard.