[mythtv-users] fc4.ppc, Mac Mini and MythTV

[Piers Kittel]

Stupid question I think but why not use OSX and the MythTV OSX frontend? 
Somehow a recent SVN compiled successfully for the first time ever for 
me and it now works nicely with OSX

Cheers - Piers

Matt Hannan wrote:
> Ross Campbell wrote:
> 
>>> Getting MythMusic to work is not the goal here. Getting MythTV, as a
>>> whole, to work within Linux on PowerPC hardware is.
>>>     
>>
>>
>> Matt,
>>
>> Please _do_ persevere.
>>
>> I'm sure there are many others like me who have spent far too much
>> time and money trying to make their frontend just one decibel quieter
>> that like the idea of using a Mac Mini running Linux as a frontend.
>>
>> The mini is cheap, attractive, and running Linux on it has far better
>> hack value than an Epia running Linux :)
>>
>> -Ross
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> 
> FC4 went in like nothing, once I nuked the Mac partitions (use the OSX 
> install disc and then dig around for the Disk Manager utility). Linux 
> seems to be running just fine on it. It is MythTV that is giving me such 
> heart-ache!
> I swear, with all the hype that came about when the Mini was introduced, 
> I would think this would be a slam dunk by now.
> But, NOOOOOO!
> 
> Matt
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