[mythtv-users] Sort of OT - Attn Aussies

Dean Collins Dean at collins.net.pr
Tue Jul 11 11:51:08 UTC 2006


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of David Whyte
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 July 2006 1:35 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Sort of OT - Attn Aussies
> 
> On 7/11/06, Shanon Mulley <shanonmulleyster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > And was it worth it? Well, it depends on your perspective. If all I
> > wanted was a fancy VCR, then I would say not. The pain involved in
> > building the thing was to great. But I saw this thing as more then
> > that - I saw it as a chance to learn about linux (so maybe I can
ditch
> > windows from my other machines in the future), a challenge in
general,
> > a web server, as well as a fancy VCR.
> >
> 
> Getting more OT...
> 
> Yup.  Actually, this was my first foray into linux.  Back in September
> of 2004, I decided as a software engineer, I really should know about
> this linux 'stuff' and chose myth as the driving force to teach
> myself.
> 
> Now, I am no linux expert, but I am certainly a lot better off for
> playing.  I try and use linux where ever possible and will soon move
> my laptop to a dualboot box so I can use Ubuntu as the main OS on
> there too.
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You think MythTV is a hard sell, wait until you until you introduce
www.asterisk.org into the family home. 

Cheers,

Dean


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