[mythtv-users] Xbox frontend - what features do I need

[Alexander Fisher]

On 05/10/06, Peter Loron <peterl at standingwave.org> wrote:
> David Whyte wrote:
> > I have done two Xboxes now and both are running great.
> [stuff snipped]
> > All in all, the Xboxes have been great frontends and I will probably
> > do a couple more now I have all of the kit to do it quickly.
> >
> > HTH's
> > Whytey
>
> I've gotten mine set up and working (mostly), but I stopped using it
> because it was sooooooo slooooooow. Changing from one menu option to
> another is glacial.
>
> I know part of the issue is running Linux, X, and mythfrontend on a 64M
> machine.
>
> Any pointers to speeding things up short of adding more RAM?

What distribution were you using?  Light weight window manager and the
minimum of other services running are key to acceptable performance.
I think some people don't even run a window manager at all.

Alex