[mythtv-users] Several Items: Remote, IR Receiver, Fedora 9, etc.

[Douglas Wagner]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 18/04/2008, Douglas Wagner <douglasw0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Questions:  First, has anyone tried Myth with one of the
> beta/pre-release
> > versions of Fedora 9?  I know we're about a month away (I expect 9 to
> ship
> > right around the time I start this project) from it's release and I'm
> trying
> > to figure out if I should "blaze the trail" so to speak with a new setup
> or
> > go with Fedora 8...I kinda hate being a version of software behind at
> the
> > git-go but on the other hand I have 2 weeks to get the WAF back up to at
> > least where it is now.  Opinions?  8?  9?
>
> If this is a dedicated PVR machine and you're used to using Fedora,
> seriously consider installing CentOS instead of Fedora 9. CentOS has
> long term support, will be supported on atrpms.net when Fedora 9 goes
> EOL, and is very stable. It does not use the latest and greatest
> kernel (currently 2.6.18, so it might not be suitable if you have
> hardware which requires very new driver support), but you can still
> use pre-built binaries of MythTV, LIRC etc and because it's a Red Hat
> derived distro, looks and feels a lot like Fedora, just without the
> upgrade headaches.
>
> --
> Nick Morrott
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Excellent point: from what I understand CentOS is basically RHEL repackaged
in a "free" form.

I admin about 60 international RHEL boxes so i'm very familiar with the OS.
 Mostly however I tend to upgrade the OS due to new stuff comming out, I
guess that doesn't make alot of sense for an appliance...still treat the
thing as a server and not an appliance.

I guess centos is one of the supported OSes on AT? (Haven't paid much
attention since I've always been a fedora guy) or are you in essence pulling
packages from the Fedora set? (I suppose I could look instead of asking,
ignore that question).

Certainly something to consider.

--Douglas Wagner
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