[mythtv-users] why you use myth...like myth, or hate Microsoft

[Bert Van Kets]

Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:
> This is somewhat of a poll question. I'm just curious to see what 
> peoples' answers are.
>  
> I have seen so much hatred among linux users against microsoft (and 
> rarely against Apple, who to me seems worse). Some of the complaints I 
> understand and sometimes agree with, but sometimes it seems that linux 
> people have real hatred towards Microsoft...like really really bad hatred.
>  
> So i'm wondering...why did you start to use myth...
>  
> 1. was it because you heard about myth, so you learned to use linux so 
> you could run myth,
> 2. was it because you like linux so you then went and used myth,
> 3. or was it because you don't like microsoft, so that's why you're in 
> linux, and hence, why you chose myth?
>  
Make that a #2 for me (did I just order a chinese dish??). I had been 
using Linux for a while before I started looking for a DVR. The main 
reason I moved from Windows to Linux is "Control". I was fed up with 
losing control with every new Windows version and when I heard of the 
problems Vista was about to unleash, I cut Windows at home completely.
I tried Windows MCE and actually had to give up because it would not 
support my video card and was SCREAMING for more RAM.
Fedora with Myth solved that problem. After a while I moved to MythDora 
and I have't looked back since (unless it was to see what I _can_ do now 
which I would never be able to do with Windows).


Getting control over my systems is still the main reason for me to go 
open source. One must keep in mind that being prepared to take the 
control is a predicament and not for everybody. I would never trust my 
70 year old dad with Linux.

Bert