[mythtv-users] G5 Mac Mini on the shelf?? What to do with it?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Sep 25 14:10:13 UTC 2009


On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 09:24:09AM +0100, Mike Dent wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a combined 0.21 fe/be in the lounge, its in a large case and
> not the prettiest thing.
> I was wondering if I move this elsewhere out of site etc, could I use
> my G5 Mac Mini which
> has been sat on a shelf collecting dust for 2 years or more?

...it would make a nice backend box. Plug an HD-PVR into it and you
will have something sort of like a HDHomeRun. I have this sort of 
setup with my oldest mini.

   It's an intel box that has always run Ubuntu.


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