[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/13/2011 11:13 PM, Reynolds, Brian wrote:
>> They use the exact same MythTV packages, but Mythbuntu doesn't run
>> gnome so its a lighter weight solution.
>>
>> A little reading: About Mythbuntu section here: http://www.mythbuntu.org/
>> Adding to Ubuntu: http://www.mythbuntu.org/existing-ubuntu
> It sounds like Myth for dummies.  Perfect.  Downloading now.  Thanks.

I prefer to think of it as MythTV on Ubuntu for people who don't want to 
re-invent the wheel.

Mythbuntu is just Ubuntu /already/ configured for running MythTV, by 
people who spend a /great/ deal of their time following MythTV 
development and interacting with the MythTV developers so they can make 
informed decisions about configuration and do a good job executing the 
plan so you don't have to.

If you start with Ubuntu and reconfigure it to efficiently run MythTV 
and install MythTV packages, if you do a good job, you'll basically have 
Mythbuntu when you're done.  If you don't do so well, you'll get to look 
forward to the same learning experience that the Mythbuntu packagers 
have already been through--as you're trying to track down the source of 
your configuration problems that are causing your performance issues so 
that you can reconfigure, again, in hopes that your installation will be 
more like Mythbuntu.  :)

Mike