[mythtv-users] Backend OS - opinions on Archlinux

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On 10/01/2013 4:58 p.m., Nick Rout wrote:
> OK well having read this thread again, and noting the input of several
> frequent and respected posters, I am no closer to a decision :(
>
> Whatever OS I choose I'll be getting a SSD for the OS (including mysql
> databases) and changing OSes will be simpler without any media at all on
> the SSD. My current system has a 750G drive as / and it has a number of
> movies and all my music on it. That disk will be freed up in this
> process and become a data only disk.
>
> The SSD will also mean I can keep the existing system as reserve in the
> meantime - I may even see if I can move the data off it, shrink it down
> to size and make a new data partition.

Thanks to the posters the choice seems simple enough:

Either you do updates every 2 or so years when you choose (mythbuntu)

or you do updates when arch linux chooses for you.

I prefer the former.