[mythtv-users] modernizing mythtv

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Sat, 10 May 2014 17:56:42 +0200
Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> To come back to a more fundamental issue. No server/backend
> application should depend on a graphical environment other then WEB.
> Running X for those is a wast of resources. That is one of the main
> reasons I find Windows unsuited for server applications. On my server
> running mythbackend among others I have only the most basic graphical
> card present, so I can if needed watch the boot process and implement
> new kernels. The only reason X is even installed is Mythsetup, which I
> only start at need. The rest I manage by ssh or more and more the web.
> Originally a lot of people were running both back and frontend on the
> same machine, but nowadays more and more people are splitting this up.
> So I see mythsetup as an archaic inheritance of old times, that
> should be replaced by a more modern web interface.

I have completely headless BE, I upgrade the kernels and run setup
remotely no problem. No X installed.

-- 
Cheers, Saul