[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu question

[Stephen Worthington]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:32:55 -0700, you wrote:

>I'm currently running Mythbuntu 0.28 / 14.04.  I'd like to do a clean
>install starting with 15.04 (want the newer linux core for its enhanced
>btrfs support).  I also use the machine as an Ubuntu Desktop.
>
>In the past, I've installed Mythbuntu and used Mythbuntu Control Centre to
>add the Ubuntu Desktop "role".  But I've occasionally had configuration/use
>issues (relating to some combination of gdm/lightdm and gnome/xfce/kde and
>auto-login) that made me think it's not exactly a "standard" Ubuntu
>install, i.e. the fixes for my problems were different than the fixes were
>for people with the same version vanilla Ubuntu).  But I really like the
>MythTV "environment" controlled by Mythbuntu Control Centre.  Also when I
>try to upgrade distributions it just flat-out fails.
>
>So I'm thinking I will install the standard Ubuntu 15.04, then add
>Mythbuntu Control Centre/Myth after that.
>
>My question is: Is there anything wrong with that plan (like I'll miss some
>feature of Mythbuntu)?  Or am I just wasting my time and I should just
>install Mythbuntu 15.04 to begin with?

Mythbuntu is only supported on LTS versions, so installing it on 15.04
might be problematic.  Have you considered whether you could get the
btrfs improvements by installing the Hardware Enablement Stack to get
a later kernel?  That allows you to still use a supported Mythbuntu
14.04 version:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack