[mythtv-users] Linux fo mythtv Centos vs. Ubuntu

[Jim Abernathy]

> On Jan 5, 2018, at 2:26 PM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:
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> On 05/01/18 00:47, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>> So I saw some recommendations about using Centos7 for stability for a base for Mythtv backend.  I’ve always used Ubuntu based O/S like Xubuntu LTS or mythbuntu. No issues with stability, but I have not run any other server features on that PC.
>> How well supported is mythtv on Centos?  The wiki instructions point to using nux and the link for that yum is a dead link, at least today.  I’m building a VM to test mythtv on Centos7 minimal, but I have a lot to learn and it starts with why nux and dextop is not there.
>> Jim A
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> I commented earlier about the delayed arrival of rpmfusion support for CentOS 7/Scientific Linux 7/ RHEL7 /el7, which probably explains why the nux repo has been recommended.  It may still have some unique media packages, and I have seen a report that its operator has provided responsive support.  I used it for some time with no problems that I remember, and I find that I still have some of its packages installed. Now I'm running master and my current build system doesn't use it at all.
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> But I just looked at the site and it's still there, with MythTV packages for 0.27 (Oct 2014), 0.28 (Aug 2016) and 29 (Oct 2017).
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> It's in the "Nux Dextop" repo here:
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> http://li.nux.ro/repos.html
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> to enable it, or browse at
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> http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/
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> John P
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So I got to work on the Centos7 mythtv in a VM for test and then I quickly realized I hadn’t worked with Fedora or Centos for 6 or 7 years. No way to solve all the dependency problems.  Too big a learning curve for an old man.  I’ll stick with Ubuntu LTS based.  Thanks for the confirmation that all Linux DISTROs are complicated. I can get mythtv up and running on Ubuntu server or Desktop in under 30 minutes. So I’ll stay there.

I think what I’ll test next is getting a PC with 4-2TB of drives and a Core i7 processor running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server with Mythtv backend, cifs, nfs and try to setup file share on the drives.  I may try some software RAID mirrors to give a little protection.  All my PCs are on UPS’s so I don’t fear hard drive crashes from power failures.

Wish me luck :-)

Jim A


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