[mythtv-users] Recommended Linux Distro post CentOS

[R. G. Newbury]

On 2020-12-15 2:39 a.m., Bob Long wrote:
> Ben wrote on 14/12/20 6:24 pm:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I figured I'd ask here because the main goals of updating my server 
>> from CentOS 6 to --- well, no longer CentOS 8 since it's no longer 
>> going to be what CentOS was...
>>
>> I'm wondering who is using what for their home servers for MythTV (and 
>> Plex) on the same box.
>>
>> I also use desktop apps on this same system as well as run some 
>> VirtualBox VMs (Windows and Raspbian)
>>
>> So with that -- I'd like to hear from the group what people have been 
>> happy with that's LTS-ish like CentOS was.

I have been running mythtv on Fedora since Fedora 4. Until myth v.28 I 
had always compiled from master as originally there were no good repos, 
and then because it was easier for testing the imon kernel module (I was 
an alpha level tester: code by Jarrod Wilson).
As a bit of a lark, I tried rpmfusion at v28. No problems (only a slight 
loss of flexibility in removing extensions I did not want: slight size 
increase as a result but irrelevant really).

Fedora uses the same structural setup as RHEL and Centos, so everything 
will be exactly where you expect it to be.
On the odd occasion I find myself delving into a Ubuntu based setup I am 
always slightly lost as to where things are! Not a big deal, but we do 
get used to where things are located. Like getting in a rental car and 
trying to find the windshield wipers in the dark. On the upside, you 
will *not* have to learn new names for any of the programs or 
prerequisite libraries you want to install.

One of the recent Fedora kernels was named as a LTS if that is a 
concern. If your box is a standalone BE/FE then that hardly matters. I 
have a mythbox running Fedora 28. It's not obsolete although the OS is old.

Moving up to Fedora 32 or 33 will give you a BIG jump in the kernel. 
Although some denigratre Fedora, it's "cutting edge" is actually 
incredibly stable for something like mythtv.

Geoff




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