Kevin Rose knows squat about Linux. Using the MythTV distro is a lame cop-out.
Kevin Rose knows squat about Linux. Using the MythTV distro is a lame cop-out.
Wouldn't it also screw you over on updates and potentially breaking something? I figure it was much more difficult to set them up separately, but iit would be better in the long run if it was done that way. I've got Mandrake set up on a laptop. I am looking at using Fedora though, simply because there's a how-to. There are a couple of things that bother me, how do I marry a second hard drive at a later time and how difficult is it to set up? Also is there anything special we'd have to do if the power went out and the pc shutdown? Is it just a couple of commands and mythtv is back up?
Yes, it makes using Linux over the long run very painful. If you don't mind investing some time and effort -- Gentoo is a great way to go. Otherwise, I'd recommend SuSe 10.1 or Ubuntu. They are by far the best non-poweruser distros. Fedora and Mandrake don't even come close. If you go with Ubuntu, read my "how to install linux for the total n00b" thread atop the Sports Bar.
Yes, it makes using Linux over the long run very painful. If you don't mind investing some time and effort -- Gentoo is a great way to go. Otherwise, I'd recommend SuSe 10.1 or Ubuntu. They are by far the best non-poweruser distros. Fedora and Mandrake don't even come close. If you go with Ubuntu, read my "how to install linux for the total n00b" thread atop the Sports Bar.
I've tried getting MythTV started on Suse 10.1 and didn't have much success. Not sure if it was my video capture card are what. It also could have been the permissions were set up in Suse as Myth was giving me a permissions error.
I've since upgraded to 10.2 and it works much better for newbies. Haven't tried Myth on 10.2 but I'm thinking I might have better luck this time around.
With Suse 10.2 java and video work much better. In 10.1 you had to go in and establish links and do some typing in a shell to get these things to work. In 10.2 once installed everything just works.
Having tried Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, and a few others I can say that Suse is by far the easiest to migrate from Windows too.
I've tried getting into Gentoo but get bogged down into the howtos and what not. Maybe one day.
On a side note why can't we buy a mythbox similar to TIVO? Paying TIVO or DVR service every month gets old especially when there really isn't a need to connect to TIVO or DVR. Looks to me like there is a need that isn't being met.
