Aloha,
I was wondering why you are avoiding Fedora? Curiosity mostly. I will
have to check out KnoppMyth.It sounds very cool and easy to work with.
Mahalo,
Edward
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 21:49 -1000, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
> Wayne Maeda wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, but what's the advantage of one over the other? Or are there any
> > major differences? Is one easier to install? I was thinking of getting
> > into MythTV after reading about the LUAU install "fest" a few months ago.
> >
> > Wayne
> The MythTV install fest organized by Matt was based on KnoppMyth. Of
> course you can install MythTV on any distro, but due to its relatively
> high degree of complexity (anything so powerful has a "price" tag), you
> need to have (1) some Linux knowledge (which I believe you do); (2) lots
> of time (most of us don't); (3) the right hardware; and (4) lots of help
> from those who have done it.
>
> As I mentioned in the original thread, KnoppMyth requires a dedicated
> machine (or you can make do with a removable HD rack); thus, ideally,
> you would want to install MythTV on a regular distro.
>
> I have been playing with MythTV on SuSE, on and off, for a couple of
> months, with limited success. It may be easier to install MythTV on
> Fedora, but I am in the process of avoiding Fedora as much as possible.
> There is even a one-CD Fedora-based distro pre-configured for MythTV
> ("MythDora"). I've also heard sucecss stories of installing MythTV in
> Gentoo and Ubuntu. However, there is only so much time each of us can
> have. That's why sharing and aggregating our experience is so
> critical. Wayne
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