Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
mike choy wrote: > Paul Bender wrote: > >>Gavin Haslett wrote: >> >> >>>To hell with distributions... Download the source and compile it >>>yourselves!!! Wimps!!! ;) >>> >> >>That's what I do. >>___ >>mythtv-users mailing list >>mythtv-users@mythtv.org >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >> >> > > I agreeThe SUSE Source 8-) That's like making pancakes from Bisquick: sure they are not as bad as frozen, but they are not as good as your own recipe. 8-) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Paul Bender wrote: > Gavin Haslett wrote: > >> To hell with distributions... Download the source and compile it >> yourselves!!! Wimps!!! ;) >> > > That's what I do. > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > I agreeThe SUSE Source 8-) Mike C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Gavin Haslett wrote: > To hell with distributions... Download the source and compile it > yourselves!!! Wimps!!! ;) That's what I do. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
To hell with distributions... Download the source and compile it yourselves!!! Wimps!!! ;) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
On Jan 22, 2006, at 4:14 AM, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > Mathew Mrosko wrote: > >> On Sunday 22 January 2006 1:54 am, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: >> >> >>> Mathew Mrosko wrote: >>> >>> On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: > Matt wrote: > > >> I think the days of "what distro is best" >> is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 >> different answers when it comes to distros. >> >> Matt >> >> > I Agree... its SUSE :-) > > Mike C > > nope, it's GENTOO (2 down, 8 to go) Mat >>> Nagh, all you new-fangled players, its Slackware of course ! :-) >>> >>> >> >> http://www.arouse.net/despair-linux/slackware.jpg >> >> In case you haven't seen that :) >> >> Mat >> >> > Thats about when i started using Slackware Pat is still keeping > up! Gee - nobody's even mentioned YGGDRASIL, wonder whatever happened to that one? I remember when the Infomagic Developer's CD set went from 2 to 3 disks, and we all thought that things were really getting out of hand... ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Mathew Mrosko wrote: >On Sunday 22 January 2006 1:54 am, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > > >>Mathew Mrosko wrote: >> >> >>>On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: >>> >>> Matt wrote: >I think the days of "what distro is best" >is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 >different answers when it comes to distros. > >Matt > > I Agree... its SUSE :-) Mike C >>>nope, it's GENTOO >>> >>>(2 down, 8 to go) >>> >>>Mat >>> >>> >>Nagh, all you new-fangled players, its Slackware of course ! :-) >> >> > >http://www.arouse.net/despair-linux/slackware.jpg > >In case you haven't seen that :) > >Mat > > Thats about when i started using Slackware Pat is still keeping up! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
On Sunday 22 January 2006 1:54 am, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > Mathew Mrosko wrote: > >On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: > >>Matt wrote: > >>>I think the days of "what distro is best" > >>>is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 > >>>different answers when it comes to distros. > >>> > >>>Matt > >> > >>I Agree... its SUSE :-) > >> > >>Mike C > > > >nope, it's GENTOO > > > >(2 down, 8 to go) > > > >Mat > > Nagh, all you new-fangled players, its Slackware of course ! :-) http://www.arouse.net/despair-linux/slackware.jpg In case you haven't seen that :) Mat -- mythtv [at] matmrosko [dot] com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Jos Hoekstra wrote: >Mathew Mrosko schreef: > > >>On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: >> >> >> >>>Matt wrote: >>> >>> >>> I think the days of "what distro is best" is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 different answers when it comes to distros. Matt >>>I Agree... its SUSE :-) >>> >>>Mike C >>> >>> >>> >>nope, it's GENTOO >> >>(2 down, 8 to go) >> >>Mat >> >> >> > >Ubuntu is sweet as laptop-distro as well. > >(3 down, 7 to go) >___ >mythtv-users mailing list >mythtv-users@mythtv.org >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > It's Definately GENTOO! :-) :-) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > Mathew Mrosko wrote: > > >> On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: >> >> >> >>> Matt wrote: >>> >>> >>> I think the days of "what distro is best" is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 different answers when it comes to distros. Matt >>> I Agree... its SUSE :-) >>> >>> Mike C >>> >>> >>> >> nope, it's GENTOO >> >> (2 down, 8 to go) >> >> Mat >> >> >> > Nagh, all you new-fangled players, its Slackware of course ! :-) > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > (4 down 6 to go) cause we know Jarrod wanted to say Fedora :-) Looks like you ARE right Matt Mike C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Mathew Mrosko wrote: >On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: > > >>Matt wrote: >> >> >>>I think the days of "what distro is best" >>>is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 >>>different answers when it comes to distros. >>> >>>Matt >>> >>> >>I Agree... its SUSE :-) >> >>Mike C >> >> > >nope, it's GENTOO > >(2 down, 8 to go) > >Mat > > Nagh, all you new-fangled players, its Slackware of course ! :-) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
On Sunday 22 January 2006 01:16, Mathew Mrosko wrote: > On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: > > Matt wrote: > > > I think the days of "what distro is best" > > > is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 > > > different answers when it comes to distros. > > > > > > Matt > > > > I Agree... its SUSE :-) > > > > Mike C > > nope, it's GENTOO > > (2 down, 8 to go) The correct answer is "whatever you're most comfortable with". Well, unless whatever you're comfortable with just plain doesn't work. Then the answer is 42. -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgproNeXW7gnu.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Mathew Mrosko schreef: > On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: > >> Matt wrote: >> >>> I think the days of "what distro is best" >>> is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 >>> different answers when it comes to distros. >>> >>> Matt >>> >> I Agree... its SUSE :-) >> >> Mike C >> > > nope, it's GENTOO > > (2 down, 8 to go) > > Mat > Ubuntu is sweet as laptop-distro as well. (3 down, 7 to go) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
On Saturday 21 January 2006 11:09 am, mike choy wrote: > Matt wrote: > > I think the days of "what distro is best" > > is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 > > different answers when it comes to distros. > > > > Matt > > I Agree... its SUSE :-) > > Mike C nope, it's GENTOO (2 down, 8 to go) Mat -- mythtv [at] matmrosko [dot] com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Matt wrote: > there's always knoppmyth. But as you can see from everyone elses > reply: pick what you want! I think the days of "what distro is best" > is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 > different answers when it comes to distros. > > Matt > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > I Agree... its SUSE :-) Mike C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
there's always knoppmyth. But as you can see from everyone elses reply: pick what you want! I think the days of "what distro is best" is out the window. Ask a group of 10 people and you'll get 10 different answers when it comes to distros. Matt ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Florin Andrei wrote: >On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 22:04 +0100, Rick van der Mieden wrote: > > >> >>How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the >>dependencies of suse? >> >> > >I'm using mythfrontend on a laptop running Fedora 4. >No dependecy problems with Fedora anymore since they started to use yum. > >To install MythTV on Fedora, just follow Jarod's HOWTO: > >http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php > > > Thanks for all the reactions. I installed ubuntu and it's workink like a charm. I've got still some thinks to tackle with installing the best ati driver, but I'll figure that out when I've some time left. I'm thinking of installing ubuntu on the backend as well, because X on my current gentoo backend/frontend connected to my TV is crashing all the time when and I'm sick and tired of it. But again, a day has only 24 hours. I'll probably come back to you all if I get stuck with some ubuntu driver issue or whatever. Regards, Rick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 22:04 +0100, Rick van der Mieden wrote: > > How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the > dependencies of suse? I'm using mythfrontend on a laptop running Fedora 4. No dependecy problems with Fedora anymore since they started to use yum. To install MythTV on Fedora, just follow Jarod's HOWTO: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
On 16/01/06, Dewey Smolka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the dependencies of > > suse? > > I've had no problem with either FC3 or FC4 in a dual-boot notebook > (Compaq EVO n800c) -- everything including the touchpad worked out of > the box. I think the only real hardware problem Linux has with laptops > these days is with embedded wireless devices, which my notebook > doesn't have. > > I was able to set up and run Myth frontends on both with little > problem just by following Jarod Wilson's guide. Same here running a RHEL4 notebook - took a little tinkering getting the IPW2200 wireless working, but no problems at all. I'm interested in the reasons people suggest against installing/using Fedora/RedHat - I've not had any problems with them (currently using FC2/FC4/RHEL4 MythTV systems). The one overriding issue I (and most DVB/ivtv users) have faced is getting their respective modules playing nicely together. Now that the ivtv project is being integrated in to the kernel this should become a thing of the past. On my laptop, the only devices not usable are the memory card reader and the smartcard reader, which I can live with. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
> How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the dependencies of > suse? I've had no problem with either FC3 or FC4 in a dual-boot notebook (Compaq EVO n800c) -- everything including the touchpad worked out of the box. I think the only real hardware problem Linux has with laptops these days is with embedded wireless devices, which my notebook doesn't have. I was able to set up and run Myth frontends on both with little problem just by following Jarod Wilson's guide. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 22:04 +0100, Rick van der Mieden wrote: > I need some opinions here please. > > I'd like to install a linux distro on my laptop for daily usage and > for a mythfrontend. Question is what is the best suitable distro for > my laptop. I tried suse in the past, but I hate all those "missing > dependencies" with installing rpms. Gentoo is great (my backend is > running on it), but the emerging of kde errored after compiling of a > complete day!!! So not an option for me anymore. Knoppmyth is more for > a cd frontend and not appropiate for my dual booted laptop I think. > > How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the > dependencies of suse? > > Some experiences are welcome I run Mandriva on my Compaq 1250 (1GHz mobile Athlon) with 128M RAM and use that as a MythTV frontend when in my office doing work with my desktop. No problems at all. Lonnie Borntreger ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Gavin Haslett wrote: > I've got two laptops that run Fedora 4 and Knoppix. By far the better > of the two on the frontend duties is the Knoppix box... but that's a > more powerful machine. > > My Fedora laptop is actually only a PIII-class CPU (500Mhz), but with > a nice trim config (XFCE instead of one of the heavy WM's) the > performance is more than acceptable. Runs Myth playback pretty well > for SD, but for HD I wouldn't even attempt it. > > Depends a lot on what kind of stuff you're going to do with it. I use > my laptop primarily for "Office-type" applications; Email, Web, word > processing etc... I only really use Myth on my laptops for editing > video (creating cutlists, not cutting video). > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Rick van der > Mieden > *Sent:* Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:04 PM > *To:* 'Discussion about mythtv' > *Subject:* [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro??? > > I need some opinions here please. > > I'd like to install a linux distro on my laptop for daily usage and > for a mythfrontend. Question is what is the best suitable distro for > my laptop. I tried suse in the past, but I hate all those "missing > dependencies" with installing rpms. Gentoo is great (my backend is > running on it), but the emerging of kde errored after compiling of a > complete day!!! So not an option for me anymore. Knoppmyth is more for > a cd frontend and not appropiate for my dual booted laptop I think. > > How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the > dependencies of suse? > > Some experiences are welcome > > Regards > > Rick > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > Suse 10 is going v nice here, dependancy issues are mainly due to not setting up your on line repositories right. get them sorted, and you will find it a doddle especially as yast gives you options to overide as needed. I moved from fedora core 4 because I found what redhat did with the build trees and source code was a bit of a pain. Sorry to plug the website but its all here. http://www.acaciaclose.co.uk Mike C ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
I've got two laptops that run Fedora 4 and Knoppix. By far the better of the two on the frontend duties is the Knoppix box... but that's a more powerful machine. My Fedora laptop is actually only a PIII-class CPU (500Mhz), but with a nice trim config (XFCE instead of one of the heavy WM's) the performance is more than acceptable. Runs Myth playback pretty well for SD, but for HD I wouldn't even attempt it. Depends a lot on what kind of stuff you're going to do with it. I use my laptop primarily for "Office-type" applications; Email, Web, word processing etc... I only really use Myth on my laptops for editing video (creating cutlists, not cutting video). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick van der MiedenSent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:04 PMTo: 'Discussion about mythtv'Subject: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro??? I need some opinions here please. I'd like to install a linux distro on my laptop for daily usage and for a mythfrontend. Question is what is the best suitable distro for my laptop. I tried suse in the past, but I hate all those "missing dependencies" with installing rpms. Gentoo is great (my backend is running on it), but the emerging of kde errored after compiling of a complete day!!! So not an option for me anymore. Knoppmyth is more for a cd frontend and not appropiate for my dual booted laptop I think. How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the dependencies of suse? Some experiences are welcome Regards Rick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
> I need some opinions here please. > > I'd like to install a linux distro on my laptop for daily usage and for a > mythfrontend. Question is what is the best suitable distro for my laptop. > I > tried suse in the past, but I hate all those "missing dependencies" with > installing rpms. Gentoo is great (my backend is running on it), but the > emerging of kde errored after compiling of a complete day!!! So not an > option for me anymore. Knoppmyth is more for a cd frontend and not > appropiate for my dual booted laptop I think. > > How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the dependencies > of > suse? > > Some experiences are welcome > > Regards > > Rick > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > My personal fav is linuxfromscratch, you make the system to exactly how you want it. I would steer clear of RH based distro's (centos, mandrake,suse etc) and probably go for debian is i HAD to use a distro Stuart -- The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
Rick van der Mieden wrote: > I need some opinions here please. > > I'd like to install a linux distro on my laptop for daily usage and > for a mythfrontend. Question is what is the best suitable distro for > my laptop. I tried suse in the past, but I hate all those "missing > dependencies" with installing rpms. Gentoo is great (my backend is > running on it), but the emerging of kde errored after compiling of a > complete day!!! So not an option for me anymore. Knoppmyth is more for > a cd frontend and not appropiate for my dual booted laptop I think. > > How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the > dependencies of suse? > > Some experiences are welcome > > Regards > > Rick consider Ubuntu - great distro with no real dep problems and is good as both a desktop os and for running frontend (I run both backend and frontends on my network here) hth Craig ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythfrontend laptop linux distro???
I need some opinions here please. I'd like to install a linux distro on my laptop for daily usage and for a mythfrontend. Question is what is the best suitable distro for my laptop. I tried suse in the past, but I hate all those "missing dependencies" with installing rpms. Gentoo is great (my backend is running on it), but the emerging of kde errored after compiling of a complete day!!! So not an option for me anymore. Knoppmyth is more for a cd frontend and not appropiate for my dual booted laptop I think. How's fedora nowadays. is it the same story as with the dependencies of suse? Some experiences are welcome Regards Rick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
