I have used mythbuntu in the past and it works well.
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Jeff Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm about to purchase an Acer Aspire Revo for use as a Mythtv Frontend. I'm > confident I can get all the hardware working without too much effort. The > idea is to minimize the setup time as much as possible. > > I'd like to forego my usual choice of archlinux or other rolling distros, and > go for one of the MythTV-specific distros. As far as I can tell, the three > main contenders are: > > * Mythbuntu > * KnoppMyth > * Mythdora > > I don't know as much about KnoppMyth nor Mythdora. I'm inclined to go with > Mythbuntu, because I like debian-based systems well enough. Does anyone > recommend in favor of knoppmyth or mythdora? Anyone recommend against > mythbuntu? > > I'm not looking to build a tinker system here, so that throws any rolling > distros out the hatch. I'd like to be able to run recent MythTV releases (yes > sometimes from svn if needed) without too much trouble. > > I'm also planning on putting the same distro on a backend machine. The Acer > Revo is a great frontend because of its small size (think Wii), low price, and > HDMI output, but it can't exactly take any tuner cards. I guess I'm just > curious as to how many times I'll end up needing to drag a monitor over to my > headless mythbackend server if I opt for one of these distros. I don't suspect > that the need will arise any more or less depending on these three distros, > but it is a concern "just in case". > > Another question that I haven't answered is how I want to store files for > MythTV's recordings and for MythVideo. I have a couple sata drives I'd like to > use, but it'd be nice to do something like LVM or ZFS. Should I make sure I > have some parity in there? Should I just do a JBOD? What works best? > > > Thanks! > > Jeff > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- Devin Flake 801-368-5595 [email protected] www.devinflake.com flake.homelinux.net -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
