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On Dec 1, 2012 9:43 AM, "Curtis Walker" <<a href="mailto:sultanoswing@gmail.com">sultanoswing@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 1 December 2012 09:37, Curtis Walker <<a href="mailto:sultanoswing@gmail.com">sultanoswing@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > On 1 Dec 2012 08:32, "Don Robertson" <<a href="mailto:don@robertson.net.nz">don@robertson.net.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
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> >>> So that leaves *buntu. The worst part is the non rolling release model,<br>
> >>> and the best part is the fact that the current and next (ie development)<br>
> >>> versions of mythtv are available via the mythbuntu repos.<br>
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> >> I have not set MythTV up on anything else, so no real comparison, but I<br>
> >> kinda thought Mythbuntu would make it easier to set up an entire system -<br>
> >> without having to delve into, for example, smb.conf files. But I don't know<br>
> >> how hard MythTV would be to set up on a standard distro.<br>
> >><br>
> >> As to no rolling releases, somewhere on the MythTV pages it says that if<br>
> >> you get your system running the way you want it, leave it alone. ie don't<br>
> >> upgrade - breaking the habits of a life time :-)<br>
> >><br>
> >> Which does bring me to another question - in the Mythbuntu Control Centre,<br>
> >> it gives me the option to pick which version of MythTV to upgrade to.<br>
> >> Choices are 0.25 to 0.27.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Given the advice above - is it a good idea to use the latest version?<br>
> >><br>
> >> If I loose last nights Coronation Street before my wife sees it .... well,<br>
> >> if you don't hear from me again, call the cops :-)<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Don<br>
> >><br>
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> Sorry about the blank email - the perils of trying to respond to this<br>
> list on a cell phone!<br>
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> It's interesting that mythbuntu has 0.25 and 0.27 - the current<br>
> version is 0.26. Or is 0.26 the current version on mythbuntu, with the<br>
> option upgrade to (not yet final release) 0.27 or downgrade to 0.25?<br>
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> Having something that works and leaving it is a *very* difficult habit<br>
> to establish. Good luck with that and the WAF!<br></p>
<p>At present 0.26 is release and 0.27 is development code. It should really be called master but for some reason ubuntu's versioning doesn't work that way.</p>
<p>So don't use 0.27 unless you are adventurous. 0.26 should be fine.</p>