[mythtvnz] New to Myth TV and would like your opinion

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Cameron McConnochie
<cmcconnochie at gmail.com> wrote:
> I hope I'm not going off track too much here but I'd like to defend
> mythbuntu a little.
>
> I did a re-install of Mythbuntu 7.10 recently and setup three partitions
> (OS, Recordings, Archives/Misc).  Set it all up using the installation CD's
> next, next next process.  I'm not sure if I've missed your point Nick or it
> may have been fixed ???
>
> Cameron

My point is you shouldn't have to set up partitioning yourself. In
Mythbuntu/Hardy it set up one partition only. I shouldn't need to
second guess what size root partition I need, or that the mount point
for data should be deep inside the filesystem. If mythbuntu is for
anyone to set up, then newbies shouldn't have to second guess it
either.

>
> 2008/5/21 Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>:
>>
>> I think that for me knoppmyth has been the best, but the current
>> version does not have 0.21 and has an older kernel.
>>
>> You can update it to 0.21 yourself (it has all the compiling tools,
>> headers etc) but the lack of the rt2x00 wireless driver (which is now
>> on kernel 2.6.24) is annoying for me. Even the "any day now" 0.21
>> version of knoppmyth will only have kernel 2.6.23 so I am indecisive
>> about where to go with my mythbox and its shiny new 750G drive.
>>
>> mythbuntu does some (IMHO) dumb shit, like only installing one
>> partition (with myth you should seriously put all your media on a
>> separate partition to facilitate updating), and it buries the data in
>> /var/lib/mythtv (IIRC the path correctly).
>>
>> On the other hand having repositories with regularly update myth is a
>> bonus.
>>
>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Cameron McConnochie
>> <cmcconnochie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > It sounds like you have a similar amount of Linux experience to me.  I
>> > use
>> > Mythbuntu and its been the easiest Linux installation I've done.
>> >
>> > I've been blown away by the ease of setup, maintenance and use.
>> >
>> > That said, I haven't touched Mythdora which seems to be the main
>> > alternative.
>> >
>> > There's my 2 cents,
>> >
>> > Cameron
>> >
>> > 2008/5/21 Graeme Woollett <g.woollett at irl.cri.nz>:
>> >>
>> >> > Which Distro is best suited to beginners?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> Mythbuntu is easy to install, has mythtv 0.21
>> >>
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