[mythtvnz] Chch setup help please?

[Wayne]

On 2009/12/29, at 9:34 AM, Jim Cheetham wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Wayne
> <waynefilter at embeddedengineering.co.nz> wrote:
>> I'd prefer one of the full OS's so that my always on box can be a  
>> more
>> useful server (DLNA later)
>
> I installed the Mythbuntu distro on my machine, after hitting numerous
> problems getting the mythtv packages to play together sensibly. It is
> a full OS; it's been trivially easy to treat this machine as "ubuntu
> desktop" and to add other layers of software for different tasks.
>
> -jim
>
Thanks Jim.

I use Ubuntu daily on a couple of desktop machines, and am pretty  
comfortable with it generally, too.

Any general comments on what you needed to do "getting the mythtv  
packages to play together sensibly" please?

What hardware were you installing on?

Thanks, cheers,
Wayne