[mythtvnz] Hi

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Don Robertson <don at robertson.net.nz> wrote:

>
>  I assume for some reason you are running mythbuntu, if that is correct
>>
>
> Um - yes. I am wondering why, though. I thought it might be easier to use,
> but am wondering if I should install MythTV into another distro - xubuntu
> for example. I use Kubuntu on my desktop, so unless there is a compelling
> reason not to, I would prefer to stick to an *buntu distro.
>
>
When I said "for some reason" I was referring to my thought processes not
your choice of distro :) In fact I believe mythbuntu is a very good choice.

Mythtv runs on many kernels (linux, freebsd, MacOSX, Windows...) and of
course you can make it work on any reasonably modern linux distro. However
there are many i's to dot ant t's to cross so a distro built for myth is a
LOT easier. Those basically amount to mythbuntu (ubuntu based) and LinHES
(arch based). Mythdora (fedora based) is deadish, although there are at
least two good dedicated RPM repos which seem to work on fedora, and other
redhat derivatives.

I have recently played with LinHES and although it is fantastic in many
ways, for someone like me that likes to fiddle, it is not the best IMHO.

So that leaves *buntu. The worst part is the non rolling release model, and
the best part is the fact that the current and next (ie development)
versions of mythtv are available via the mythbuntu repos.


> Wondering what the hell happened to apt on a rpm system gets embarrassing
> after a while ...
>
> Anyway - are there any advantages to using Mythbuntu?
>
> I have been running Zentyal - a Ubuntu based office server distro - but am
> not sure my machine would cope with both.
>
> Soooo - what is the one best operating system for everything? Let me know
> when you all reach a consensus :-)
>
>
> Thanks for the detailed info about tv_grab_nz-py. I will get onto it when
> I have time :-)
>
>
> Don
>
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