[mythtv-users] Ditch FC4 for Linux?

[Jules Bean]

Blake wrote:
> OK, I've spent the night trying to get FC4 running on my would-be 
> MythTV box, but there's some problem with the ethernet card (Via Rhine 
> II, on the motherboard). If anyone has encountered this problem and 
> can steer me right on how to fix it, I'll stick with FC4, but 
> otherwise, I don't want to chase down this bug for weeks before I can 
> even GET to my myth installation.
>
> So, KnoppMyth: No. FC4: No. What's next? Gentoo?

Well, it's worth pointing out, of course, that whether your card works 
has everything to with kernel + modules and nothing specifically to do 
with the distribution.

What's bothering you, I imagine, is the success (or lack of) the 
distributions have in automatically probing the card and setting it up 
for you. Now it's a while since I've installed from scratch (will be 
doing so shortly though my when myth box starts coming together!) but I 
have heard that Ubuntu has a very good reputation for hardware 
autodetection.

Jules