[mythtv-users] New F/E - use same OS?

john blue rwc at bestpond.com
Wed Jan 30 06:56:25 UTC 2008


On Wed January 30 2008 12:52:01 Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Jan 29, 2008, at 4:50 PM, john blue wrote:
> > I have been trialling  Mythtv on my main system, and am ready to
> > setup a new
> > box to go into the lounge room with the TV (for use by all).
> >
> > This box will be  a dedicated MythTV centre combined  F/E B/E with the
> > existing main system becoming the master backend, this will give me
> > a total
> > of 4 Digital tuner cards.
> >
> > When i ventured into Linux  a few years ago I installed SuSE and
> > have stayed
> > with that distro, and now run OpenSuSE v 10.3, and have mythtv v.
> > 0-20.2.11
> > as supplied from the packman site (I haven't ventured as far as SVN
> > versions
> > yet).
> >
> > If I wanted to trial another distro, say Ubuntu or maybe  Mythbuntu
> > would it
> > be feasible to do that on the new Myth box I  am now assembling? Or
> > would
> > that cause issues between the two boxes,  considering that opensuse is
> > running on the master B/E ?  I certainly couldn't afford to have
> > issues which
> > might impact other viewers.
> >
> >
> > John
>
> Myth doesn't care what distro you're on. As long as the backend/
> frontends on all machines are the same myth version, you're good.
>
Thanks Brad, good to hear.  
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