[mythtv-users] why you use myth...like myth, or hate Microsoft

[Sarah Hayes]

Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:
> This is somewhat of a poll question. I'm just curious to see what 
> peoples' answers are.
>  
> I have seen so much hatred among linux users against microsoft (and 
> rarely against Apple, who to me seems worse). Some of the complaints I 
> understand and sometimes agree with, but sometimes it seems that linux 
> people have real hatred towards Microsoft...like really really bad hatred.
>  
> So i'm wondering...why did you start to use myth...
>  
> 1. was it because you heard about myth, so you learned to use linux so 
> you could run myth,
> 2. was it because you like linux so you then went and used myth,
> 3. or was it because you don't like microsoft, so that's why you're in 
> linux, and hence, why you chose myth?
>  
> I'm a 1-er myself. I like that myth gives me the customization I like 
> and that I can add frontends to it which microsoft mce doesn't let you 
> do as far as i know. So i've learned quite a bit about linux during 
> this myth process...still a work in progress.
>
Actually, I'm a 4.  Wanted PVR, tried all the various flavours I could 
find, went with Myth.

MCE was laughable, MediaPortal (0.0.0.1 or something) was too hardware 
intensive, MythTV kinda worked.