[mythtv-users] iMac as possible Frontend?

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 7, 2008, at 7:55 AM, Simon Allcorn wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I currently have 2 imac (1x G3 400Mhz - free, 1x G3 500Mhz - 50 quid  
> from fleabay) and am trying to get them working as myth frontends.  
> I've not managed to do it yet, but mainly because ubuntu has a  
> kernel option turned on that caused gcc to segfault (and the pre- 
> built frontends too). So now I'm trying  to get fredora running and  
> will let you know how I get on. I'm going on the same theory as  
> Sarah above  - if it can play DVDs it should be able to play  
> standard def DVB feeds.

You might look into Yellow Dog Linux. It's specifically designed to  
run on PPC architecture Macs.

beww