[mythtv-users] MythTV and the "average" user...

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue May 20 21:18:04 UTC 2008


On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 01:03:58PM -0500, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> 
> >  On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:55:35AM -0500, Sean Goodpasture wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Nick F <nikos.f at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >  On 5/15/08, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> So, the question is has MythTV with say Mythbuntu
> > > >> reached the point where once set-up a "average" person could run the
> > > >> machine? Basicly I want something that will make life easier for her,
> > > >> not frustrate her...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I love Myth, and my (non-technie) wife is able to use it fine when I'm
> > away
> > > > for extended periods on business travel.
> > > >
> > > > The only thing is, my setup does crash every so often, and once my wife
> > > > learnt the basics of restarting the frontend, and if needed ssh'ing to
> > the
> > > > backend to restart the backend when something went crazy there, it's
> > been
> > > > fine.
> > > >
> > > > My setup is not yet at the consumer appliance level.  I personally
> > wouldn't
> > > > do one for my (completely non-technical) mother.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > You need to get Monit up and running for monitoring the backend.  Not
> > sure
> > > what to do about the front end crashing, but my uptime normally runs in
> > the
> > > 30 day mark before the boxes feel like they need a reboot.
> >
> >    Mapping one of the remote buttons as a kill switch works very well.
> > If any sort of frontend shenanigan is going on you just hit the kill
> > switch and "reboot" the thing in a sort of Windows-esque fashion.
> 
> 
> I'd recommend even using a very light window manager like fluxbox and having
> a nice desktop image that says "Please wait while MythTV loads" or something
> to that effect so they get the impression that things are happening.

    What comes out of the box with MythBuntu is already not too bad in this 
respect. Just restarting MythTV (as opposed to the whole box) is a very quick
process actually. There's really nothing to wait for.


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