[mythtv-users] Help me choose a Redhat based OS for MythBackend

[Mark Hutchinson]

If you want very stable, but a bit boring, CentOS
If you want more features, easier to get dependencies, then fedora 12.

Fedora is a great release.

If you want a mix of these, Ubuntu is the way to go.
If you are a bit new to Linux and not in the expert realm, Ubuntu for sure.

Mythbuntu would be the easiest.

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mike Andy <beatbreaker82 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> As per subject title, Help me choose a Redhat based OS for MythBackend.
>
> The purpose of me having this backend/server is not only to keep my
> recordings up on my backend but it's to teach me about samba/nfs
> filesharing, DNS & DHCP servers, ssh, vnc, apache, security, vim, bash
> scripting, maintaining server uptime, etc...
>
> I've used Arch Linux before for a baptism in fire of how to get Linux
> working and I was very happy with that but then i got a job and our
> servers run OpenSuSE, so I changed the backend to that to help with
> practice there.
>
> Now I've learnt enough about SuSE and I'm tiered of yast holding my
> hand every time I make settings changes and I've always wanted to
> learn Red Hat anyway.
>
> My options I thought were going to be:
> CentOS - seems to be closest to RHEL, but i'm worried about it not
> having the latest dependencies i'll need.
> Fedora - a good option but i'm also worried about the fast 6 month
> release cycles, and the fact that it'll be different (I heard they're
> going to stop using init and go with upstart)
> Mythdora - It'll be the same as Fedora but hold my hand even more?
> RHEL - $$$$$
> Scientific Linux - ???
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> I'm most keen on CentOS but is there anyone out there who got mythtv
> 0.23 working on there yet with a minimal of fuss?
>
> I'm currently using mythbuntu for my 2 frontends and i'm pretty happy
> with them, upgrading/reinstalling them every 6 months is of minimal
> effort and also keeps me mildly intouch with the Debian side of
> things.
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