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

[Mike Andy]

Like I said I'm ok at Linux the reason I want to change is to
challenge myself. I've used Ubuntu, Sabayon, and Arch Linux as
desktops before. So those taught me about Debian and Gentoo like
systems respectively. Suse as my server has introduced me to RPM based
systems.

But I've never played with a system directly based on redhat so this
is why i'm changing.

Compiling dependencies shouldn't be a big problem, in that case I'll
try CentOS, Has anyone here gotten mythbackend 0.23 to work on centos?


I also just found this: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/beta/ but it will
only be good to play with and not use seriously.




On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Mark Hutchinson <markhsa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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