[mythtv-users] Backend OS - opinions on Archlinux

[jacek burghardt]

With arch Linux you avoid spending hours or days fixing issues. I like
avoiding having to reinstall my os. I run xen on arch and pbx an other
mythtv. So far biggest changes was switching to systemd from init but init
was still supported.
Arch gives you the ability to limit your down time


On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Andréas Kühne <andreas at kuhne.se> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I did an upgrade from 11.04 to 12.04 by reinstalling the system (also
> changed the system disk from a hdd to a ssd). I really don't see what the
> issue is. Because I am using sasc-ng (for using 3 cards in the same
> machine) I even had to recompile my kernel manually. All in all it took
> about a day, and now I am running the latest version of mythbuntu and
> mythtv. I'll be using this system for at least 1 1/2 years now, so I really
> don't see what the problem is. 1 day of work for about 2 years of bliss ;-)
>
> // Andréas
>
> 2013/1/6 Greg Cope <gregcope at gmail.com>
>
>> On 6 January 2013 00:11, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am looking at updating my backend, made necessary by the fact that it
>>> is mythbuntu 10.04 (no myth 0.26 packages).
>>>
>>> I really hate this 2 yearly cycle of updating ubuntu distros, even on
>>> LTS. I thought maybe a rolling release like Arch would alleviate me from
>>> having to do that.
>>>
>>
>> Same here (although open to any distro) - have an old ubuntu system that
>> needs an upgrade (but Ubuntu broke the online upgrade between the versions
>> I need to jump).  Grh....
>>
>> Greg
>>
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