On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Geoff B <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffbon@gmail.com" target="_blank">geoffbon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><p>On Jul 5, 2012 9:03 AM, "Karl Dietz" wrote:<br>
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> On 05.07.2012 14:22, David Litchman wrote:<br>
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>> I'm looking into switching my PC-DVR setup over to MythTV. It looks like<br>
>> there are three main precompiled distros and I'm wondering if any one of<br>
>> them comes more highly-recommended than any of the others?<br>
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> I'm quite happy with Mythbuntu. It has its set of quirks, but is a<br>
> close as I could find an appliance style distribution.<br>
> And it appears to have to biggest installed base according to Smolt OS<br>
> stats <a href="http://smolt.mythtv.org/static/stats/stats.html" target="_blank">http://smolt.mythtv.org/static/stats/stats.html</a><br>
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> Regards,<br>
> Karl</p>
</div><p>I'd second Mythbuntu. I'm also an IT professional, and spent several years battling through, and getting some good use out of, a Fedora-based Myth system. It was a learning experience!</p></blockquote><div>
<br></div><div>I have been using fedora for my myth backend/frontend been working fine for over 5 years. Upgrading from one fedora version to another like fc16 -> fc17 it sucks, fedora has never made upgrading easy. It always requires booting from a media and preforming the update that way. Fedora have been improving the experience, but that's where ubuntu got it right!</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have recently installed ubuntu 12.04 on a mini for a frontend. Installation was smooth and painless. Also with the mythbuntu repos and control panels, it makes setup very easy for newbies. I would recommend an ubuntu distro for people setting up a new system.</div>
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<p>Then I got hit by the same Comcast change everyone did, and decided to build a new box around a Mythbuntu system (and an HDHR Prime). It was damn near seamless, but the biggest difference is that finding answers online is a lot easier, because of the wide user base. </p>
<p>I still had some quirks to deal with (NAS storage permissions, for example), and VAAPI doesn't seem to work with Ivy Bridge yet, but generally it's pretty smooth sailing. </p>
<p>Cheers, <br>
Geoff <br>
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