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Re: [News] Review of MythTV

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:04:05 +0100, Hadron Quark wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Linux as a Media Centre
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | As far as comparing Mythtv to Windows Media Centre, there is really
>> | no comparison, Mythtv is in a class of its own and puts WMC to shame
>> | in almost every department possible. This is the sort of application
>> | that could introduce Linux to many new users and households. Well done
>> | Isaac and the rest of the team, keep up the good work.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.linuxforums.org/multimedia/linux_as_a_media_centre.html?
>>
> 
> Some quotes:
> 
> ,----
> | The Linux Desktop 'revolution' that many of us have been hoping and
> | lobbying for may not come about the way we expected, but we are an
> | adaptable crowd and this is the point of my article. Adaptability.
> `----
> 
> ,----
> | Without a strong enough reason to change to Linux people aren't. If only
> | there were applications that people really wanted that were exclusive to
> | Linux.
> `----
> 
> ,----
> | Plan A - After some initial reading I decided to install Via Apt, the
> | Debian package manager, on to the installation of Debian Sarge that was
> | already on the machine. But due to a circular dependency and various
> | other problems beyond the scope of this article that failed and I moved
> | to Plan B.
> `----
> 
> ,----
> | Plan B - Plan B was to download and install Knoppmyth, a custom
> | distribution that automatically installs a trim Debian based media
> | centre running a recent version of Mythtv, with all the additional
> | modules available via apt, and a very basic Desktop environment
> | consisting of fluxbox and little else.
> | 
> | 
> | Plan B was a breeze and left me ruing the many hours spent on the
> | ill-fated Plan A.
> | 
> `----
> 
> To sum up : I was unable to install the bastard thing so had to install
> a dedicated distro. Yup. Distro hell once again.
> 
> 
> But the clincher, and it confirms everything I have said before about
> mythtv and OSS SW in general is this:
> 
> 
> ,----
> | All in all Mythtv is not suitable for beginners and probably never will
> | be unless someone with commercial interests gets involved,
> `----
> 
> Priceless,


Yea....

Roy really should start actually reading the tripe he posts because in
many cases it is having the opposite effect from what he intended.

BTW he has posted this MythTV thing about 5 different times under
different subject lines.




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