[sllug-members]: Introduction, and mythTV

[Chad]

On 11/20/06, Nick Nielson <nicknielson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I recently joined SLLUG and I plan on building a mythTV system during the
> Christmas break from the U of U.

w00t!  On a related-to-the-U-note has anyone been following the
helarious postings in the Chronicle about the BYU mascot?  I love em.

> Allen Parker, is there any particular why Gentoo is a better distribution
> than others for MythTV?

Although I'm not Allen Parker, I believe Gentoo to be the best distro
for MythTV because MythTV, IMHO, is the type of application that with
fine-grained control allows world of possibility, in addition to that,
using every bit of your systems resources could mean the difference
between playing something (like HDTV content) and just watching
jitter.  Of course, if you are building a dream machine, this argument
doesn't apply, yet I still think it's better than any alternative for
MythTV because it's the easiest one I've installed MythTV on (using
any means necessary).  I've installed on FC4/FC5, Ubuntu and KnoppMyth
for various customers, and really, Gentoo beats them all hands down
because nobody wants a 'default' install, and when customizing comes
along, Gentoo is (again all IMHO) by far the best distro to do it on.
It doesn't guess what I want or have, I tell it and it builds my
packages to suit.

Yes yes, lots of arguments for other distros, and a whole truckload
more for Gentoo, but that's a few reasons why I think it's the best
distro for MythTV.

> Thanks!
> --Nick Nielson

-Chad

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