[sllug-members]: Linux TV

Lee Myers Lee at logonomics.net
Fri Mar 14 09:49:38 MST 2008


If you want more you could go to distrowatch and search for media center
based distributions.

There are a lot to choose from out their.

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Knight Walker <kwalker at kobran.org> wrote:

>
> On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 23:01 -0600, Allen Schultz wrote:
> > Is there a recommended linux distro for my Media Center needs in
> > linux? I have the following equipment. I have a HVR 950 and a Pinnacle
> > TV MCE remote and IR blaster (min req vista). I go through a DirectTV
> > settop box and require the remote/ir blaster to work if I want it to
> > record programs on multiple channels while im away and not constantly
> > rescheduling the programs to record (series tv shows).
>
> Off the top of my head, there's three you may be interested in:
>
> MythDora
> MythBuntu
> KnoppMyth
>
> Depending on your distro of choice. If you like Fedora/RHEL or are more
> comfortable with RPM-based distros, MythDora is probably the one you
> want.  If you prefer Ubuntu/Debian, then MythBuntu is probably the one
> you want.  KnoppMyth was a little behind last time I checked it, but
> that may have changed.
>
> Not sure if they support all your hardware, but if anything in
> Linux/MythTV does, they're probably what you're looking for.
>
> -KW
>
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