On Jun 15, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Lan Barnes wrote:
You've come close to answering my question du jour. When I get back
from
vacation in July, my major Linux project will be to (*finally*) put
together a Myth box. I thought this might be a place where the RHEL
would make sense, as it's basically a server, stability is a big
issue,
etc.
Remember that Linux distribution "stability" is defined not as "the
thing doesn't crash" but instead "the thing isn't a damn moving
target." You're correct that building an appliance like a MythTV box
would be a good use for a non-moving target distro. RHEL/CentOS
would be a fine choice, and as I noted in a previous email the ATrpms
3rd party distro provides RHEL4-prepared packages for MythTV (http://
atrpms.net/dist/el4/mythtv/).
Most people on the Myth list say just throw Fedora on it and go from
there. Other distros are OK, they say, but most people test and run on
FC, so they recommend it. For some reason, I wanna go RHEL. I
recognize
that this is a superstitious decision ("big machine need big OS").
I'm thinking of sending away (Cheap Bytes of the like) for the 4.1
re-spin of CentOS.
Try it. If I were building a new box, I'd try CentOS first. But if
it causes any sort of hesitation or support issue, I wouldn't be too
upset to have to build on FC3 (probably FC4 by the time you get back
from your trip). As I noted earlier, as long as the 3rd party RPM
support remains, you don't have to be concerned that your particular
Fedora version is considered out of date.
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