Really not to play a 'whose dist is better' game, but the reason I used Gentoo, is because I have much more success being able to go out and compile from source (when there isn't an ebuild), than I did with Fedora or what have you. They adhere a bit more to the 'default'. Now I can use Lirc or whatever straight from their CVS builds w/o issue.
-Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis B. Hopp Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:42 PM To: 'nate s'; 'Discussion about mythtv' Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Recommendations By too much I meant the install process. Don't know if I feel like spending 24-48 hours compiling everything when I can get most everything running in about 20 minutes with a different distribution. I haven't used gentoo for a desktop type project in a while. Mostly web/mail servers at work that don't need a GUI of any sort so I don't have to compile X (yes I know you can get precompiled packages, but then what's the point of using gentoo?). --Dennis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nate s Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:23 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations > What distribution are you using? I'm thinking either Fedora Core or > Mandrake (I love gentoo, but I think it may be too much for this)... > --Dennis Gentoo too much? How so? I've got it running fine on gentoo. I hear FC is one of the easiest to set up due to Jarod's guide, and I've also heard good things about KnoppMyth, esp. for a first time setup. However, if you're already a gentoo user, I'd highly recommned that, as in my slightly biased opinion, the setup on gentoo is even easier (gentoo setup in general is hard, but if you're familar with that, the mythtv setup part is pretty painless.) -Nate
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