On 16/09/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> "AJ Hettema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/16/05 10:40 AM >>> > > hello, > > does anyone have experience with a full frontend of mythtv > > on windows XP??? > > DSMyth filters. Otherwise, not really. > > > Most frontends I have running are diskless clients and just running > > debian, but I find it a bit expensive to buy a computer for the kids > > > to allow them to do theyre homework and stuff on it and buy another > > PC to give them access to mythtv backends. I would like to just have > > > one computer for them each with windows XP on it and a > > mythfrontend on it. > > > > grtz > > Jouk > > A few suggestions... > > 1. Knoppmyth. Just document what ip addresses and other settings > need to be changed. Inconvenient, but easily the least expensive. > > 2. VMWare. Just have another partition loaded up with a regular > frontend. > > 3. Ditch Windows. My kids use KDE on one of the myth frontends. > It was a little difficult for the first few weeks, but they have > adjusted > fine and are able to do anything any of thier friends can do. The > usb drive my 10 year old uses for school loads up fine from the > windows box at school to the linux box at home.
4. Bochs. It's like a free version of VMWare. 5. CoLinux. Who needs to exit Windows to get into Linux these days anyway...? -- Robert "Anaerin" Johnston _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
