Have you tried getting it to work under Wine :P AJ Hettema wrote:
> hi all, > > I agree with the fact that the kids are probably better of with Linux > as with Winblows XP. But there is a small problem: > they need to use software from/fore school wich only runs on Windows XP. > I think I'll end up on installing 2 machine's anyway. for making it easy. > > And for the record, the youngest one (almost 5 years old) can't read, > but knows how to login on a command line already :D, > and I will give them the local root password, cause you will only > learn how computers work if you can screw them and install it all over > again. > > greatings > > > On 9/16/05, *Dewey Smolka* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > A few suggestions... > > > > 1. Knoppmyth. Just document what ip addresses and other settings > > need to be changed. Inconvenient, but easily the least expensive. > > I'll second this, but with one caveat: you have to make sure that your > Knoppmyth disc is the same Myth version as your BE or else you'll get > db connection errors. > > <snip> > > 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. > > > > Paul > > I'll second this as well. It may seem impossible at first but there's > really nothing outside of games on MS Windows that a good Linux system > can't do (except maybe trojans, viruses, and DRM), and an awful lot on > Linux that MS can't or won't do (generating pdfs, managing separate > network interfaces and subnets, customizing, tweaking, scripting, > logging, going months without a reboot, etc). > > When I first built a Myth box about as year and a half ago, I was also > looking for a way to make it work with my MS XP laptop. It didn't, at > least not well, and was generally a pain. > > I ended up installing FC3 and making it dual-boot, which solved all > the Myth problems. It also means that I've been using MS a lot less as > time has gone on, and don't really miss it at all (though I must > admit > I do still boot to MS from time to time to play Railroad Tycoon). > > I guess the answer is that you can probably get some of the > funtionality of Myth on MS Windows, but it's easier in the short-run > to set up a dual boot or Linux-only system as a frontend, and better > in the long-run for all of us -- as the Linux user base increases, so > do the number and quality of apps, the level of hardware support from > vendors, and the speed with which improvements are made and > incorporated. > > Also, it's a common misconception that computers in general and Linux > in particular are difficult for kids. This couldn't be further from > the truth -- just remember when you were young and were the only one > in your house that could figure out how to program the VCR. > > Give a kid MS Windows, and he'll (or she'll) learn how to point and > click. Give a kid Linux and he'll learn how computers work. Don't give > them the root password and there's only so much they can screw up. > Can't say that about XP. > > Good luck > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >mythtv-users mailing list >[email protected] >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
