Adam Findley worte:
> Well this should come as no surprise to any of use here on the list, but
> I think this just stands to show that the free and open kicks DRM sorry
> little heiny. We want power to do what we want, not protection from it.
As fanboy-ish as your declaration may sound (to me at least), one would be
hard pressed to prove you wrong about MythTV.
I apologize for coming off as bitter, I really do appreciate Linux.
And on a somewhat related note (sorry about hijacking over your thread, but
I am finding it hard to resist this chance to have some much needed closure
and catharsis with this experience I've had)..
<rant>
For almost any kind of server application, I wouldn't want anything else.
However, after going through the nightmare of trying to get Ubuntu/Kubuntu
into a usable state on my IBM Thinkpad T42 laptop this last weekend, and as
such it will be a few years before I seriously consider trying to make the
switch to Linux for any of my systems which I use on a day-to-day basis. I
really thought it would be fine, seeing as how I am a CS major and the
majority of the applications I use are available for Windows and Linux.
Problems I encountered:
-KDE/Gnome at 1024x768 allow you to view about 1/2 the amount of text that
you could view in windows at that resolution.
-I felt physically asphyxiated after realizing this (I know..it's kind of
psycho or whatever but that is how I felt).
-Ubuntu has a thinkpad profile
-Half of the "features" of the Thinkpad T42 will not work in Linux.
-Hard drive shock protection is a no-go in Linux.
-Ubuntu did not recognize my laptop as a Thinkpad.
-Page forward/backward keys did not work (I'm positive there is a
way to map them out, but it's a matter of the amount of time it would
take me to figure it out).
Needless to say, things weren't smooth and I'm back on the mind-numbing XP
bandwagon.
Sad Indeed.
</rant>
Again, I apologize if I have violated any of the sacred list posting rules
with this.
Best Regards,
Jay Taylor
Monday, September 11, 2006
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Subject: [uug] MythTV Trounces WIndows Media Center
Well this should come as no surprise to any of use here on the list, but
I think this just stands to show that the free and open kicks DRM sorry
little heiny. We want power to do what we want, not protection from it.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/08/the_mythtv_convergence/
Adam
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