mythtvfest

[Seth Cohn]

On 3/25/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <maddog at li.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 16:23 -0400, Bruce Labitt wrote:
> > Which distro will be used as the base for the installfest?
>
> At this point we are recommending Fedora.
>
> > What makes it "better" for the install?
>
> The fact that we have used it before and it works.  We have not
> tested MythTV with Puppy Linux, Slackware, Yggdrasil

Why not Debian or Ubuntu?  For sheer upgradability, Debian systems
tend to be more bullet proof.

And Linux Media is built using Ubuntu. :)

> The fact that this is an "appliance" and for most people they don't care
> what the base distribution is.  Those that do can probably install
> MythTV by themselves.

True enough.