The docs and wiki on arch are superior to other distros as well.<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:14 AM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">My opinion is that you should really skip the distributions that try<br>
to do everything for you. A MythTV machine is an appliance. It should<br>
be built as such. Given that, I believe you should start with a<br>
distribution that requires you to install exactly what you need. The<br>
only distributions that I can think of, which are still easy to<br>
maintain, are Debian and Arch Linux. Of the two, I would, and do,<br>
choose Arch Linux for this purpose.<br>
<br>
In terms of 32bit or 64bit, well, that's really up to you. There<br>
really isn't much reason to go 64bit other than a potential for<br>
reduced encode times. But I've never seen that comparison made, so who<br>
knows if the Myth tools even benefit from a 64bit architecture in that<br>
regard.<br>
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha<br>
<<a href="mailto:savithari@gmail.com">savithari@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Friends:<br>
> I am looking to install (reinstall) Myth (primary backend) on my BioStar<br>
> A770 AMD BE 2400 machine with 4GB of RAM.<br>
><br>
> I am trying to decide between<br>
><br>
> a. MythUbuntu 32 bit with PAE. (easiest I guess but it has XFce and had<br>
> some login issues on this)<br>
><br>
> b. Ubuntu 32 bit with PAE + add MythTV addon (it will GNOME based so may<br>
> have better experience)<br>
><br>
> c. Ubuntu 64bit + add MythTV addon (not sure if a 64 bit one exists and if<br>
> Hauppauge cards will get recognized)<br>
><br>
> I thought some of our "intelligent" friends may provide some great ideas.<br>
><br>
> -Narahari<br>
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