Would you characterise the MythTV install as hard? How many hours did it take you?
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§ ita § - Mar 09, 2006 7:29:02 am PST #7461 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gudanov - Mar 09, 2006 7:37:51 am PST #7462 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
No, it's not hard to install if you have a good guide and use a package manager to do most of the setup.
It's hard to say how long it took, because I did everything in little bits. But I would estimate about 8 hours starting with the hardware all assembled. That would include getting and installing Fedora Core (or whatever distribution). It will vary quite a bit depending on the speed of your internet connection and hardware.
You can probably do it in 45 minutes with the KnopMyth distribution since it does everything for you.
If you have trickier hardware, it could take a lot longer figuring out drivers and stuff.
§ ita § - Mar 09, 2006 7:42:39 am PST #7463 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'll file that away as a project for a rainy day.
Thanks!
Gudanov - Mar 09, 2006 9:07:25 am PST #7464 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
amych - Mar 09, 2006 9:24:20 am PST #7465 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Gud, the main thing that's always kept me from doing a Myth box is that it lacked the neato TiVo trick of learning what I like and grabbing recommended stuff for me - is that still the case?
Gudanov - Mar 09, 2006 9:48:08 am PST #7466 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
I'm pretty sure it doesn't do that.
amych - Mar 09, 2006 9:56:38 am PST #7467 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That was what I thought, but if it did, it might get me off my duff to do some work on the perfectly myth-capable machine I already have... thanks for the info.
tommyrot - Mar 09, 2006 10:36:17 am PST #7468 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DXMachina - Mar 09, 2006 11:07:47 am PST #7469 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I don't need pretty. I need don't-frell-up-the-good-features-you-already-had-by- adding-a-bunch-o'-useless-crap.
§ ita § - Mar 09, 2006 11:17:40 am PST #7470 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't need pretty, although I sure do like it.
But pretty looks more OSXish, and that makes me laugh. I like OS X and all that, but my Windows boxes do not use the XP skins--they use the 2000 one.