Just some quick questions before I go ahead and invest a lot of time trying to move from Windows/Meedio to Linux/MythTV:
- Can I use minimyth with my MS board?
- Is the installation (both server and client) simple/complex/near-impossible for a reasonably technical minded, experienced Windows user who never worked with Linux?
Via Epia MS10000?
Moderator: Pablo
MiniMyth should run fine on the EPIA MS.
MiniMyth is not a stand alone solutoin. It is the MythTV frontend (client) only. It expects that you have a MythTV backend (server) running on another computer.
I have friends with the same qualifications as you that are now running Fedora Core MythTV backends with MiniMyth frontends. Based on them, I would say that it is somehere between simple and complex. Jarod's guide makes setting up the backend on Fedora Core relatively easy. Larry's network boot instructions make setting up the MiniMyth frontend relatively easy. However, when something happens that are not in the guides/instructions, it can be helpful to have a fiend that has done it before and understands Linux.
MiniMyth is not a stand alone solutoin. It is the MythTV frontend (client) only. It expects that you have a MythTV backend (server) running on another computer.
I have friends with the same qualifications as you that are now running Fedora Core MythTV backends with MiniMyth frontends. Based on them, I would say that it is somehere between simple and complex. Jarod's guide makes setting up the backend on Fedora Core relatively easy. Larry's network boot instructions make setting up the MiniMyth frontend relatively easy. However, when something happens that are not in the guides/instructions, it can be helpful to have a fiend that has done it before and understands Linux.
MiniMyth running on an Acer ApireRevo 3610 and a Zotac ZBOX-ID80-U. Find out more at my MythTV page.