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On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:11:48PM -0500, Rich Braun wrote: > My premise is this: the existing distros--MythBuntu, MiniMyth, Mythdora, > KnoppMyth--are not stable enough on current hardware to set up at your > grandmother's house. This is largely because: a) about six months after you've decided that a particular hardware set is rock-solid, some part of it is discontinued, silently upgraded, or otherwise rendered un-purchasable. b) you need to know what system is delivering the programming before you buy the tuner hardware. At a minimum you need to support FireWire, HD-PVR, HDHomeRun, DVB-S, and a range of cable box oddities with IR blasters. c) and not everyone buys the same channel packages. Do you have solutions for all three? -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't defend freedom by getting rid of it.
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