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Old 12-13-2005, 08:44 PM   #1
elzmaddy
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Need a Media Center PC distribution with...


I need a media center linux distribution that meets these requirements:

1. looks decent with composite output of video card connected to a conventional tube television set.
2. supports some type of PC remote control. or should I use a wireless keyboard?
3. allows me to access my music files from a network share.
4. easy to get around for someone new to computers

I tried geexbox but i didn't see network capability.

I appreciate any suggestions.

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Old 12-13-2005, 09:55 PM   #2
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elzmaddy,

Try Knoppix, SUSE or Mandriva

Mandriva
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/downloads/mirrors

OPENSUSE
http://www.opensuse.org/Download

Knoppix
http://iso.linuxquestions.org/distro.php?distro=5

All the Linux Distros have exelent Hardware detection and great Multimedia tools, sounds Like what you're Looking for

Jake
 
Old 12-14-2005, 07:32 AM   #3
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So you suggest taking a regular big-name distro and customizing it as needed, as opposed to a specialized distribution like KnoppMyth?
 
Old 12-14-2005, 02:44 PM   #4
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if you know about knoppmyth, then why this post? does it not have all those things? is mythtv a distro or application that can be isntalled on a distro? have you tried knoppmyth?
 
Old 12-14-2005, 10:09 PM   #5
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KnoppMyth is supposed to be, from waht I understand, Knoppix + MythTV frontend. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me -- it seems to be very, shall we say, "experimental" at this point.
 
Old 12-15-2005, 03:16 AM   #6
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No, it`s not.

knoppmyth is meanwhile Debian 3.1 + MythTV + Hauppage drivers + Huge script collection for getting what you want as easy as possible.

For NTSC it works nearly out of the box, for PAL you have to tweak some configs...
 
Old 12-15-2005, 07:57 AM   #7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elzmaddy
KnoppMyth is supposed to be, from waht I understand, Knoppix + MythTV frontend. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me -- it seems to be very, shall we say, "experimental" at this point.
i completely understand what you mean on that point.

hope you didnt misunderstand my first post, didnt mean for it to sound rude or anything. i too have wanted to try this with an extra computer i have at home, but havent even dug into it deep enough. good luck with whatever you find.
 
  


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