RE: Is there a Linux version of Windows Media Centre Edition?

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Kim Wall [mailto:kim@xxxxxxx]
> Andy Laurence wrote:
> > MythTV.  It's meant to be like MCE, but infinitely better.  I've
> > tried installing it many a time, but find it just too hard to
> > configure.  Give it a shot though, you may find you have more
luck
> > and skill than me!
>
> Knoppmyth (http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html)
is a good starting
> point which, assuming your hardware isn't too exotic, should take
*most*
> of the Linux (OS installs, driver headaches, that sort of thing) out
of
> making a MythTV box work.

I tried that.  Couldn't get the EPG working.  Gave up after hours of
meddling.

> It's still a fairly steep learning curve, but well worth it IMO.  The
> network-oriented architecture (and the price) beats MCE hands-down for
me.

MCE does most of what I need, although I'd like to have the multicasting
that MythTV does.  I'll stick to Toppy for now....

Cheers,
Andy