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i want to make a pc to watch and record tv and play music and movies. Basically i want to be able to use this in my home theater system. ...
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- 02-28-2006 #1Just Joined!
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good linux distro for a multimedia pc
i want to make a pc to watch and record tv and play music and movies. Basically i want to be able to use this in my home theater system. I want to use linux to keep costs down. What is a good distro to do these things.
- 02-28-2006 #2Linux Enthusiast
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you could try myth tv http://www.mythtv.org/ or
knoppmyth http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html
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- 02-28-2006 #3Linux User
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http://distrowatch.com i'd say just find the distro that best fits your hardware configuration then you can add all the software you need afterwards.
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According to distro watch the most popular multimedia distro's are;
(note: this is list of popularity on distrowatch and is not nessesarily a measure of it's quality)
1. GeeXboX
2. MoviX
3. dyne:bolic
4. AGNULA
5. Mediainlinux
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