I wrote a little bit about the new features in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex a few days ago.
Now both Ubuntu 8.10 and Mythbuntu 8.10 have been released.
Some of the new features of Mythbuntu 8.10 are:
Mythbuntu-log-grabber - This app grabs specific log files into a single area and can upload them to pastebin for easy troubleshooting
Auto [...]
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A bunch of new pages about DVB-T devices have been created on the MythTV wiki recently. If you are looking to add such a device to your MythTV setup, then this might help you decide.
Here is the list:
AVerMedia DVB-T 777(saa7134) PCI
Terratec Cinergy 1400 DVB-T PCI
Technotrend T1500 (DVB-T)
Twinhan VisionDTV Ter PCI
Pinnacle PCTV MediaCenter 310i
MSI TV@nywhere A/D
Lifeview [...]
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Mythbuntu 8.10 is nearing completion and the first Release Candidate has been made. There are not a lot of MythTV related changes as it follows the release cycle for Ubuntu.
But just to sum it up, the big changes in Mythbuntu 8.10 compared with 8.04 are these:
GNOME 2.24
Update: XFCE4 (see the comment - thanks Teet!)
X.Org [...]
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Let me clarify the headline a bit… You can easily create a Perl script which will let you delete a recording from the command line. Well isn’t that what rm is for…? … Yes, but this will also delete the entry in the database so that it is gone from the MythTV UI as well.
You [...]
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I know I’m late with this, so I’ll make it quick… The first Mythbuntu 8.10 Beta has been released. Not a lot of details about what it contains, other than bugfixes.
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The Apple Mac Mini is a nice MythTV frontend for those willing to pay a little extra ($599) for the nice design. It has enough horsepower to do HD and although the remote is very limited, you can add another remote quite easily.
But now the rumour has it that it will be discontinued and that [...]
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If you have visited mythtvnews.com within the last 28 hours, you will have noticed that things have been all wrong. It all started with an email from my hosting provider. They had shut down mythtvnews.com because it was using too many resources on the server which was shared with other websites.
Although bringing down the server [...]
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Mythbuntu 8.10 Alpha 6 was released nine days ago. Normally testing alpha software is risky business, at least for your data which you should always backup before the testing begins.
But this time it seems that even hardware is at risk. As Engadget reports, there is a bug in some of the Ubuntu Alpha’s which will [...]
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If you want to hear about your options when building a MythTV system, you can check out episode 64 of Systm on Revision3.
Actually the show aired back in August, but I only just realized right now.
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