Posted on April 14th, 2008 by kobski
NVIDIA has released what they refer to as a beta release of their Linux driver.
The main points for MythTV users are:
Added support for the following new GPUs:
Quadro FX 3600M
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 8400
GeForce 8400 GS
Fixed a problem that caused the synchronization signal polarity to always be positive for DVI devices [...]
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Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by kobski
I like widgets. And so do a lot of other people it seems. At least they have become mainstream the last couple of years with widget engines from Google, Yahoo, Apple, Microsoft, etc.
I know of two widgets for MythTV and they have both been updated recently for 0.21 compatibility.
The first one is “Upcoming MythTV Recordings” [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by kobski
According to Brent Evans, this anxiously awaited device from Hauppauge will be delayed until possibly the beginning of June.
The HD-PVR will let you record analog HD content available through component. It will encode 720p, 1080i and 1080p as H.264. It includes an IR blaster so it can control your cable box.
The device was first presented [...]
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Posted on November 18th, 2007 by kobski
From the NVIDIA web-site you can now download a new version of their Linux driver.
There are many bug-fixes and improvements. Check out Phoronix for the details.
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Posted on November 14th, 2007 by kobski
Phoronix has a great article if you want to learn about all the different open and closed source Linux graphics drivers available. The article covers Nvidia and ATI and tells you what drivers are available and how they differ.
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Posted on November 1st, 2007 by kobski
If you like to have lots of disk drives in your HTPC case, then you should check out these new reviews. The first one is of the Thermaltake DH101 VF7001BNC and the other is of the Antec Veris Fusion Black 430 (who comes up with these names…)
The two cases have a lot in common. They [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by kobski
I ran across this thread on mythtv-users mailing list the other day. It discusses various ways to avoid SSH attacks. If you have this blocked by your firewall, then it is not for you, but many people like to have a way to remotely access their server.
The thread references this page which has a very [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2007 by kobski
MythTV 0.20.2 was just released and already packages are available for a wide range of distributions.
MythTV packages are now available for Ubuntu and thus MythBuntu. Support is available for Gutsy as well as Feisty and Edgy.
New ebuilds are also available in portage for Gentoo.
There is a new MacOS PPC frontend
New packages are available in packman [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2007 by kobski
ITWeek has a fairly long article covering the options you have for creating an HTPC using Linux. MythTV get a fair bit of the article.
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Posted on July 9th, 2007 by kobski
Linus Torvalds has released the latest version of the Linux Kernel - 2.6.22.
So what’s in it for a MythTV user? Here are some of the highlights:
This is the first kernel to have the ivtv driver included (0.10.x).
New wireless stack. The actual drivers will have to be updated. Some distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora are already [...]
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