Big Mythbuntu review

On Phoronix they have made a thorough review of Mythbuntu 7.10.
If you are considering using Mythbuntu, then you should definately check it out. They have lots of screen shots and a lot of information about what makes this distribution different from other distributions. They like Mythbuntu a lot. Just look at their conclusion:
“After using Mythbuntu [...]

LinuxMCE 7.10 scheduled for release end of November

This version will be based on Kubuntu 7.10 and the new features are:

Support for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray playback, as well as integration with MPlayer
1080p on the nVidia graphics platform
Better integration with MythTV
The inclusion of VDR, popular with the European Satellite users
Lots of bug fixes and tweaks

[Via linuxmce.org]

Mythbuntu 7.10 has 20,000 downloads in one week

Mythbuntu was released just last week (25th of October) and has already been downloaded more than 20000 times according to this post.
That is quite a lot. But I quess it makes sense… Ubuntu + MythTV, what is not to love…?

Mythbuntu 7.10 is released

As expected it was announced today that the first stable version of Mythbuntu has been released. As you may know it is based on Ubuntu 7.10 which was released last week.
The highlight features of this release are:

Frontend can be run from the live CD
Complete installations(Backend, Frontend, Backend/Frontend, etc)
Xfce4 Desktop Environment
Easily upgrade from Ubuntu Gutsy to [...]

Ubuntu 7.10 released - Mythbuntu to follow “early next week”

Right on schedule. You can read the announcement here.
Mythbuntu will supposedly be released “early next week“.

Ubuntu 7.10 released - Mythbuntu to follow “early next week”

Right on schedule. You can read the announcement here.
Mythbuntu will supposedly be released “early next week“.

Mythbuntu 7.10 Release Candidate

The release candidate for Mythbuntu based on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbons was released some days ago.
It is mainly a bug-fix release, but there are also two new features:

More optimized builds of mythtv
Support for adding medibuntu packages directly from mythbuntu-control-centre

Ubuntu 7.10 is scheduled for release on October 18th, so we should see Mythbuntu 7.10 within a week.

Howto install Ubuntu and MythTV

HEXUS.com has a nine page article covering the setup of Ubuntu 7.04 with MythTV. It also covers the use of uPnP to share your library with Windows Media Player and has a short section covering what to expect in MythTV 0.21.

Mythbuntu forum opens

Coinciding with the release of Mythbuntu 7.10 Beta, the Mythbuntu team also opened the new Mythbuntu forum on ubuntuforums.org.

Mythbuntu 7.10 Beta released - new screenshots available

Mythbuntu 7.10 Beta is based on Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” 7.10. It contains MythTV 0.20.2.
Important new features:

xfce as window manager instead of openbox
New network manager which will ease the configuration of WiFi
Extra configuration options in the Control Center
If you already have Ubuntu 7.10, you can easily “upgrade” to Mythbuntu

MythWeather is not working and probably will not [...]