On Monday 02 May 2005 03:10 am, Walter Hoolwerf wrote: > > I just decided to buy a cheap, good external tv tuner, and let the > > Linux support be damned since Mother's Day is quickly approaching and > > my present was moving the VHS tapes to DVD... > > http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814160027 > > > > So, I'll install Windows, unplug the network cable, and for a few > > hours, close my eyes and let there be one Linux-unfriendly piece of > > hardware on my box. > > I'm afraid I wont be having that option. My system will run a private > mail server for a dozen users, also ftp and webserver, and also mythtv > to act as a video recorder/multimedia center. > > so booting into windows wont really be an option I'm afraid :) It would > eventually get some users pissed.
Yeah, I haven't had to install/boot Windows in over a year, so it was an odd experience. It's so fast-seeming, but then I look around and realize that I have to do everything manually and it has weird blocking behavior. > But I do get your point: linux support for these cards really isn't as > good as support for a lot of other devices is. It's not to bad though > if you are using a PCI card Don't let waiting for Linux support stop you from doing something great with cheap hardware...as much as it pains me to say: just get a slow Windows box for the input and then transfer the data to your Linux box for the processing. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
