On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 10:04:08AM +0200, Erez D wrote: > i can get a used xbox for 90 euro (i'm in austria for rosh hashana), > and i want to use it as mythtv frontend to connect to the tv in my room. > > 1. you was referring to 'the old one', which is the old one, PS II or Mac ?
Mac. > 2. can one run linux on PS II ? ( i can get a used one here for 100 EURO), > is there somthing like xebian for PS II ? There was in fact an offical Sony PSII Linux system. I don't know if you can get the binaries without buying the package, but I'm sure someone has them somewhere and will send/download a copy for you. 3. yes, i do want to mess with linux, this is the whole idea !!! After disasters with FC5, and mythtv, I'd rather just have something that works, supports all the hardware and does not break every time I run a software update, thank you very much. Linux is a great system, but there is one fundemental lesson that needs to be learned from Windows. Don't drop support for hardware, just because you feel like it. Until someone gets the support for the Phillips chip my cards use (fly video with an SAA(something)) working again, I'm stuck with debian system with an older kernel that I really don't need the TV card in, and an FC5 one that I do, but won't work. As for mythtv, if you do not record off the air as MP4, or transcode them after recording them, the ONLY thing that will play them is mythtv. Make sure that there is a working port for your hardware. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
