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Users / Re: New 810 Install Hardware Advice please :)

« on: May 04, 2009, 09:39:46 pm »

While I'm a noob with LMCE, I've built several MythTV systems, in fact that's where I was exposed to LMCE. Today is the day I'm jumping off the cliff to put together my first Core/MD system. The process has been pretty scary since the information has been (at least for me) so hard to get at. I'm buying an ASUS M3N78 Pro with and Athlon 64 X2 5050E cpu and 2GB RAM. My history has leaned toward Intel CPUs but it seems that LMCE leans much more strongly toward AMD processors. Trouble is that I'm in a tropical environment (Maui) with no air at home and am concerned about overheating; a historical AMD issue.

Since I've had such a difficult time pulling together clear advantage / disadvantage points for various platforms, I finally decided to just take the leap, hoping that I can use the hardware as an MD if it doesn't perform well as a core.

My perspective regarding the seeming lack of information is that there are a lot of bright people involved in the project, but they are mostly talking with each other.

In attempting to come up with core hardware for example, most of the motherboards on the list are no longer available. I have no real desire to experiment and would much, much rather select something that is stable and a known performer, but have had a really hard time getting at that info. If there were just one WIKI page that said "This is a known stable CORE configuration with current hardware as of March 2009, I'd jump at it in a heartbeat. I hope that the hardware I've chosen fits that definition, that has been my attempt. We'll just have to wait a few days and see if it performs as I hope it will.

ron

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Users / Re: New install advice please - rack mounted, telephony & orbiters

« on: February 18, 2009, 03:07:58 am »

I want to thank Jon Decker for his post. It's the reason I got a login. In fact, this is my first post.

After I read Jon's post, I jumped to his user wiki that talked about his set-up and the process he's gone through in making LinuxMCE work. So far he has won all the jelly doughnuts for clarity and thoroughness. My impression to date is that everybody is so deeply into the LinuxMCE soup that they assume everybody else knows what they know. That was not Jon's approach and for that I am grateful. The wiki was great. Thank you.

I've built two MythTV systems and have been blown away with the quality of that product. Granted, I've had it crash on both 32 and 64 bit versions of Ubuntu but it's still simply amazing. I'd been researching home automation systems for a relative and when I stumbled across LinuxMCE, I thought I'd hit the jackpot. I suppose I still do, although it's been kind of tough trying to figure out the secret handshakes it takes to get started. In fact, I still haven't found a way to actually purchase a DVD. I've followed all the links and jumped through all the hoops but still no success. I'm waiting for a response to two emails I sent out last week to team leaders in hopes that they might point me in the right direction.

But that's not why I'm writing. Again, thank you Jon. Keep it up. It seems that the clear and simple communication you generate is right on the money (from my perspective anyway).

Ron Moody