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I miss my gentoo
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:34 pm
by jetblack
I'm thinking of putting gentoo back on a home machine after about a two-year hiatus from Linux. Obviously, I have a fair amount of catching up to do, but I thought I'd see if I could get a couple of quick questions answered before I start poring over docs again:
1. What's the state of support for Centrino wireless? It looks like there's a driver now, but I couldn't tell if it was official or universal.
2. How are the various PVR projects coming along? I had some frustration with MythTV a couple of years ago, mainly because (I think) the guide format hadn't been finalized. Has this stabilized in the interim?
Thanks!
-jetblack
Re: I miss my gentoo
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:36 pm
by Ateo
jetblack wrote:1. What's the state of support for Centrino wireless? It looks like there's a driver now, but I couldn't tell if it was official or universal.
Works perfect. Not sure it's "an official driver" since the ipw2200 driver comes from
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ ...
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:17 am
by jetblack
Fantastic. Thank you.
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:22 pm
by mjman
I am currently using mythtv quite happily. Make sure to get version 0.19. There are still a few bugs, and it segfaults every now and then when using MythMusic, but other than that it's quite stable.
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:34 am
by jetblack
Thank you, as well. Time to get installing, I suppose.
Well, as soon as I get a new motherboard for the myth box. :/
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:49 am
by Q-collective
No one leaves the dark side
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:55 am
by jetblack
haha - so it would seem.
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:36 am
by Nicom
Welcome back Jetblack! MythTV is much better these days, I have a machine just for it. Never used centrino wireless.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:54 pm
by zitanos
The darjk side - how true... after ubuntu and mepis... gentoo i coming back to you.
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:56 am
by Penguin of Wonder
I used Ubuntu for a long time too. I like my Gentoo Install WAY better. I always felt stupid using my Ubuntu install
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:07 am
by GerManson
Q-collective wrote:No one leaves the dark side
lol, yeah you are right.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:03 am
by Omega21
My friend vowed to never put Linux on his laptop again. I made a bet that he couldn't last 2+ days without Linux. (He loves tinkering with Gentoo).
He owes me money.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:20 am
by goom
gentoo runs flawless on my Sony Vaio. For me it was quite hard to set up my wireless connection, but only because I never had anything to do with an WLAN connection before so I knew nothing about it.
Second install was without any problems so... welcome back
