I’ve been running knoppmyth for years now with no real issues. It’s been stable and great, but I was always worried that I’d break something by installing new packages above and beyond what’s already there. With the recent demise of zap2it’s US TV feed I needed to upgrade myth to use SchedulesDirect. I took the opportunity to upgrade the hardware (new mobo and more RAM) and reinstall MythTV. I’m a long time Ubuntu user and advcate (go AZ LoCo) so I’ve been wanting to try Mythbuntu’s sweet meta-packages.

I was not disappointed! I used a base Gutsy server install to start. It was the slickest install of mythtv I’ve seen. The config was easy and I was back onlne and watching TV in no time - which is important for the wife and kid factor.

A big thanks to the Mythbuntu folks and all their hard work.

UPDATE: SchedulesDirect has have hit their goal and lowered the membership fee to $20/year!