Hi !
no need to fight
Well I succeded in building a home media center on various configs :
- Pegasos II : Linux Gentoo + MythTV + PVR350
- x86 : Linux Gentoo + MythTV + PVR350
- x86 : Linux KnopMythTV => did not like my x86 config
- x86 : Linux Gentoo + MythTV + PVR350
- x86 : XP + MediaPortal + PVR350
You must admit that things are really easier to do on XP than on Linux because things are already pre-built and you just have to install the software and drivers provided by constructors.
Anyway, I guess that it will be more easier for use when frostwork will have finished "enlightenmedia".
Why did I chose a x86 ? Well, the thing is that I was having a x86 P4 which I was not using much since I had bought a laptop.
Then on Pegasos lirc was working well but not on my x86 for an obscure reason. Then I broke my x86 Gentoo system when I tried to install xorg 7.0.
So as I wanted to use my remote control, and xp+Media portal were not working that bad, I then chosed this solution.
But, anyway it was working quite well on a Pegasos too and if I had no extra computer, I would have chosen the Pegasos, which is more funny/geeky