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Re: Virtualization preferences



 On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 05:33:55PM -0400, Kent Borg wrote: 
> To get all specific: I am going to play with a mythtv backend on my 
> basement server.  I don't know yet, but possibly I will just use 
> Mythbuntu--an entire distribution specifically for doing mythtv.  Inside 
> a VM I can play, try multiple installations, reboot right and left, all 
> with no risk of disrupting other services I am running inside other 
> VMs.  Very cool. 

Remember that most tuners don't play well with VMs. Do you have 
an HDHR or a USB-attached tuner? Those might work. 

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