########################################################################################## PIDVR-3: Select Base OS ########################################################################################## Issue Type: Task ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue Information ==================== Priority: Major Status: Closed Resolution: Done (2014-11-05 14:01:22) Project: PiDVR (PIDVR) Reported By: btasker Assigned To: btasker Time Estimate: 0 minutes Time Logged: 0 minutes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue Description ================== Need to decide which distro to base the system on - *Raspbian*: Probably has the best selection of packages in the repos, but might be a little heavy - *PiDora*: Close second on packages, but again may be a liitle heavy - *Gentoo*: can be made much more lightweight, but might have difficulty finding some packages (though maybe not) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue Relations ================ - TVHeadend Homepage (https://tvheadend.org/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Activity ========== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014-11-04 12:25:45 btasker ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the perspective of Freesat support, looks like Raspbian with TVHeadend is probably the best bet - http://forum.osmc.tv/showthread.php?tid=3177 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014-11-05 14:01:15 btasker ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the initial build going with Raspbian. Will revisit that decision later if it looks like it'll improve performance by a noticeable amount. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014-11-05 14:01:22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- btasker changed status from 'Open' to 'Resolved' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014-11-05 14:01:22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- btasker added 'Done' to resolution ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014-11-05 14:01:25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- btasker changed status from 'Resolved' to 'Closed'