[Wolves] kubuntu & knoppmyth on a mini itx?

[kev adams]

Hi All
just wanted to let any KDE users who have been put off ubuntu because of it's 
use of gnome know how impressed I've been with kubuntu.  All the advantages 
of ubuntu but with the latest KDE :~)  I think Kevan mentioned it on the list 
a few days ago.

http://www.kubuntu.org.uk/

I'm all the more impressed cos the system I've been testing it on is a lowly 
500 MHz mini itx box & it flies along.  

If only my install of knoppmyth was going so smoothly - I've built a box to 
sit under the TV (sneaking another toy into the house without my girlfriend 
noticing ;~) with a PVR 250 hardware MPEG2 card.  From what I've read this 
should be up to the job.  Live TV viewing works now but is a bit jerky - I'm 
hoping it's the setup up & not because it's underpowered.  It's also possible 
that I'll need to try a PVR 350 with an encoder AND decoder in hardware 
rather than just an encoder as in the case of the PVR 250.  Anyone on the 
list had more luck setting up mythTV?

cheers
kev