Software: Mythbuntu

So, my 2Gb of RAM came today, and installed it on my old P4 PC, which already had 1Gb. Now I have 2.75Gb - where did the 250MB of RAM disappear to? The wonders of PCs and Windows!

Anyway I'm downloading Mythbuntu from here, and trying it out. I will try MediaPort, etc. later. I might be forced to us Vista Media Center (which now only comes as part of Vista Home Premium or Ultimate version) and eBuyer have a special on Vista Ultimate and a 1TB HDD for £140 (bargain!) But I think I will stick to free Media Center software for my HTPC.

BTW, I have a Pinnacle PCTV 60e (USB Freeview receiver) that I could try to get working while waiting for the 7010ix to arrive...

Update: I haven't been able to get on an have a look at Mythbuntu yet. I got one spare 40Gb disk drive which I had problems with - turns out to be a broken drive - I couldn't even install XP on it. Then When I managed to get Mythbuntu installed, it failed to recognise my network card. So I ave up on that and proceed with the XP install.

I had various problems with my old P4 PC, and now my GPU (the GeForce 6600) has died for some reason! So now I'm using a Radeon 7000 PCI card in the old P4, which I know is probably not up for anything... Well, one good news: the Pinnacle 7010ix quad card has arrived...