Installing Mythbuntu 14.04.1 on my new Haswell i7 / Intel DH87RL box proved impossible due to an annoying audio bug that prevented audio out over HDMI. For this reason I eventually opted to use Ubuntu 14.10 instead of Mythbuntu. Read the installation notes here. This guide is by no means complete! For the sake of completness here are my notes for …
Haswell MythTV Server for 2015
After several years of running my MSI Speedster based MythTV box I decided it was time for an upgrade. Not because the machine failed to handle its duties but because I was simply in the mood of building something new. I have to be clear that from a performance perspective, the Core2Duo Merom chip in the old machine was still …
Homeserver Recap
Osiris is Dead – Long Live Osiris My old Sun Netra T1 Server had served me well for over four years with legendary reliability. But age had begun to show it’s teeth – it just wasn’t up to the task anymore. So in 2005 I set out to replace it and hoped that the replacement for my lovely pizzabox would prove to …