Why Do People Choose Linux PVRs ?

[topgazza]

I know why am starting on the road to using thses systems...its because the alternative is Humax,Panasonic etc and from what I've seen they are all full of issues...or so it seems. I'm sure some work OK but for the money you expect some sort of consistency and software and firmware that works. Some of the EPGs and remotes I've played with are embarrassingly slow and often require several presses of the button. I am not impressed. then I saw a Formuler F1 box and was surprised by how slick and well it worked.

Thats my rational and I was a bit daunted by relearning how to use Linux and add apps etc etc but I'll get there. Its been 10 years since I worked with Solaris and Red Hat and then only at a peripheral level. But is it a "hobby" for some, or having a PVR of performance, the same as me and disappointed by what the retail market has to offer ?

[twol]

.. the answer is both........... and I had never used linux (Ubuntu) until I started using an enigma receiver, so for you its just very easy!

[topgazza]

Oh, I think you overestimate my skills twol......

I'm dangerous, I will say that..... if I see a button I press it

[JonMMM]

Mainly people in the UK at least started using them as they could hack service providers with them. They now continue to use them of their customisation so that people can get them as they want them. Not to metion that you can share the box easily around the house even with HD channels

[birdman]

In my case I came from a Topfield PVR, and wanted something else that allowed me some flexibility in how I ran it and how it looked.

I'd installed my first Linux system in 1994 and ran them at work for 15+ years, so it made sense...

[abu baniaz]

There isn't a need for linux knowledge to use an Enigma2 receiver. Apple and Android phones use *ix systems, everyone gets on with them.

Read the manual as you are doing. There are a few sticky threads in the guide/feature sections. You will be fine.
Guide section here
https://www.world-of-satellite.com/forumdisplay.php?301

Some other reading material for you:

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/sh...upport-Section!

https://www.world-of-satellite.com/s...s-and-Bouquets

https://www.world-of-satellite.com/s...and-Navigation

https://www.world-of-satellite.com/s...ader-28-2-only

https://www.world-of-satellite.com/s...port-questions