Here my chronicle of fixes and tasks I had to go through while setting up my HDTV HTPC / home server.

I upgraded from an older xUbuntu to xUbuntu 8.10 64-bit and the first thing I had to do is restore the windows file share where I backed up configurations, samba shares, and my Adaptec SATA Raid 1210SA. Then I had to conquer ATI’s proprietary drivers and restore my previous install’s server functionality. Next time I’ll be finishing up the HTPC portion by configuring my TV Tuner with mythTV and installing Boxee as well – and maybe integrating the two together if possible.
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