Ubuntu to Mythbuntu – What a beautiful change!

Last night i recompiled my stock kernel from 2.6.31-18 to 2.6.33-3 that I had downloaded from kernel.org. Unfortunately something went terribly wrong and so I had to go back to the original 2.6.31-18-generic. Now everything seems to be stable again, and I can again install packages with   aptitude with no compiling problems.

I was talking to a friend about the need to have something similiar to Windows Media Center on my machine, and heard about MCE4linux packages. After a LOT of research I then installed MythBuntu. Mythbuntu uses the XFCE desktop. All unnecessary standard Ubuntu applications such as OpenOffice, Evolution, and a full Gnome desktop are not installed in a default Mythbuntu install. If at any time a user wants to, they can install ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, or xubuntu-desktop and add a full desktop onto their installation. This can easily be done via the Mythbuntu Control Centre.

Here is a screen-shot of my desktop:

Mythbuntu desktop Screenshot

This is what I am shooting for: