Re:Learning curve too steep (Score 1)

I'd say your basic problem here is bad timing. Fedora Core 4 has only just come out, so the people who rally around and build all the useful add-on packages haven't had all that long to hammer on the problems. So at the time you installed Fedora Core 4 you would probably have been better off installing Fedora Core 3 instead. Give it a month or two and your experience with FC4 would probably be much better.

Obligatory dig at Windows: You probably wouldn't have had any less trouble if you'd tried to build a PVR on top of a week-old release of Windows - they just come along less often...