Re: [PLUG] Early Overview CentOS 9 Stream

2021-11-18 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 18 Nov 2021, Robert Citek wrote: On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 8:29 AM Paul Heinlein wrote: I installed CentOS 9 Stream yesterday as a VM. (VMware note: to install from the DVD ISO, you must use UEFI boot and the "Secure" option must be deselected.) Thanks, Paul, for going through these

[PLUG] LO Calc: converting text to number explained

2021-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
I learned why I cannot convert text to floating point/real numbers in Calc. It's because locales use different symbols for the decimal and other separators and Calc doesn't know how to recognize and convert them. Interesting. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Early Overview CentOS 9 Stream

2021-11-18 Thread Robert Citek
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 8:29 AM Paul Heinlein wrote: > I installed CentOS 9 Stream yesterday as a VM. (VMware note: to > install from the DVD ISO, you must use UEFI boot and the "Secure" > option must be deselected.) Thanks, Paul, for going through these steps and sharing your experiences. Do

[PLUG] Early Overview CentOS 9 Stream

2021-11-18 Thread Paul Heinlein
I installed CentOS 9 Stream yesterday as a VM. (VMware note: to install from the DVD ISO, you must use UEFI boot and the "Secure" option must be deselected.) I really don't care if you (a) have moved on from CentOS, (b) carry a grudge against Red Hat, or (c) think $OtherDistro is superior.

Re: [PLUG] Early Overview CentOS 9 Stream

2021-11-18 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 18 Nov 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: What is an 'AppStream' in this context? Is it an arbitrary label applied to certain packages in the repo? In the past, Red Hat (and CentOS et al) allowed you only one choice of, say, PostgreSQL version. Either you installed that version or you needed