On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Out of Nowhere <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* Out of Nowhere <[email protected]> > *To:* Grant Sturgis <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:25 PM > *Subject:* Re: app, repro. > > Is it safe to also add RPM Fusion (http://rpmfusion.org/) ? > > > I am accustomed with *sabayon *(used for 5 months now) but for some > reasons, I focus now on Scientific Linux ( I like the idea to run a > operating system made and maintained by *CERN *and *Fermilab *and I am > curious what enterprise/server operating system stability means, how is the > feeling when using it on my laptop plus others interests) > > I have used *ubuntu *for 1-2 week's but it is a real mess from my point of > view. > > *Fedora *14 had some serious bugs problems with adobe flash when surfin on > the internet - the youtube movies where going fast foward) - in sc linux > youtube run's smooth & fine. > > I am now downloading *linux mint 11* to take a look over it. > > > > > --- On *Wed, 6/8/11, Grant Sturgis <[email protected]>*wrote: > > > From: Grant Sturgis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: app, repro. > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 6:31 PM > > > On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:01 -0700, Chris Tooley wrote: > > Hello, > > > > RPMforge usually has these sorts of packages - there should be a file in > > /etc/yum.repos.d/. If not, try running: > > > > yum install rpmforge-release > > > > But, why are you using bleeding edge packages in an enterprise-level > > linux system? From personal experience, attempting to get any sort of > > bleeding edge desktop experience from an enterprise-level linux is an > > utter annoyance. ;) > > > > Perhaps a desktop-oriented system would be a better choice? (Fedora, or > > Linux Mint) > > > > Agree with Chris on this one - I'd try Ubuntu for bleeding edge desktop > platform. > > > OK...my take on this...what you want is a stable distro imo. You don't want it bleeding all over the place ;) You can install for example, the "latest" flash without screwing up SL at all. You can install the codecs you need without screwing up the base packages by temporarily enabling some repos, then turning them off. I can do anything with my SL 6 install that someone can do in Mint 11. Just because say, Package X isn't the very latest version doesn't matter when you are say, watching a movie. Stick with a stable distro like SL, but watch what the heck you're installing and don't leave not SL Official repos (I leave EPEL open, but that just me) open for updates or you'll run into all kinds of package conflicts. If you want, visit us at http://scientificlinuxforum.org and see how everyone is handling this sort of thing. That said, maybe you'll like Mint 11 :-)
