Thats my thought as well. Ubuntu desktop and CentOS for servers.
Just wandering if anyone is using the 'Ubuntu Server Edition's'? They
seem appealing but CentOS is what I am used too on servers now.
Thought about loading it up on a box to just try though.
Not using, but I've tried it in a
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
I also have CentOS at home. There are quirks, though: for example, I
tried to run kaffeine last night, and it couldn't find
libkaffeinepart.so. I
tried adding /opt/kde3/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, to LOAD_LIBwhatever,
and even did an ldconfig, and it *still* can't find
Les Mikesell a écrit :
But that means you have to wait many years for new features - that you
probably
want in rapidly developing desktop apps.
One new set of desktop applications about every two years suits me
perfectly[1]. Lately I only needed a more recent version of Open Office
than
Florin Andrei a écrit :
I keep an eye on a Kawasaki forum, and they have a knack for doing a lot
of Suzuki bashing. I'm, like, WTF, they're all awesome sportbikes! :-)
Same here. In the end, Linux is the same
Right. Got fifteen Hondas and one Yamaha before finally settling for an
old
On 09/29/2009 09:21 AM, Geoff Galitz wrote:
Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They
are
supported for five years after release.
you might want to look into exactly what is ubuntu-support and how that
compares with what you get with CentOS. Its not nearly
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Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Not using, but I've tried it in a LAMP-configuration
Sorin Srbu wrote:
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Not using
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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Yupp, as I said, at the time I was testing Ubuntu, I
On 09/29/2009 06:21 PM, Drew wrote:
Websites for example
have moved from static html on the arpanet university sites to the
rich multimedia content we see today. Back then the idea of a website
infecting a computer was unheard of.
For completelness sake - website content hasent changed an
On 09/29/2009 06:38 PM, Florin Andrei wrote:
I agree with your assessment that Red Hat Co are still The
Distribution for enterprise stuff.
Where Enterprise Stuff == 'Stable computing where you can focus on doing
things with your computer and know that when you want to, it will be
there -
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Geoff Galitz a écrit :
Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They are
supported for five years after release.
Ubuntu Long Term Support is three years for desktops and five for servers.
In the last LTS version (8.04), half of the audio apps
On 09/30/2009 02:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
Solution: stick with CentOS, rock-solid and *real* LTS.
But that means you have to wait many years for new features - that you
probably
want in rapidly developing desktop apps.
thats not always true - it is to some extent though. And the 'long
Karanbir Singh wrote:
On 09/30/2009 02:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
Solution: stick with CentOS, rock-solid and *real* LTS.
But that means you have to wait many years for new features - that you
probably
want in rapidly developing desktop apps.
thats not always true - it is to some extent
Christopher Chan wrote:
And I can't believe I just write that...! I sound like a linux
die-hard...
Just try Solaris or FreeBSD then. That should make you a Linux die-hard. :-D
Oh yes. I tried Opensolaris for a while and now I'm more convinced of
Linux than ever.
mg.
Sorin Srbu wrote:
HTH.
Hi Sorin
You can sudo bash and you will have a root terminal. In it, you can
set the root password for root.
Yupp, as I said, at the time I was testing Ubuntu, I was rather green and
didn't know about those little tricks. Now is a another matter, but I still
prefer
At Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:41:48 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
wrote:
Sorin Srbu wrote:
HTH.
Hi Sorin
You can sudo bash and you will have a root terminal. In it, you can
set the root password for root.
Yupp, as I said, at the time I was testing Ubuntu, I was rather
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Marcelo M. Garcia
The reason for Ubuntu in the laptop is simply because CentOS didn't work
very well. I followed the wiki about XPS M1530[1] and everything
almost work. At the office one of the developers uses a Dell Precision
laptop with RHEL 5.3 (it came
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Sorry, but Fedora is no longer a good desktop choice. I
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Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:29 PM
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Thats my thought as well. Ubuntu desktop and CentOS for servers.
Just
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Ubuntu for desktop is really a give and take. You get some
Sorin Srbu wrote:
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To: CentOS mailing list
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Thats my thought as well. Ubuntu
1) Ubuntu really needs more frequent total updates (it is not a
long-term stable release). The Ubuntu system that was on the local
library's server was unable to get updates (apt-get would fail -- I
ended up manually downloading packages and installing by hand (using raw
dpkg commands --
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Not using, but I've tried it in a LAMP-configuration couple
Geoff Galitz a écrit :
Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They are
supported for five years after release.
Ubuntu Long Term Support is three years for desktops and five for servers.
In the last LTS version (8.04), half of the audio apps had no sound for
a
Christopher Chan a écrit :
Bah, sudo -i for the equivalent of su -.
Or try this:
$ sudo -s
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At Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:21:08 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
wrote:
1) Ubuntu really needs more frequent total updates (it is not a
long-term stable release). The Ubuntu system that was on the local
library's server was unable to get updates (apt-get would fail -- I
Christopher Chan wrote:
Thats my thought as well. Ubuntu desktop and CentOS for servers.
Just wandering if anyone is using the 'Ubuntu Server Edition's'? They
seem appealing but CentOS is what I am used too on servers now.
Thought about loading it up on a box to just try though.
Sorin Srbu wrote:
Thats my thought as well. Ubuntu desktop and CentOS for servers.
Just wandering if anyone is using the 'Ubuntu Server Edition's'? They
seem appealing but CentOS is what I am used too on servers now.
Thought about loading it up on a box to just try though.
Not using, but
Sorin Srbu wrote:
I there are too many updates, and sometimes they crash something. I
remember while using Fedora 10, after disappointment with F9, after an
update, the sound stopped to work. I didn't like the idea of Thunderbird
beta in F 12. Also, the external drives are mounted using the
On 09/27/2009 02:57 PM, Drew wrote:
That's the rule of thumb I see applied to what goes in /srv. In a LAMP
box for example I'd expect to see the website(and site logs), database
files, and POP3/IMAP spools stored in srv directories. Machine
specific data like system logs and email processing
On 09/29/2009 09:21 AM, Geoff Galitz wrote:
Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They are
supported for five years after release.
you might want to look into exactly what is ubuntu-support and how that
compares with what you get with CentOS. Its not nearly the same
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
I also have CentOS at home. There are quirks, though: for example, I tried
to run kaffeine last night, and it couldn't find libkaffeinepart.so. I
tried adding /opt/kde3/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, to LOAD_LIBwhatever, and
even did an ldconfig, and it *still* can't find
Karanbir Singh wrote:
On 09/27/2009 02:57 PM, Drew wrote:
That's the rule of thumb I see applied to what goes in /srv. In a LAMP
box for example I'd expect to see the website(and site logs), database
files, and POP3/IMAP spools stored in srv directories. Machine
specific data like system logs
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
I also have CentOS at home. There are quirks, though: for example, I
tried to run kaffeine last night, and it couldn't find libkaffeinepart.so.
I tried adding /opt/kde3/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, to LOAD_LIBwhatever,
and even did an ldconfig, and it *still* can't find
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Geoff Galitz a écrit :
Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They are
supported for five years after release.
Ubuntu Long Term Support is three years for desktops and five for servers.
In the last LTS version (8.04), half of the
Not likely... Storage paths are all arbitrary and if a standard has to
make up a new location that breaks existing concepts they've already
done something wrong.
Times change. What worked well on Unix 20-30 years ago isn't
necessarily the best way of doing things today. Websites for example
Matt wrote:
Just wandering if anyone is using the 'Ubuntu Server Edition's'?
On a whim, I installed it on my home mail/web/* server. It was due for
an upgrade anyway.
So far, so good. Running a boatload of services (low load though), no
crashes, solid.
The Ubuntu experience is the same.
Geoff Galitz wrote:
Perhaps it is getting trendy to beat up on non-Centos distros here on the
Centos list?
Well, it's the group bias.
I keep an eye on a Kawasaki forum, and they have a knack for doing a lot
of Suzuki bashing. I'm, like, WTF, they're all awesome sportbikes! :-)
Same here.
Karanbir Singh wrote:
you might want to look into exactly what is ubuntu-support and how that
compares with what you get with CentOS. Its not nearly the same thing.
To an extent that LTS is mostly considered a nonstarter in most very
small business. Specially where the client is in a
Drew wrote:
Not likely... Storage paths are all arbitrary and if a standard has to
make up a new location that breaks existing concepts they've already
done something wrong.
Times change. What worked well on Unix 20-30 years ago isn't
necessarily the best way of doing things today.
Florin Andrei wrote:
Well, it's the group bias.
I keep an eye on a Kawasaki forum, and they have a knack for doing a lot
of Suzuki bashing. I'm, like, WTF, they're all awesome sportbikes! :-)
Same here. In the end, Linux is the same, just different flavors for
different tastes.
Florin Andrei wrote:
Karanbir Singh wrote:
you might want to look into exactly what is ubuntu-support and how that
compares with what you get with CentOS. Its not nearly the same thing.
To an extent that LTS is mostly considered a nonstarter in most very
small business. Specially where
Max Hetrick wrote:
the zealots
Nah, it's just the way the human mind works, according to its current
blueprint. It can be pretty awesome in what it can do sometimes, but it
does have obvious fundamental flaws too.
You and I have biases too, but nobody is aware of their own. :)
--
Florin
The argument you're expressing, as I see it, is that there is really
no difference whether or not the files are stored in /var or /srv
because in the end they're bits on a disk so where in the file system
they end up doesn't matter. /var was chosen years ago by Unix admins
so why change it to
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, keep in mind that it took many years for Red Hat to get it right
(or what they think is right) and when they did, they stopped
distributing the binaries for free. Ubuntu should be getting pretty
close to having
Drew wrote:
The argument you're expressing, as I see it, is that there is really
no difference whether or not the files are stored in /var or /srv
because in the end they're bits on a disk so where in the file system
they end up doesn't matter. /var was chosen years ago by Unix admins
so why
I've been generally unhappy with my CentOS desktop both at home and at
work, when it comes to thinks like sound and video.
I'd recommend going with Fedora Core, to be honest. Much as I love
CentOS on my servers.
--
“Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV”
- Michael
Ron Blizzard wrote:
I've been generally unhappy with my CentOS desktop both at home and at
work, when it comes to thinks like sound and video.
I'd recommend going with Fedora Core, to be honest. Much as I love
CentOS on my servers.
I like stability over cutting edge, so CentOS (with
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Ron Blizzard rb4cen...@gmail.com wrote:
I like stability over cutting edge, so CentOS (with multimedia from
RPMForge)
What are the details on MM from RPMForge?
If I could get my MM working I'd be happy. I like stability too,
which is why I use it on my
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 15:38 -0400, Alan McKay wrote:
I've been generally unhappy with my CentOS desktop both at home and at
work, when it comes to thinks like sound and video.
I'd recommend going with Fedora Core, to be honest. Much as I love
CentOS on my servers.
This is more a reply
I am not an Ubuntu basher, but I felt it was babying me a little too
much.
Hmmm, maybe that's what I should put on my wife's laptop :-)
I already know Linux very well - been a UNIX geek for over 20 years,
and Linux geek for getting on 10 now. And I still get frustrated
with how difficult it
Alan McKay wrote:
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Ron Blizzard rb4cen...@gmail.com wrote:
I like stability over cutting edge, so CentOS (with multimedia from
RPMForge)
What are the details on MM from RPMForge?
If I could get my MM working I'd be happy. I like stability too,
which
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 16:14 -0400, Alan McKay wrote:
I am not an Ubuntu basher, but I felt it was babying me a little too
much.
Hmmm, maybe that's what I should put on my wife's laptop :-)
I already know Linux very well - been a UNIX geek for over 20 years,
and Linux geek for getting on
Sorin Srbu wrote:
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Behalf
Of Matt
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:29 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Thats my thought as well. Ubuntu desktop
Not quite. It is more a matter of a standard only being useful if
everyone does what it says. Picking a new location that no one
currently uses is always the worst possible choice.
So are revolutions but those seem to work well on occasion. :-)
My argument is that those same Unix admins
Drew wrote:
Not quite. It is more a matter of a standard only being useful if
everyone does what it says. Picking a new location that no one
currently uses is always the worst possible choice.
So are revolutions but those seem to work well on occasion. :-)
Only for the survivors.
My
Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
Sorin Srbu wrote:
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Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:29 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Ron Blizzard rb4cen...@gmail.com wrote:
I like stability over cutting edge, so CentOS (with multimedia from
RPMForge)
What are the details on MM from RPMForge?
If I could get my MM
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote:
Fedora has the advantage to a RHEL/CentOS user of having the same
install/admin tools. But if you are turning the box over to someone
else, Ubuntu makes much more of an effort to be user friendly. And they
haven't
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Tait Clarridge t...@clarridge.ca wrote:
CentOS is great for server use and if you want to learn CentOS for use
as a server, Fedora is a great place to start because they are both
redhat based. Chances are that if you got something to work in Fedora,
you can
On 9/25/09, Anne Wilson cannewil...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Friday 25 September 2009 17:02:24 Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Anne Wilson cannewil...@googlemail.com
wrote:
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop.
He
needs are small. She
On 09/27/2009 08:09 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
At Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:13:04 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
wrote:
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
I'd add in the search RHELyour release, at least to start. Beyond that,
some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.
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Behalf
Of Marcelo M. Garcia
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:57 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Sorry, but Fedora is no longer a good desktop choice. I
Sorin Srbu wrote:
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Behalf
Of Marcelo M. Garcia
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:57 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Sorry, but Fedora is no longer
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop. He
needs are small. She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and browsing, so
equivalents there are not a problem. She needs grip and lame, for her mp3s -
again no problem.
Desktop, non-techie - use Ubuntu instead
At Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:29:12 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
wrote:
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop. Â He
needs are small. Â She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and
browsing, so
equivalents there are not a problem. Â She needs
wrote:
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new
desktop. He
needs are small. She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and
browsing, so
equivalents there are not a problem. She needs grip and lame,
for her mp3s -
again no problem.
Desktop, non-techie - use
Matt wrote:
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop. He
needs are small. She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and browsing,
so
equivalents there are not a problem. She needs grip and lame, for her mp3s
-
again no problem.
Desktop, non-techie
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
I'd add in the search RHELyour release, at least to start. Beyond that,
some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.
No! Never use Mandrake RPMS on RHEL.
My advice for third-party applications:
1) Use RPMS from RPMForge repo.
2) If your
At Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:13:04 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org
wrote:
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit :
I'd add in the search RHELyour release, at least to start. Beyond that,
some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.
No! Never use Mandrake RPMS on RHEL.
On 24/09/09 21:32, Paul Heinlein wrote:
I really wish RH would hop on the /srv bus. The broad distinction is
fairly easy to grasp: /var for variable data of general interest to
the machine, /srv for stuff related to a specific service. In general,
/var is machine-generated, /srv is
Am Sonntag, den 27.09.2009, 15:17 +0200 schrieb Karanbir Singh:
On 24/09/09 21:32, Paul Heinlein wrote:
I really wish RH would hop on the /srv bus. The broad distinction is
fairly easy to grasp: /var for variable data of general interest to
the machine, /srv for stuff related to a specific
So I don't see consensus here. What if my served data ist variable
data? An no distinction between man made or machine made is given here.
Also this might not be flexible enough for some scenarios.
Is the data being stored customer facing or internal to the machine?
That's the rule of thumb I
Matt a écrit :
I have always used Ubuntu for desktop linux and CentOS for servers.
Have never tried CentOS as a desktop. Perhaps I should?
One look is worth a thousand words, as they say :
http://www.microlinux.fr/captures.html
My Linux desktop, based on CentOS 5.3, tweaked to death with
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Matt a écrit :
I have always used Ubuntu for desktop linux and CentOS for servers.
Have never tried CentOS as a desktop. Perhaps I should?
One look is worth a thousand words, as they say :
http://www.microlinux.fr/captures.html
My Linux desktop, based on CentOS
Les Mikesell a écrit :
Can the install script be simplified to rpm installs of the http urls to the
yum
repo release files followed by yum installs of a list of packages? And if
so,
can someone publish that script?
Not really. Before discovering CentOS (around 2006), I've been a
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Les Mikesell a écrit :
Can the install script be simplified to rpm installs of the http urls to the
yum
repo release files followed by yum installs of a list of packages? And if
so,
can someone publish that script?
Not really. Before discovering CentOS (around
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Les Mikesell a écrit :
snip
Here's an example. I have a directory java/, with the latest java from
sun.com, plus the following script:
snip
I've just become familiar with alternatives, and now wonder why no one created
that a decade ago.
mark
--
The very powerful
mark wrote:
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Les Mikesell a écrit :
snip
Here's an example. I have a directory java/, with the latest java from
sun.com, plus the following script:
snip
I've just become familiar with alternatives, and now wonder why no one
created
that a decade ago.
It's not a real
Les Mikesell wrote:
mark wrote:
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Les Mikesell a écrit :
snip
Here's an example. I have a directory java/, with the latest java from
sun.com, plus the following script:
snip
I've just become familiar with alternatives, and now wonder why no one
created
that a decade
mark wrote:
Les Mikesell wrote:
mark wrote:
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Les Mikesell a écrit :
snip
Here's an example. I have a directory java/, with the latest java from
sun.com, plus the following script:
snip
I've just become familiar with alternatives, and now wonder why no one
created
Les Mikesell a écrit :
But that leaves you in charge of maintaining and updating every piece you
install or leaving the systems in a lurch if you don't and there are
subsequent
security/bug fixes. The whole point of having an enterprise-type long-life
distribution is that you don't have
On Thursday 24 September 2009 20:03:04 Curt Mills wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 17:50:37 Ron Loftin wrote:
My image of the low-tech user is the one who surfs the Web, reads and
writes e-mail, and does the odd letter or maybe even a spreadsheet
Anne Wilson wrote:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 20:03:04 Curt Mills wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 17:50:37 Ron Loftin wrote:
My image of the low-tech user is the one who surfs the Web, reads and
writes e-mail, and does the odd letter or maybe
Anne Wilson wrote:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 20:03:04 Curt Mills wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 17:50:37 Ron Loftin wrote:
My image of the low-tech user is the one who surfs the Web, reads
and
writes e-mail, and does the odd letter or maybe
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Anne Wilson cannewil...@googlemail.com wrote:
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop. He
needs are small. She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and browsing, so
I believe if you install all the multimedia stuff that's
On Friday 25 September 2009 17:02:24 Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Anne Wilson cannewil...@googlemail.com
wrote:
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop. He
needs are small. She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and
browsing, so
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop. He
needs are small. She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and browsing, so
equivalents there are not a problem. She needs grip and lame, for her mp3s -
again no problem. In fact the only problem I can see
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Of Anne Wilson
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:11 AM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new
Anne Wilson a écrit :
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop.
I'm running a small computer business in South France, installing
desktops and servers for professionals like small companies. I have
almost exclusively non-tech users, and CentOS + RPMForge + the odd
On Thursday 24 September 2009 10:31:55 Sorin Srbu wrote:
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Behalf Of Anne Wilson
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:11 AM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
On Thursday 24 September 2009 10:55:15 Niki Kovacs wrote:
Anne Wilson a écrit :
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop.
I'm running a small computer business in South France, installing
desktops and servers for professionals like small companies. I have
almost
-Original Message-
From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On
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Of Anne Wilson
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Yea, I know, I get to keep the pieces :-) I have both of those
On Thursday 24 September 2009 12:38:12 Sorin Srbu wrote:
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Anne Wilson wrote on 09/24/2009 07:54 AM:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 12:38:12 Sorin Srbu wrote:
...
I think if the worst comes to the worst it would be possible to install a FC6
package. Pbone says there is a package for FC6, and also offers an rpm from
sourceforge. That may be a
Anne Wilson wrote:
I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop. He
needs are small. She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and browsing,
so
equivalents there are not a problem. She needs grip and lame, for her
mp3s -
again no problem. In fact the only
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Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:55 PM
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I don't know much about Fedora any longer, I gave it up
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Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Why CentOS, as a matter of interest.
I'm a great fan of CentOS
On Thursday 24 September 2009 13:23:59 Phil Schaffner wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote on 09/24/2009 07:54 AM:
On Thursday 24 September 2009 12:38:12 Sorin Srbu wrote:
...
I think if the worst comes to the worst it would be possible to install a
FC6 package. Pbone says there is a package for
On Thursday 24 September 2009 13:34:24 Sorin Srbu wrote:
Just to be clear, my there might be some repo(s) for this one was meant
as Fedora generally speaking not, FC6 specifically. 8-)
OK - I tend to think of FC6 because it's the nearest, I think, to CentOS 5.x.
Anne
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