[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Sorin Srbu
sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se
Thu Sep 24 09:31:55 UTC 2009
>-----Original Message-----
>From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
>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 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 is that gwenview
>doesn't
>appear to have the kipi-plugins. I can see libkipi listed, but no plugins,
>and a pbone search didn't find it for me. Perhaps it's available from a repo
>that I don't have? This is the tool of choice for me, for photo-printing.
>
>I think I've covered the areas that she's interested in. Can anyone point
>out
>any other things I should consider?
OpenOffice?
The RPMforge and Epel repos are always good bets, at least they have been for
me. Just make sure you use the yum-priorities plugin. You break it, you buy
it - kind of. ;-)
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/Sorin
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