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Re: [Centos] Centos as a desktop
by C.M. Connelly 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

"TK" == Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz(a)optonline.net> TK> I don't want to discourage one from using Centos for a TK> workstation, but you may want to at least run TK> dual/triple/quad boot and drive a distro(s) geared for the TK> workstation/desktop as well. If your objective is to just TK> run a work station and are not looking for all the toys, TK> than Centos is for you. If you want to live on the edge, TK> have all the latest and greatest, than leave 10-15 gig on TK> the drive for the latest Fedora release. I personally TK> prefer to live on the edge on my two machines I do most of TK> my work on, it seems to minimize my learning curve going TK> forward, and also helps the community in general, but that TK> is me, and you are you. Hey, it's a *work*station. I need it to work, all the time, as it's my main gateway into all the other machines. I also need to be able to write documents, admin the other systems, duplicate and fix user problems, prototype code and websites, and so on. For play, I have a bunch of other machines in my office (including the damn Beowulf cluster that hasn't been moved yet!), a shiny Powerbook, and my keen Debian development box at home. That said, yes, if you want the very, very latest and greatest, then I guess CentOS 3 isn't your first choice, any more than Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS or AS or Debian stable would be. For edges so sharp their users are anemic, we have distros like Debian unstable, Fedora Core development (is it still Rawhide), Mandrake Cooker, and so forth. For workstations, stable OSs with support and the occasional newer package work pretty well. Claire -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Claire Connelly cmc(a)math.hmc.edu Systems Administrator (909) 621-8754 Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

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list suggestion
by Francois Caen 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hello, I'm fairly new to CentOS and to this list. I was wondering if the possibility of creating an announce-only list for CentOS had been discussed before? I'm mostly interested in patch releases and official announcements from the distro maintainers. (great job, BTW! :-) Thanks, Francois

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question about Webtraffic monitoring
by Michiel van Es 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Does anyone know a good open source and free webmonitoring software which I can use to monitor some websites and build simple uptime/downtine statistics for my customers (conform SLA's) ? Any help/hitns would be very apperciated :) -- Michiel

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CentOS & openoffice.org
by Jesús García González 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hello all, Ive just installed CentOS using the default desktop configuration. It promised to install openoffice.org but it didnt. After a manual install (via yum install openoffice.org) the package plus dependencies install but wont start even though gnome shows all the right links Am I missing something? :-( best wishes, J.

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CentOS-3 x86_64 errata - Updated gd packages fix security issues
by Will Dinkel 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

The gd packages have been updated for x86_64 CentOS-3. Refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-638.html. RPMS/gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.x86_64.rpm RPMS/gd-devel-1.8.4-12.3.1.x86_64.rpm RPMS/gd-progs-1.8.4-12.3.1.x86_64.rpm SRPMS/gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.src.rpm Execute "yum update gd" to apply. Will Dinkel Chief Systems Engineer Team HPC, Inc. 785-542-2135 x304 wdinkel(a)teamhpc.com http://www.teamhpc.com

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CentOS-3 x86_64 errata - Updated zip package fixes security issue
by Will Dinkel 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

The zip package has been updated for x86_64 CentOS-3. Refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-634.html. RPMS/zip-2.3-16.1.x86_64.rpm SRPMS/zip-2.3-16.1.src.rpm Execute "yum update zip" to apply. Will Dinkel Chief Systems Engineer Team HPC, Inc. 785-542-2135 x304 wdinkel(a)teamhpc.com http://www.teamhpc.com

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CentOS-3 x86_64 errata - Updated libxml package fixes security vulnerabilities
by Will Dinkel 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

The libxml package has been updated. Refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-650.html. RPMS/libxml-1.8.17-9.2.x86_64.rpm RPMS/libxml-devel-1.8.17-9.2.x86_64.rpm SRPMS/libxml-1.8.17-9.2.src.rpm Execute "yum update libxml" to apply. Will Dinkel Chief Systems Engineer Team HPC, Inc. 785-542-2135 x304 wdinkel(a)teamhpc.com http://www.teamhpc.com

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CentOS-3 x86_64 errata - Updated samba packages fix security issue
by Will Dinkel 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

The samba packages have been updated for x86_64 CentOS-3. Refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-670.html RPMS/samba-3.0.9-1.3E.1.i386.rpm RPMS/samba-3.0.9-1.3E.1.x86_64.rpm RPMS/samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.1.x86_64.rpm RPMS/samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.1.x86_64.rpm RPMS/samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.1.x86_64.rpm SRPMS/samba-3.0.9-1.3E.1.src.rpm Execute "yum update samba" to apply. Will Dinkel Chief Systems Engineer Team HPC, Inc. 785-542-2135 x304 wdinkel(a)teamhpc.com http://www.teamhpc.com

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Centos 3 Updates - gd
by seth vidal 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hi All, Centos 3 updates: gd: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-638.html i386/RPMS/gd-devel-1.8.4-12.3.1.i386.rpm i386/RPMS/gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.i386.rpm i386/RPMS/gd-progs-1.8.4-12.3.1.i386.rpm i386/SRPMS/gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.src.rpm To apply these updates just run: yum update These are on mirror.caosity.org now and should be on local mirrors within a few hours. Thanks, -sv

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Re: [Centos] Centos as a desktop
by C.M. Connelly 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

"JGG" == Jesús García González <jesus(a)ceinpet.cupet.cu> "JRW" == Jacob Robert Wilkins <jrw(a)nplus1.net> JGG> What are the disadvantages (if any) of using CentOS as a JGG> desktop (as it is seen more like a server oriented distro JGG> being a clone of RHEL) JRW> It makes a decent desktop. Make sure you add in Dag's JRW> repository, Hmm. We run CentOS 3 as a desktop OS here in a couple of labs and on faculty labs with no real complaints. I do have a bunch of additional packages that I build and install, but most of those are TeX related (newer teTeX from Fedora, gv, AUC-TeX, kile, etc.). Now, *I* build and run Garnome on my workstation, but most users are reasonably happy with the standard interface. I do also give them XMMS, but only faculty have disk space available for music files (and there aren't any encoders). And we have a newer Mozilla, Firefox, Acrobat Reader, and so forth, as well as MATLAB, Maple, and other math software. It definitely works for us. Claire -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Claire Connelly cmc(a)math.hmc.edu Systems Administrator (909) 621-8754 Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

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