Frank Thommen wrote:
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Like a previous poster, I'd also suggest, that you use an other distibution in this case. Ubuntu might be a good choice or maybe SuSE. Both are probably better suited for non-commandline techies :-).
That is utter bullshit. The neat thing about CentOS as a Desktop is that the system (mostly) stays the same over 7 years.
I was referring to the ease of use regarding updating etc. Not the desktop itself.
Ummm. yum? pirut? puplet? yum-updatesd (when it works)?
Both distributions offer easy-to-use update tools.
Oh, CentOS doesn't?
Not in such an integrated way as e.g. SuSE (yast). Or maybe I just don't know them?
yum? pirut? puplet? yum-updatesd? yumex?
I'd also suggest not to use Fedora or OpenSuse. They have both very fast release cycles, forcing you to updating very often.
Ermm. You advise to use SuSE, but then suggest to not use it? Or were you talking about the Enterprise version?
exactly.
Two years less support than CentOS for several thousand times the price :)
Ralph