On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:38:59 -0800, Tim Alberts wrote:
Greetings, I'm a Fedora user likely going to switch to CentOS in the next few days. I'm wondering if anyone has some heads up advice for me? I am very familiar with FC6 and before so I anticipate few problems I haven't already seen (and know were fixed).
I have a testbed machine triple-booting from time to time to F8, C5, and Ubuntu 7.10; after having run RH & clones since 7.1, I still prefer them; but I want something easier to keep up with for my wife to use after she outlives me, as I'm sure she will.
One thing I find that you may not is that there are several apps not in the other distros -- mostly betas, to be sure; but I miss them when I don't have them. (She won't.)
I do recommend, for that reason, that you start by dual-booting, preferably often, while you get used to the differences. Otherwise, though, yes, CentOS should suit you fine.