"nate" wrote:
Security is pretty important for me too. For this, and other reasons I never point yum to 3rd party repositories. I only run CentOS/RHEL on servers. I run Debian on desktops(due to larger package selection and still long release cycles for stable). And usually Ubuntu on laptops(for more current hardware support).
Debian? Didn't they have a *pretty* dangerous hold in their SSL packages just some weeks ago?
Especially if it gets to security, I don't think that Debian is a good solution. AFAIR they also got their servers hacked several times for several different reasons. Not very trustworthy, IMHO. And those political discussions *suck*! For example I want "Firefox" and *not* "Iceweasel".
If security is a top priority, and you really want to use CentOS/RHEL, then don't use 3rd party packages, period. Otherwise I suggest you find a distro that supports the applications you wish to run directly or maintain them yourself.
I'm searching for a distribution for several *months* now and so far I couldn't find something that fits my needs...
CentOS seems to be pretty well done, but the amount of packages that is delivered with it definetly doesn't fit all needs. Today, I tried to set up a server with CentOS (VMWare server). Worked pretty well, but for installing the NTFS driver, I had to import the rpmforge repository...
And of course security/stability rarely means having the latest version.
Of course.
Am I on the right list? Not very much answers, so far...
CU
Manuel