Hi Dave,
Dave Gutteridge wrote:
I'm the "he" in question, and for me there was no "sticking" with FC3. I only made the commitment to move from Windows to Linux a few weeks ago, and FC4 is the only distribution they make available on Fedora's own site, so I assumed it was the current one.
Fedora is by-design a faster moving distro, and issues that are inherited from this state-of-mind, are things you live with, if you are a Fedora user.
On the Fedora Mailing list, someone recommended that I go with CentOS. But now that I'm here, I'm starting to regret it a bit. While Karanbir's posting helps, some of the links I chased down and my attempts to set up repositories have not worked so far and it's frustrating.
If you can be more specific, maybe we can help ? Which repository are you looking at / facing problems with ?
If you need a more 'real time' help situation try dropping into the #centos irc channel at irc.freenode.net, usually people are friendly and helpful, more so if you ask nicely.
This is probably just frustration talking, but at this point, I'm missing Windows. At least with Windows, there is far less confusion about versions and compatibility. Ditto for Mac. I've been experimenting
Maybe you wont miss Windows that much, when you realise that a few months down the road - the machine is still stable, you dont have to worry about virus' and things-just-work, once you know how. And they just keep on working.
Just today we had to shutdown a machine that had uptime since 22nd of Nov 2001, and handled major data traffic each day.
with Linux for three weeks now, and I still have no idea which distribution actually works, let alone which will suit my needs. I have no idea what I gain or lose by choosing Debian builds over Red Hat builds or vice versa... and I've read reviews and distro watch and all that. I'm drowning in a sea of choices, and not in a good way.
Which distro you chose, is something that you decide on. I am not going to go in with pitching for and against any distro. Each has its own issues / benefits.
But, any issues you face with CentOS, we'll try and help with.
- KB