On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 09:59 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
Scott Ehrlich wrote:
On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
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I have been working on installing RHEL5 64-bit Server on a machine, and thought about CentOS instead, but when I realized there was only one CentOS distro, figuring it was desktop-oriented, I opted out. There are some elements of RHEL5 server I need.
Thanks again for any clarification.
Then you OPTED wrong :D
CentOS has only ONE repo because we are not trying to sell stripped down versions at reduced price.
Desktop is just a reduced set of packages from server. They charge Big$$$ for server, and less$$$ for workstation/Desktop.
CentOS contains everything in both Server and desktop in one repo ... because we don't charge $$$ for anything.
And since CentOS does *not* charge, one should remember (especially in a commercial endeavor) to convince TPTB in their company to make a *generous* contribution to the CentOS project to help the project team members continue their excellent work.
See http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=23 for some *suggested* guidelines.
So, actually, CentOS has all packages in Server and Workstation/Desktop and you get to pick what you want to install. You don't have to provide any Install numbers to unlock any extra repos ... it is just all there available to you at install time.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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