Hi all,
I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.
Thank for replies
Compiz is pretty resource intensive. As a result it will also use your power/(unit time) this might not be the best desktop environment for a netbook. Assuming it will even play well with the netbook's video card.
Good luck, Michael Schenck
happymaster23 wrote:
Hi all,
I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.
Thank for replies
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Thank you for reply,
but Compiz can be easily switched off when you are on battery and the GMA950 have enough power to handle it on 1024*600 resolution. This is no problem. I like CentOS because of its stability (and I am using it on servers), but I don´t know how it will appear on desktop. Yes, CentOS is enterprise operating system and Fedora is multimedia minded, but I think that CentOS is better OS with much better HW support (isn´t it?) and this multimedia features can be easily added.
I don´t know which one choose :(
2008/11/13 Michael Schenck mschenck@limewire.com
Compiz is pretty resource intensive. As a result it will also use your power/(unit time) this might not be the best desktop environment for a netbook. Assuming it will even play well with the netbook's video card.
Good luck, Michael Schenck
happymaster23 wrote:
Hi all,
I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.
Thank for replies
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS is a "more secure" RHEL, I'm not at all sure where you got "better HW support"...
By the way, you can always add a repository that has Compiz and still use CentOS.
What kind of Netbook are you running?
That being said, I am curious to hear how compiz goes.
Best Regards, Michael Schenck
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:39 PM, happymaster23 happymaster23@gmail.comwrote:
Thank you for reply,
but Compiz can be easily switched off when you are on battery and the GMA950 have enough power to handle it on 1024*600 resolution. This is no problem. I like CentOS because of its stability (and I am using it on servers), but I don´t know how it will appear on desktop. Yes, CentOS is enterprise operating system and Fedora is multimedia minded, but I think that CentOS is better OS with much better HW support (isn´t it?) and this multimedia features can be easily added.
I don´t know which one choose :(
2008/11/13 Michael Schenck mschenck@limewire.com
Compiz is pretty resource intensive. As a result it will also use your power/(unit time) this might not be the best desktop environment for a netbook. Assuming it will even play well with the netbook's video card.
Good luck, Michael Schenck
happymaster23 wrote:
Hi all,
I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.
Thank for replies
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:48:53 -0500 "Michael Schenck" limeschenck@gmail.com wrote:
CentOS is a "more secure" RHEL, I'm not at all sure where you got "better HW support"...
CentOS is identical to RHEL, except for the copyrights, licensing and logos. The keyword is identical.
Why is it more secure? Why would CentOS have better HW support?
I thought the were default configuration differences between RHEL and CentOS such that in theory it was "more secure" out of the box.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:56 PM, centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:48:53 -0500 "Michael Schenck" limeschenck@gmail.com wrote:
CentOS is a "more secure" RHEL, I'm not at all sure where you got "better HW support"...
CentOS is identical to RHEL, except for the copyrights, licensing and logos. The keyword is identical.
Why is it more secure? Why would CentOS have better HW support?
-- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work
I am going to buy Eee PC S101 (1,6 GHz Atom, 1 GB RAM, ...), but these specs are same on most of netbooks. You can find some videos of Compiz on Eee PC 701 at youtube.com which works flawlessly, so I am convinced, that on next generation Eee PCs (901, S101) there will be no problems even if S101 have bigger resolution (800*480 vs. 1024*600).
Thank for replies
2008/11/13 Michael Schenck limeschenck@gmail.com
CentOS is a "more secure" RHEL, I'm not at all sure where you got "better HW support"...
By the way, you can always add a repository that has Compiz and still use CentOS.
What kind of Netbook are you running?
That being said, I am curious to hear how compiz goes.
Best Regards, Michael Schenck
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:39 PM, happymaster23 happymaster23@gmail.comwrote:
Thank you for reply,
but Compiz can be easily switched off when you are on battery and the GMA950 have enough power to handle it on 1024*600 resolution. This is no problem. I like CentOS because of its stability (and I am using it on servers), but I don´t know how it will appear on desktop. Yes, CentOS is enterprise operating system and Fedora is multimedia minded, but I think that CentOS is better OS with much better HW support (isn´t it?) and this multimedia features can be easily added.
I don´t know which one choose :(
2008/11/13 Michael Schenck mschenck@limewire.com
Compiz is pretty resource intensive. As a result it will also use your power/(unit time) this might not be the best desktop environment for a netbook. Assuming it will even play well with the netbook's video card.
Good luck, Michael Schenck
happymaster23 wrote:
Hi all,
I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.
Thank for replies
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
happymaster23 wrote:
I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.
Make your decision between Fedora and CentOS not on the basis of Compiz which is described by its developers as "Alpha Software".
I have got both Fedora and CentOS and they can be described as "different animals". CentOS is a stable server while Fedora is a fancy smancy desktop. Some of these people asking to upgrade should really be on the Fedora bandwagon and others complaining about Fedora being bleeding edge should have a CentOS server.
Best of both?
Regards, Vandaman.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:02 PM, happymaster23 happymaster23@gmail.com wrote:
I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.
Suggest that you download the CentOS Live CD and see if CentOS will run on your notebook and support all of the hardware. If not, try a Fedora Live CD. Fedora will probably support more hardware than CentOS. Make your decision between the 2 distros, if they both work on your notebook. If not, use the distro that works.
happymaster23 wrote:
I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.
CentOS-5 ships with Compiz included in the distro, so if you have hardware that is compatible, it will work out of the box.
I have built CompizFusion on CentOS-5 but its never really been stable with the Xorg version included in the distro, whereas Beryl ( what CompizFusion sort of emerged out of ) does work, and it works fine for me on a bunch of nvidia / intel / ati cards. The last stable version is the one hosted in the kbsingh-extras-testing repo for C5. More details on the repo are at http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories
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