On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 22:11 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > > > Karanbir Singh <Mail-Lists at karan.org> wrote: > > > I agree with OT, your post had little use for someone who > > > uses CentOS. > > > > I don't know how many times I've posted something and people thought it > > was off-topic when it was only viewed that way because of their > > *IGNORANCE* -- not mine. ;-> As the one who originally introduced "OT" to the thread subject, I would like to apologize for any unintended offense to Bryan. I meant OT for the thread, not the list, and was glad of the rare opportunity to ANSWER a question from him. :-) > > Now would be a good time to become paranoia :) > > >> Insert your conspiracy theory here << Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean nobody's out to get you! :-) On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 15:53 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > I am sure you are aware of the fact that using these repo's on a > CentOS Machine will cause you more damage than most people really > want. Expect to reinstall the OS if you have those repo's enabled and > run through a few pkg install cycles. And dont expect CentOS to > provide you with any useful updates anymore. Personally, I would find my CentOS4 desktops much less useful without Dag and some other 3rd party repos (particularly karan.org and Dries), and I certainly would have a hard time getting the wife and kids weened from the Redmond OS without Java, Flash, downloaded music players, DVD support, etc. I realize there is always some risk involved with deviating from the core distro, and avoid that on servers and critical machines, but am willing to accept the risks for non-critical desktops. Worst case, one can always do a fresh install, but I have been through quite a few cycles of updates with --enablerepo=<various_selected_3rd_party_repos> for a number of personal and work machines without breaking things that badly (at least on CentOS - FC is another story :-). Judging from recent list traffic, many others have the same needs and appreciate help on those topics. (Just wish some of them would search the archives.) Phil