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. > > So, I started with FC4, thinking it was merely the most recent, not > realizing that it was actually a bleeding edge experimental version. > > 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. > > 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 > 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. > > Dave this is the contents of my /etc/yum.conf, paste it in yours run yum update hope it helps [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=redhat-release exclude=webmin installonlypkgs=kernel* #kernel-smp kernel-hugemem kernel-enterprise kernel-debug kernel-unsupported kernel-smp-unsupported kernel-hugemem-unsupported tolerant=1 exactarch=1 [dag] name=Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$releasever/en/$basearch/dag [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ #baseurl=http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-4/$releasever/os/$basearch/ #baseurl=http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-4/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 #released updates [update] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ #baseurl=http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-4/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ #baseurl=http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-4/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 #packages used/produced in the build but not released [addons] name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ #baseurl=http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-4/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ #baseurl=http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-4/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 #additional packages that may be useful [extras] name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ #baseurl=http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-4/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ #baseurl=http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-4/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 #packages in testing #[testing] #name=CentOS-$releasever - Testing #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ #gpgcheck=1