Let me start by saying that this forum has been extremely helpful for me. I am not sure where I would place myself as far as Linux experience/qualifications, since I believe there are many like me out there (or maybe I am hoping there are) that do not exactly fit into the routine beginner, intermediate or expert classes. Over the last 30 years I have been writing DBMS applications that manage 60-70% of the national class action lawsuits, and being a DBMS oriented programmer, does not out of necessity, expose me to what's under the hood. My concern is that the OS works. So, every few years I reinstall an upgraded OS for my Windows server and my Linux servers in my home office. Then I just let them run. For Linux, many questions arise that underlines something I have learned over the years: Linux administrators need to understand computers in general and the OS in particular at a very detailed level. Not as true for Windows administrators. I tried by taking a course on Linux admin at a local JC, but only had reinforced how much there is to know and how I respect those that administer Linux systems. The result is that I try to get the nswers from the many Linux books I have, but asking those of you that have contact daily with Linux more times than not gives me salient answers to my questions. All I can say is a BIG THANK YOU for your patience and willingness to help. And maybe an apology is needed for asking about YUM, but I just wanted to know (briefly) why some of the Linux Admins do not like it (for me, it is just great). After a few replies the question was adequately answered...for me, it did not take the remainder of replies. Todd Robert wrote: >greetings, > >can someone(s) in authority please come up with a plan(s) of action in >regards to this list medium? > >unfortunately this list has pretty much reached the point of no return and >has become virtually useless. > > - rh > >-- >Robert - Abba Communications >Computers & Internet Sales/Service >www.abbacomm.net > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523