On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 09:59 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Scott Ehrlich wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > > > >><snip> > > 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 > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill