I'm running CentOS on my server and I don't feel it makes a great desktop since several of the major applications (OpenOffice, Firefox, etc) lag behind since it follows RHEL. I prefer to use something more dynamic and current on the desktop. Thanks, Scott On 7/24/07, beast <beast at ldap.or.id> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to deploy centos on hundreds of client PC (a new setup). > Presently, several distros has attract me due to their focus on the desktop, > however they only have few months lifetime before a new version released. > > Is it advisable using centos on client? what about support for new > hardware and several office productivity software like openoffice, did centos > always update to the latest version? > > Previously i was using RH9 on several hundreds clients and love it, however > the update was horrible since it is unsupported, hence I can not install it > on the new hardware (ie. sata) > > thanks. > > --beast >