--- Feizhou <feizhou at graffiti.net> wrote: > Dave K wrote: > > On 7/25/07, Chris Mauritz <chrism at imntv.com> > wrote: > > > >> I agree completely. I don't see any real > showstoppers that would > >> prevent it from being a fine desktop. There are > a few extras that I'd > >> want to grab from the Fedora repos, but you can't > beat the > >> cost/stability/speedy updates/7 year EOL with a > stick. > > > > I agree, but I think the earlier comments have > some validity though. > > It would be far more useful if certain key apps > (e.g. FireFox and > > OpenOffice, I'm sure each of us has their own "key > app" list) were > > kept up-to-date, perhaps in an alternative repo. > And for supporting a > > large deployment, they need to be a repo, > building/installing manually > > just isn't an option. > > > > Man, you have the Centos plus repo, and if that does > not make you happy, > you have all the tools you need to roll your own > repo. What is this > about building/installing manually? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > hello, i am not sure if this is a concern, but if you are running x86_64 desktop systems then i would suggest putting the 32 bit centos. this will make life a lot more pleasant for you when installing firefox and other apps. if it is x86 then carry on :) my .02 cents Steven Get your Art Supplies @ www.littleartstore.com