on 4-5-2008 12:26 PM John spake the following: > On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 20:02 +0100, Alan Bartlett wrote: >> On 05/04/2008, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> On the command line, if you saved the commands - or got them >> from an instructional listing in the first place, you just >> paste the same set of commands into a terminal window. >> >> Three comments from me: >> >> (1) Regarding what Les wrote (above), I can say that the three Wiki >> "Kernel" HowTos have been written in such a way that the command lines >> shown in those articles *can* be copied (from a GUI) and pasted (into >> a CLI/TUI). I'm sure that same is true for many other WIki articles. >> >> (2) We must not loose sight of what CentOS basically is. CentOS == >> RHEL less RH. A stable, server orientated OS. On the fora, we often >> see evidence that CentOS is believed to be similar to *other* distros >> (that are more suitable for laptops & "home" use) and that it, CentOS, >> can be loaded onto typical laptops or home PCs. Then the grumbling >> starts about the non-operation of a bottom-of-the-range NIC or video >> controller or how multi-media doesn't work straight out of the box. >> The complaints that really irritate me are those that end with >> ". . . . whilst 'foo' (or 'bar' or 'xyzzy' or 'y2') runs o.k. on my >> hardware. So why doesn't CentOS?" > > "So why doesn't CentOS?" CentOS is for High End Server Hardware. The > most attracted feature it has to a new user is "my computer has been > running for a whole week. "Stability" Windows begs for that. > > The most disliked option for CentOS that I see was the option to not do > a spin of the Client, Workstation and Server versions. Ohh, how it was > so easy for me to tell a client get the Workstation version and Select > install everything. I guess the reason for doing so was not enough > resources. > > Similar to other Distros: CentOS Does not even begin to compare to the > usability of Ubuntu. But what can you say? Ubuntu is backed by a Multi > Million Dollar Company. > > Multimedia: I'll save that one for later. :-) I have an idea for that... > > > >> (3) The CentOS-docs list. Anne, the last item I received was dated >> April 3rd. But the last "high end servers" I bought did not have exotic and newest of the new hardware. They had fairly low end graphics with no need for 3d or even opengl support. The HP servers I have bought just worked with CentOS. Sure I could go to their website and download a driver disk, but it was not needed. CentOS even worked with the Compaq SAS raid controller. What is probably more frustrating to newbies is their buying of a desktop board and filling it with memory and trying to call it a server. That is a big difference to actual server hardware. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080406/23dfbad1/attachment-0005.sig>