"nate" wrote: > Security is pretty important for me too. For this, and other reasons > I never point yum to 3rd party repositories. I only run CentOS/RHEL > on servers. I run Debian on desktops(due to larger package selection > and still long release cycles for stable). And usually Ubuntu on > laptops(for more current hardware support). Debian? Didn't they have a *pretty* dangerous hold in their SSL packages just some weeks ago? Especially if it gets to security, I don't think that Debian is a good solution. AFAIR they also got their servers hacked several times for several different reasons. Not very trustworthy, IMHO. And those political discussions *suck*! For example I want "Firefox" and *not* "Iceweasel". > If security is a top priority, and you really want to use CentOS/RHEL, > then don't use 3rd party packages, period. Otherwise I suggest you > find a distro that supports the applications you wish to run directly > or maintain them yourself. I'm searching for a distribution for several *months* now and so far I couldn't find something that fits my needs... CentOS seems to be pretty well done, but the amount of packages that is delivered with it definetly doesn't fit all needs. Today, I tried to set up a server with CentOS (VMWare server). Worked pretty well, but for installing the NTFS driver, I had to import the rpmforge repository... > And of course security/stability rarely means having the latest version. Of course. Am I on the right list? Not very much answers, so far... CU Manuel -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - gegen HTML-Mail answers as html mail will be deleted automatically! Antworten als HTML-Mail werden automatisch gelöscht! GMX startet ShortView.de. Hier findest Du Leute mit Deinen Interessen! Jetzt dabei sein: http://www.shortview.de/wasistshortview.php?mc=sv_ext_mf@gmx