CentOS is a "more secure" RHEL, I'm not at all sure where you got "better HW support"... By the way, you can always add a repository that has Compiz and still use CentOS. What kind of Netbook are you running? That being said, I am curious to hear how compiz goes. Best Regards, Michael Schenck On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:39 PM, happymaster23 <happymaster23 at gmail.com>wrote: > Thank you for reply, > > but Compiz can be easily switched off when you are on battery and the > GMA950 have enough power to handle it on 1024*600 resolution. This is no > problem. I like CentOS because of its stability (and I am using it on > servers), but I don´t know how it will appear on desktop. Yes, CentOS is > enterprise operating system and Fedora is multimedia minded, but I think > that CentOS is better OS with much better HW support (isn´t it?) and this > multimedia features can be easily added. > > I don´t know which one choose :( > > 2008/11/13 Michael Schenck <mschenck at limewire.com> > >> Compiz is pretty resource intensive. As a result it will also use your >> power/(unit time) this might not be the best desktop environment for a >> netbook. Assuming it will even play well with the netbook's video card. >> >> Good luck, >> Michael Schenck >> >> happymaster23 wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of >>> Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my >>> netbook and this is one of most important features that I want. >>> >>> Thank for replies >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081113/15703c98/attachment-0005.html>