We tend to use CentOS for our desktops as well, hence the request to this mailing list. We do not wish to have Ubuntu installed. Thanks nate wrote: > Philip Manuel wrote: > >> It uses a NV chipset, >> nVidia GeForce 8200, >> http://au.shuttle.com/product_detail_spec.jsp?PI=939 . I added an Intel >> Ethernet card to get over the Marvell Ethernet issue, and a NVIDIA >> 8600GT card. >> >> I forgot to add I used no additional driver disks to get Vista to see >> the disk. >> > > Try Ubuntu, you probably wouldn't need additional driver disks to > get it workin' either. CentOS is a server oriented distro, not > a desktop distro. Hardware differences between desktop and server > are almost night and day in many cases. The system you link to > is most definitely a desktop class system. > > Or perhaps Fedora, though I'm not much of a fan of the short > support cycle for Fedora(assuming it's still 6 months). > > With Ubuntu(and possibly Fedora) you get the added advantage > of tons more packages than what is included with CentOS/RHEL > without having to resort to problematic 3rd party repositories > or crazy yum configurations to try to keep a sane installation > running. > > CentOS works great for what it's built for. > > nate > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >