[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

[Niki Kovacs]

m.roth at 5-cent.us a écrit :

> I'd add in the search RHEL<your release>, at least to start. Beyond that,
> some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms.

No! Never use Mandrake RPMS on RHEL.

My advice for third-party applications:

1) Use RPMS from RPMForge repo.

2) If your app/lib/tool/whatever is still not available, go to 
http://rpm.pbone.net, and make an advanced search for SRPMS in the 
following categories:

	* CentOS 5
	* RHEL 5
	* FC 6

Note: sometimes, SRPMS from more recent versions of Fedora will also 
work, but that depends on what it is.

Have fun,

Niki