[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

[Marcelo M. Garcia]

Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf
>> Of Marcelo M. Garcia
>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:57 PM
>> To: CentOS mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
>>
>> Sorry, but Fedora is no longer a good desktop choice. I was a Fedora
>> user, but the distribution is pushing to far the idea of cutting edge
>> features.
> 
> Would you mind elaborating your view here?
> 
Hi

To be honest there isn't much to elaborate. I understand the goal Fedora 
project to test the latest software available. In this way, Fedora isn't 
for everyone. At least is not for your main system, but if you have a 
spare machine to install and play with it, it's probably a good idea. In 
my case, the rpmfusion NVIDIA driver didn't like my card, a Quadro NVS280.

I there are too many updates, and sometimes they crash something. I 
remember while using Fedora 10, after disappointment with F9, after an 
update, the sound stopped to work. I didn't like the idea of Thunderbird 
beta in F 12. Also, the external drives are mounted using the uuid(?) 
name, so instead of /media/disk, appears something like 
/media/88299233ddd22, which breaks my backup/recover script. And a few 
other thinks. My general option was that the experience wasn't good, or 
put in another way, Ubuntu works better.

None of this is critical, but it is annoying. For me, a good 
distribuition would be something seating between Fedora and CentOS. In 
the last months I started thinking that Ubuntu feel this gap. I still 
believe that CentOS is best option for servers and technical 
workstations, but not for my laptop, a Dell XPS M1530.

Regards

mg.