[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

[Lanny Marcus]

On 9/25/09, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Friday 25 September 2009 17:02:24 Lanny Marcus wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>> > I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop.
>> > He
>> > needs are small.  She has been used to Mozilla for both mail and
>> > browsing, so
<snip>
>> I
>> have installed one package from the FC6 DVD (KDEEDU) on CentOS 5 (32
>> bit) to get KStars and that worked fine. But, as Phil pointed out,
>> maybe better to rebuild from the srpm.
>
> Sounds encouraging, thanks.

Anne: Forget the part about using binary RPMs from FC6 or any other
distro. I have been reading the list, catching up on reading tonight,
and Johnny made it very clear, 1 or 2 days ago, in another thread,
this is *not* something to be done. Best to rebuild the SRPM.