That is NOT a CentOS thing, **ONLY**. It is valid for ANY distribution, indeed! Most computers would be stable including windows machines if people would stop installing crap, e.g. why did Mircosoft "invent" the feature of restoring system32 (from dllcache) or any of their other "features" to make it more stable? ... and because some (rpm) package is provided in some repository packaged by "someone else" does not necessary mean that it is stable or stable for a certain setup (hw, combintation of packages etc) or doesn't overwrite "stuff". ... and because some package is provided in the MAIN repository does not mean its stable, either. I run amanda and have been doing since 1998, the version that is in the main repository (2.5.0p2) is 5 years old and crashed my 5.4 server (and another server I look after part time voluntarily). I currently run a self compiled 2.6.1 and never looked back (this includes all of amanda's clients). I like CentOS, and it has a lot of advantages. I came from Fedora BUT the MAIN reason why I moved is not stability BUT security as I have had uptimes of 300+ days on lots of FC machines, including a FC6 box I just replaced. But getting a security update for CentOS (e.g. for bind) is easier than for a 2 year old FCX distro because its not supported anymore. jobst On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:02:52AM +0100, Ned Slider (ned at unixmail.co.uk) wrote: > Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > > why dont you download the source and compile it, its really easy. > > > > Source installs are not encouraged: > > http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/SourceInstalls > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Passwords are like underwear. You don't share them, you don't hang them on your monitor, or under your keyboard, you don't email them, or put them on a web site, and you must change them very often. | |0| | Jobst Schmalenbach, jobst at barrett.com.au, General Manager | | |0| Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L |0|0|0| +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia