On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:11:49 +0800, Guenther Boelter wrote: > On 12/18/2010 01:04 AM, Beartooth wrote: >> >> I'm running Fedora14 on all machines, including my wife's -- and >> I'm the nearest (distant) thing there is to tech support. > > What's wrong with Fedora in that case, what do you think is the benefit > of using CentOS instead? Fair question, for which thanks. First off, Les Mikesell's point below. I keep fairly near current, installing new Fedora releases a week to a month after they come out, chiefly because that's when I have the best chance that some Friendly Alpha Plus Technoid (FAPT) will notice any Very Dumb Question (VDQ) of mine. All that takes a lot of time and mental effort -- which she, being more outdoor oriented (as I used to be), has no interest in. I'm getting almighty tired of it myself, despite my interest. What's more, as a linguist and erstwhile mathematician, and one who's been following lists, LUGs, etc., etc., for a dozen years, I've picked up enough of the argot to ask questions in relatively brief and not totally unfamiliar ways -- enough so that most do usually get read. That's another interest she leaves to me. Also, a side-effect of using the argot is that many or most of those who reply overestimate my actual savvy -- as is true of maybe half the ten posts in this thread so far. (The ratio is substantially more favorable here than in many of my electronic hang-outs, I'm glad to say.) Then I have to ask for elucidations. Nothing wrong with that, while I last, but still more reason to find her something that she'll have far less occasion to ask about. For the likes of me, whether Fedora "breaks things" is a very oversimplified question. Maybe, despite my greater interest and experience (than my wife's, at least), *I'm* breaking most of them -- certainly some. (I do tinker, trying to emulate an amorous porcupine the while ...) I'll stop here for now, just because this is getting long. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.