On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Yves Bellefeuille <yan at storm.ca> wrote: > Phil Dobbin wrote: > >> Download the netinstall & choose your window manager. Save you a lot >> of time. > > My advice is different: download the regular DVD (not the live DVD) > and use it to install. The first disk is sufficient. > > The reason I have a different opinion is because netinstall is too > minimal, especially if you're not familiar with CentOS, and installing > with the live CD or DVD is too inflexible. Use the regular DVD > instead. > > Yves Bellefeuille You mean the bin DVD. Thing is with the DVD they are big for broadband download. I think i'd buy one. But i appreciate your advice. One thing i did learn with linux when i first started is that it's essential to have a spare PC to test a distro on first - then one can use the main PC to email on if in trouble! I'll explore and test things out over the next few days. I had a good look at many distros 3 years ago and the only one's i liked were *buntu family and Centos. james