New distro question

[Labitt, Bruce]

Umm, it is probably that I'm not used to it... ;)  I find it awkward
compared to either FC6 (gnome) or suse (kde).  I can't put my finger on
it yet.  I didn't install it, so even now, after futzing about with it,
I'm not quite sure what is on it, and where.  The original "owner"
doesn't care if I install something new on it.  Somehow this copy of
Centos feels older than FC6.

As for stable - what I really meant to say, is NOT bleeding edge.  That
is all.

I'll check out scientific linux out of curiosity.

How sensitive is ubuntu to hardware?  At home I couldn't install it on
computer that I intended to run myth because it wouldn't recognize my
hardware.  What is the advantage of a debian based distro compared to
rpm based?  (Did I say that?  Keep it civil.  )

As for mattering about MIS support, it usually ends up being helpful.
It is useful to have local support, I've got to admit.  That way the
list can continue to have discussions about relevant and irrelevant
topics with out having me bother everyone. :)

Bruce


-----Original Message-----
From: gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org
[mailto:gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org] On Behalf Of Ben Scott
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:17 PM
To: Greater NH Linux User Group
Subject: Re: New distro question

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Labitt, Bruce
<labittb1 at tycoelectronics.com> wrote:
> I'm having trouble with this distribution of Centos on my computer.

  Anything specific?  If you're otherwise happy with CentOS, we might
be able to help address those problems.

> I was wondering if there was a distro more up to date ... I want
something
>  relatively stable.

  Those are, to some extent, conflicting goals.  For example, in the
world of Hats, you've got RHEL (the thing CentOS is a clone of), which
gets a major release every other year or so, and strives for minimal
changes in the interim.  So it can become "out-of-date" easier.  But
it's supported for years and years.  Contrast that with Fedora, which
tries to have a release every six months, but stops being supported
after 13 months, and is more willing to break things in the name of
"progress".  A similar scenario applies to Debian unstable vs stable.

  Not trying to talk you into or out of anything, just giving you a
heads up.

> ... suited for scientific calculations.

  There's a distro called "Scientific Linux".  That's as much as I
know about it.  :)

http://www.scientificlinux.org/

> I have downloaded FC8 and opensuse10.3.  Any others
>  I should consider?

  I'd definitely check-out Ubuntu.  While it's not magic (I've
recently had a situation where a wireless gadget worked better on
Fedora than Ubuntu), it's got some nice features.  It's sort-of based
on Debian.

http://www.ubuntu.org

> MIS is familiar with RH stuff, if that matters.

  You tell us: Does it matter?  :)

-- Ben
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