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"JGG" =3D=3D Jes=FAs Garc=EDa Gonz=E1lez <jesus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"JRW" =3D=3D Jacob Robert Wilkins <jrw@xxxxxxxxxx>
JGG> What are the disadvantages (if any) of using CentOS as a
JGG> desktop (as it is seen more like a server oriented distro
JGG> being a clone of RHEL)
JRW> It makes a decent desktop. Make sure you add in Dag's
JRW> repository,
Hmm. We run CentOS 3 as a desktop OS here in a couple of labs and
on faculty labs with no real complaints. I do have a bunch of
additional packages that I build and install, but most of those
are TeX related (newer teTeX from Fedora, gv, AUC-TeX, kile,
etc.).
Now, *I* build and run Garnome on my workstation, but most users
are reasonably happy with the standard interface. I do also give
them XMMS, but only faculty have disk space available for music
files (and there aren't any encoders). And we have a newer
Mozilla, Firefox, Acrobat Reader, and so forth, as well as MATLAB,
Maple, and other math software.
It definitely works for us.
Claire
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Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College
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