Re: New to CentOS, and wondering about application availability

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>He went to Fedora Core 3 to get a package for CentOS.
>
>Knowing that FC4 is a new ".0" release and uses GCC 4 is
>very, very pretinent to why you're going to have build issues
>on RHEL4 (and CentOS4)!  And that's why he needs to stick
>with FC3 if he's going to attempt to use packages from Fedora
>for CentOS4!
>  
>
I'm the "he" in question, and for me there was no "sticking" with FC3. I 
only made the commitment to move from Windows to Linux a few weeks ago, 
and FC4 is the only distribution they make available on Fedora's own 
site, so I assumed it was the current one.

So, I started with FC4, thinking it was merely the most recent, not 
realizing that it was actually a bleeding edge experimental version.

On the Fedora Mailing list, someone recommended that I go with CentOS. 
But now that I'm here, I'm starting to regret it a bit. While Karanbir's 
posting helps, some of the links I chased down and my attempts to set up 
repositories have not worked so far and it's frustrating.

This is probably just frustration talking, but at this point, I'm 
missing Windows. At least with Windows, there is far less confusion 
about versions and compatibility. Ditto for Mac. I've been experimenting 
with Linux for three weeks now, and I still have no idea which 
distribution actually works, let alone which will suit my needs. I have 
no idea what I gain or lose by choosing Debian builds over Red Hat 
builds or vice versa... and I've read reviews and distro watch and all 
that. I'm drowning in a sea of choices, and not in a good way.

Dave

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