I would like to deploy centos on hundreds of client PC (a new setup). Presently, several distros has attract me due to their focus on the desktop, however they only have few months lifetime before a new version released. Is it advisable using centos on client? what about support for new hardware and several office productivity software like openoffice, did centos always update to the latest version? Previously i was using RH9 on several hundreds clients and love it, however the update was horrible since it is unsupported, hence I can not install it on the new hardware (ie. sata)
I have used CentOS 4 as a desktop OS since the day it was released. I have never had any problems with it. In fact, my parents use it as well, with minimal help from me. CentOS rebuilds source RPMS from RH. RH has a 7 year support cycle. Thus, a CentOS release will be supported for the same period of time. CentOS also has a CentOS plus repository that contains some newer releases of particular software that is not included in RHEL.
You may be interested in using cobbler and koan <http://cobbler.et.redhat.com> to help manage the build .. or rebuild of your lab.
HTH, Barry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
