-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave Gutteridge wrote: > > I was unable to resolve my problems in reading DVD drives in Fedora 4. So, I decided to switch to another distribution. I saw on one site that the three distros being nominated for best distribution by user's vote were Ubuntu, CentOS, and Fedora Core. I tried Ubuntu, but the installer kept failing. So I went to CentOS. > Anyway, long story short, CentOS looks and feels just like Fedora, and it reads all my DVD drives normally, so I think I could be happy with it. > But... > When I tried to install Xine, using yum, it said it could not find it. And then I went looking for an RPM for Xine, and they're all for Red Hat or Fedora. I tried installing an RPM for Fedora anyway, reasoning that maybe they were the same in more than just looks, but no dice. > As I looked around the net, it seems that applications all seem to have specific builds for Red Hat, Fedora, a couple of Debian builds... but no CentOS. Going by the amount of available information and support, Fedora is the primary Linux distribution, and CentOS hardly even exists. > Can't I have it all? Stability, the ability to read my DVD drives, *and* a variety of applications? > Further, why is everything being built for Fedora if it's some kind of experimental build not ideal for consumer use (as was explained to me on this very list)? > > What's the deal here? > > Dave > CentOS is a brand and price-ticket free community packaged version of RedHat (can't remember what the current number is). So a RedHat RPM should work fine... Duncan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC54GFK7lmfCGoxjoRAnnDAJ99tsZX/EZyYV+632aMTGkTdUjfgQCffGnp 2XjIwFEAqxbkvYuhHQepB68= =N3w6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
