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Yes, it was quite different. I did have EPEL, but I've been burned
by repo conflicts in the past (not CentOS 7), so I don't typically
add multiple repos, unless they are app specific (i.e. google-earth
repo).<br>
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I've come across elrepo before, but not li.nux.ro.<br>
<br>
Do you have a preferred config (kickstart files anyone?) for a
CentOS 7 Desktop?<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/1/15 12:54 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Centos 7 desktop is different beast from centos 6.
You really do have to add the epel, elrepo and <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://li.nux.ro">li.nux.ro</a>
desktop repos to get a really good desktop environment. I have
several running on older iMac hardware in my student lab. The
kids whine for windows desktops but I only provide Linux
because the computational cluster runs Linux.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 1, 2015 12:27 PM, "LnxGnome" <<a
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi Edward,<br>
<br>
I recently changed distros for my desktop. I'm now using
Fedora 21 (Gnome). It's really my first time using Fedora
for an extended period, and I'm liking it pretty well.<br>
<br>
I had been using OpenSuSE for many years (14ish). I tried
updating from 12.3 to 13.2, and wound up with an unbootable
system, due to a) using fakeraid/striping for my boot disks,
and b) bugs related to that in the init that prevents it
from mounting /. I might try 13.3 again when it comes out,
but 13.2 is DOA as far as I'm concerned. <br>
<br>
Before moving to Fedora, I tried Ubuntu's last Desktop LTS
and the latest Linux Mint. Both have problems similar to
OpenSuSE (but not identical) with fakeraid/striping.
However, they will fail to mount / even when installed on a
standalone disk, if a striped/fakeraid disk set exists on
the system. That's fubar.<br>
<br>
So, next was CentOS7. It just isn't ready for prime-time as
a desktop OS yet (compared to CentOS6 or OpenSuSE).<br>
<br>
That left me looking at Slackware and Fedora. I picked
Fedora for "ease of use" (with many memories of installing
Slackware from a stack of 23 floppy disks....), and almost
three weeks later, I'm still using it.<br>
<br>
Disclaimer: for the past year, my other desktop has been a
mac with OS X 10 (code named "redundant"). I have CentOS 6
on most of my servers, with a couple running Oracle EL6 and
OVM3.<br>
<br>
--LnxGnome<br>
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<div>On 2/28/15 7:19 PM, Edward James Monson, II wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>
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<p>I've been using various flavors of Ubuntu for about 5
years, and I'm ready to try something new. I'm fairly
comfortable with the command line. I'm curious what
distributions people on this list use, and how they
rate in difficulty compared to Ubuntu. I'd also prefer
to use something a lot of other people use so I have
more people I can run to for help. :)</p>
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<p>Thanks, and nice to meet you,</p>
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<p>Edward<br>
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