CentOS is good if you don't want to upgrade twice a year. If you want to upgrade twice a year, Fedora is a good option. The new version (F15) is a bit of a shock to the system with a brand new init system and Gnome3 (gnome-shell)
I'm really impressed with btrfs as well On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Joshua Frugé <joshuafr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love it. But my desktop progression through the years has been > WindowMaker->Fluxbox->LXDE. What I look for in a window manger and desktop > isn't really the norm. :) > It's nothing special, default look of something like windows 95, but it's > lightweight, easy to configure, and gets what I want done (manage windows, > give me a task bar, and an app menu). > Using a mac at the new job, it's very pretty and very annoying at the same > time :) > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ronnie Gilkey <rgil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I haven't gotten to play with LXDE yet, is anyone currently using it? >> Thoughts? >> Ronnie >> >> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Joshua Frugé <joshuafr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Fedora 15 is pretty good if you want to stay "redhat ish". Go for the >>> lxde spin, if you don't like the new gnome stuff. >>> >>> I started running it when it was in beta on my laptop, and was very >>> impressed (compared to older versions of fedora). Easy setup, no real >>> driver issues, etc... >>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Ronnie Gilkey <rgil...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I would go with Linux Mint for a desktop (http://www.linuxmint.com/), >>>> it's my flavor of choice for desktops. CentOS is just the community >>>> supported version of RHEL, which is really geared for server environments. >>>> I think Mint has a really well developed desktop environment it is _very_ >>>> user friendly. >>>> Ronnie >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Byron Como <bc...@cox.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> How is CentOS as a desktop environment? I gave up on RedHat when they >>>>> went to a 13 month product lifecycle. And where is Lance Davis? >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> General mailing list >>>>> General@brlug.net >>>>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> General@brlug.net >>>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General@brlug.net >>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General@brlug.net >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
