On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Michael Robinson<plu...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > I run CentOS 5.3, I try to keep updated because it's CentOS and CentOS > sadly is way behind as far as Linux distributions go. > > People who run CentOS want something that just plain works and they > don't expect to reinstall their operating system every 6 months or > sooner. > > Ubuntu seems to be the most popular Linux distribution for desktops > and it seems to be more current, but I'm not sure I like Ubuntu. > I don't like having to maintain 2 different Linux distributions. Well, You could always use the LTS version of both server and desktop.
snipped from website Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop: Released April 2008 and maintained until April 2011 – ideal for large deployments. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server: Released April 2008 and maintained until April 2013 – ideal for large deployments > > Games like Dirk Dashing Secret Agent noticeably don't work quite right > on CentOS. The latest release of Dirk Dashing doesn't seem to work at > all on CentOS, I am not sure why. > > Where is Linux going in the future? What is getting the most attention > right now across the board in general? Wine and ReactOS still have a > long ways to go. Dirk Dashing is a native Linux program, but it doesn't > work equally well on all Linux distributions. Are the various Linux > distributions, enterprise and desktop editions, going to get closer in > time features wise? Is there going to be a 2.8.xyz kernel soon? > > The kernels that CentOS uses stock are quite old as far as the 2.6 > branch goes. I am using 2.6.18 and the current kernel is like 2.6.27 > or something. In CentOS, the mesa drivers seem to be ancient. > Graphics support in CentOS seems to be weak even if you have > updated as far as you can. I'm wondering when CentOS 6 is going to > come out? > > Enterprise Linux Distributions are supposed to be for people who need a > system that just works. But do these distributions have to be so far > behind the bleeding edge? I'm surprised there aren't repositories for > CentOS to make it more bleeding edge so that you don't have to maintain > a whole entire different Linux distribution. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
