http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/
Rpmforge helps a lot
I haven't used centos in over a year though. I am debian monkey now.
I haven't really experienced dependency hell with yum, but holy shit, yum
is slow. At least ports/portage is spitting some info out at you that let's
From my experience the problems come in when you start using external
repos/rpms. If it's not in the base repos, or epel, don't install it.
Just like with MS, drink the kool aid, if red hat doesn't give it to
you, you don't need it (or more likely, you need the right os to fit
your purpose).
When I have needed something that wasn't in the standard Centos Repos I
usually can find it in one of the following. I haven't had any problems
using them. I know on the Centos Help section it has a list of these and a
couple other repos that you can use with them.
Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat
I should have included the link to the centos page for the extra repos.
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/
Scott French
Vice President
Lakeshore Group, Ltd.
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Scott French s...@lakeshoregroup.com wrote:
When I have needed something that
I will 2nd Joshua's statement. If it's not in base or epel, I
consider how much I really need it. I will sometimes use dag, being
careful any packages i get do not conflict with base/epel packages. I
always avoid Joe User 'oh hai i just figured out how to make an rpm'
repositories. I would
I only add IUS and Epel addition to the base repos.
Then wget and install webmin directly from webmin.com
For years that has been all I've needed in centos boxes.
If I need something fancy like multimedia transcoding etc
I'll usually set up ubuntu or debian based box to use remotely
Hello,
I've started using Linux (CentOS 6) in preparation to take the RHCSA
Exam 200. I was previously running WinXP (the dreaded FPS monkey had
me) and only ran Linux in VMs or a dual-boot config for learning. I
work in a big iron AIX environment, so I get my UNIX jollies that way.
The first
