gcc 5.4.0 on EL 7

2020-04-25 Thread Yasha Karant
I use Calibre, and had hoped that SL 7.8 would support the recommended version (please see below).  Calibre requires gcc 5.4.0, and I have appended the instructions for installing that gcc into CentOS 7 (and hence, SL 7).  Will this change in gcc "break" the 7.8 system and applications, or

Re: SL 7.8 x86_64 is now available

2020-04-25 Thread Bill Maidment
On 22/04/2020 1:39 pm, Bill Maidment wrote: Thank you for your hard work. Just one issue I have at the moment, my laptop connects to my network via a wireless connection, and after doing yum clean all yum update I can no longer connect to my network via wireless, only via ethernet cable.

Re: Snaps

2020-04-25 Thread Andrew C Aitchison
On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:38 AM Yasha Karant wrote: Does anyone know how secure (safe, not malware, spyware, etc.) is Snaps? Please see below. Certain applications that are not available for EL but from other distros, particularly Ubuntu,

Re: Snaps

2020-04-25 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:38 AM Yasha Karant wrote: > Does anyone know how secure (safe, not malware, spyware, etc.) is Snaps? > Please see below. Certain applications that are not available for EL but > from other distros, particularly Ubuntu, evidently can be installed via > Snaps. Epel is a