Some people stick to 6.5 due to drivers with particular hardware like fibre channel networking cards and the like… v7 is much better and in my opinion worth going for it.
Regarding installation and bloating I consider Centos pretty well balanced so I normally go for the full install. Hope it helps jb > On 26 Jan 2016, at 10:58, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote: > > Hi Folks > > Setting up a Centos machine to work with Octane and maya. I see 3d Folks seem > to stick to 6.5 ? Would it worthwhile to start with the minimal iso and work > up to reduce bloat ? > > Kind regards > > Angus= > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > style="width:100%;"> > <tr> > <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" > size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is > intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received > this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the > original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without > the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent > to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus > advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the > University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, > which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the > Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and > outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in > writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> > </tr> > </table> > >
