centOS 5.2

[neoflight]

Has anyone tried centOS 5.2? I am using it right now and i am impressed by it. Its fast and very responsive. Very stable.

Just my thoughts.

[shae]

I too am using CentOS 5.2 and am loving it! Why does gnome seem faster in it than it is in ubuntu?

[Soldierboy]

CentOS is quite literally Redhat minus Redhat's artwork. Which explains why it is so stable. It is indeed a fine Linux distro.

[neoflight]

Indeed. I have set everything up including nvidia. It's fast. I would like to ask the same question someone asked before.

Could someone explain why gnome is very fast in centOS? It's instant ! Is it because the way it is compiled? good to know...

[shae]

Is it just me or does Firefox seem to scroll slower than it does in Ubuntu?

[cardinals_fan]

Could someone explain why gnome is very fast in centOS? It's instant ! Is it because the way it is compiled? good to know...
Probably because it includes few modifications to make it "friendly". Check out Paldo for crazy GNOME speed.

[colemana]

Not adding much, but I have to agree I think Centos is fantastic.

[WestAussieUbu]

It looks alright, may have to give it a go.

[neoflight]

I would encourage everyone to give it a try. Especially those who like to have a stable distro but 'not so' cutting edge compared to fedora/ubuntu.

They have a nice simple forum and very knowledgeable and humble people. That's an icing to the cake for me to stay. They have wiki (http://wiki.centos.org/) for some essential things such as java, graphics driver, ntfs access, multimedia etc..

The repo is not so big. But I have my system set up with all I want. Still working on ntfs-3g support on start up...

Those of you want to run a server/webserver, as far as my experience goes, centos so far the best choice (neck and neck with debian stable :))

get it here (http://wiki.centos.org/Download)

Note: I am still trying to get 'suspend' working. So that's still a lingering question.

[Chilli Bob]

CentOS 5.2 was included in the November APC cover disk, so I thought I'd give it a try. I'm running the live CD and am quite impressed. Runs fast, nice choice of apps, and looks great. Excellent icons. I could definately see myself using this if Ubuntu dissapeared.

[motoperpetuo]

Note: I am still trying to get 'suspend' working. So that's still a lingering question.

i've always had trouble getting suspend to work on linux. consistently working suspend and hibernate are one of the few things i favor about windows.

i'm in the middle of installing centos 5.2 right now, for the first time. one thing i wonder is if it's necessary to enable some third-party repository like livna to get things like proprietary multimedia codecs (DVD, mp3, m4a and so on)?

[Sorivenul]

i've always had trouble getting suspend to work on linux. consistently working suspend and hibernate are one of the few things i favor about windows.

i'm in the middle of installing centos 5.2 right now, for the first time. one thing i wonder is if it's necessary to enable some third-party repository like livna to get things like proprietary multimedia codecs (DVD, mp3, m4a and so on)?

See this portion (http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories) of the CentOS Wiki. Remember, the Wiki and forums are your friends. CentOS is an excellent distribution.

[jeyaganesh]

We are using CentOS for protein modeling at our lab. It is nice. I use Ubuntu at home.