Hello,
I was asked a question regarding centos that i do not know the answer. I
don't use gnome or x on any box i deploy for production use so haven't
checked in to this. CentOS4 comes with gnome 2.8 from what i was told, the
question is is it possible to do an update rpmwise to gnome 2.12 via yum? If
so, what repositories do i need to enable to pull this off and what if any
lookouts should i be aware of?
Thanks.
Dave.
Dave wrote:> Hello, > I was asked a question regarding centos that i do not know the > answer. I don't use gnome or x on any box i deploy for production use > so haven't checked in to this. CentOS4 comes with gnome 2.8 from what > i was told, the question is is it possible to do an update rpmwise to > gnome 2.12 via yum? If so, what repositories do i need to enable to > pull this off and what if any lookouts should i be aware of? > Thanks. > Dave. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >you can try this : http://www.linuxparatodos.net/geeklog/staticpages/index.php?page=lpt-desktop Leonel
On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 00:34 -0400, Dave wrote:> Hello, > I was asked a question regarding centos that i do not know the answer. I > don't use gnome or x on any box i deploy for production use so haven't > checked in to this. CentOS4 comes with gnome 2.8 from what i was told, the > question is is it possible to do an update rpmwise to gnome 2.12 via yum? If > so, what repositories do i need to enable to pull this off and what if any > lookouts should i be aware of? > Thanks. > Dave.The real answer to your question is no ... <OPINION> If you add the lastest KDE via the kde-redhat project to centos-4 .... or if there were a project that offered to upgrade gnome from 2.8 to another version (say 2.12) .... then you are no longer using centos. You would have a hodgepodge of programs that are not really enterprise stable, nor really designed to work together. Not that there is anything wrong with that, and Rex does a great job w/ the kde-redhat project ... it is just not that stable on top of CentOS ... and it changes things that are very enterprise important, like samba, etc. Much better instead would be to use a distro that is designed with the newer system (like FC5). It would be much more stable (I would think) than bolting on stuff to CentOS-4 which is not designed to run there. </OPINION> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060527/9345b7f8/attachment-0002.sig>
Hello,
Thank you for your reply. Is there an rh clone, other than fc5 that
would have the capability, for upgraded gnome?
Thanks.
Dave.
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Johnny Hughes wrote:> <OPINION> > If you add the lastest KDE via the kde-redhat project to centos-4 .... > or if there were a project that offered to upgrade gnome from 2.8 to > another version (say 2.12) .... then you are no longer using centos. > > You would have a hodgepodge of programs that are not really enterprise > stable, nor really designed to work together. Not that there is > anything wrong with that, and Rex does a great job w/ the kde-redhat > project ... it is just not that stable on top of CentOS ...IMO, it's pretty darn stable. Are you privy to information I'm not? Or... perhaps simply your definition of "just not that stable" is different than mine. -- Rex