I asked before (about 2 weeks) about this, and was told it was
in testing. I wonder when it will be available. My GF is considering
leaving Debian due to it not recognizing her hardware very well,
and I thought a CentOS 5 LiveCD might be a reasonable way for her
to see whether CentOS might do a better job.
If no LiveCD is forthcoming soon, then I'll burn a copy of the
CentOS 4 LiveCD and let her try that.
Thanks.
Mike
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Mike McCarty spake the following on 6/19/2007 3:25 PM:> I asked before (about 2 weeks) about this, and was told it was > in testing. I wonder when it will be available. My GF is considering > leaving Debian due to it not recognizing her hardware very well, > and I thought a CentOS 5 LiveCD might be a reasonable way for her > to see whether CentOS might do a better job. > > If no LiveCD is forthcoming soon, then I'll burn a copy of the > CentOS 4 LiveCD and let her try that. > > Thanks. > > MikeThere is a TAO live cd floating around based on the RHEL5 beta. It might be closer to 5 than a 4 live cd will. Search the archives for tao live. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
> If no LiveCD is forthcoming soon, then I'll burn a copy > of theCentOS 4 LiveCD and let her try that. Sorry for being rude, but in the meantime, what's wrong with a copy of Scientific Linux 5 LiveCD?! ftp://ftp.psi.ch/psi/livecd/pub/50/ Except for the artwork, it should be closer to CentOS 5 than anything else. Ream more here: http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0705&L=scientific-linux-devel&T=0&P=2610 and here: ftp://ftp.psi.ch/psi/livecd/pub/50/i386/livecd_SL50_gnome_2007-05-25_rpmlist.txt Cheers, R-C Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com
On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Mike McCarty wrote:> I asked before (about 2 weeks) about this, and was told it was > in testing. I wonder when it will be available. My GF is considering > leaving Debian due to it not recognizing her hardware very well,As much as I like centos, when it comes to bleeding edge hardware I'd try an ubuntu or fedora live-cd (current is ubuntu-7.04 and fedora-7). /Peter> and I thought a CentOS 5 LiveCD might be a reasonable way for her > to see whether CentOS might do a better job. > > If no LiveCD is forthcoming soon, then I'll burn a copy of the > CentOS 4 LiveCD and let her try that. > > Thanks. > > Mike-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070620/bea18846/attachment-0001.sig>
Peter Kjellstrom wrote:> > As much as I like centos, when it comes to bleeding edge hardware I'd try an > ubuntu or fedora live-cd (current is ubuntu-7.04 and fedora-7).I use Fedora, myself. But neither of us likes churn. Her hardware is not bleeding edge, it's four years old. But, when we plugged a USB mouse into her machine, it lost the keyboard. Windows recognizes both on that machine. Reporting the error to Debian got a response which we both considered less than satisfactory. A new HP printer was unusable. We used the standard reporting technique to report the fact, and didn't even get the curtesy of a response. I cobbled up a file which at least let the printer more or less work, and posted it to them, using the standard reporting technique, and again didn't even get a response. She still can't use it for scanning (SANE won't recognize it), nor can she mount her camera flash sticks. When we reported the camera issue, we were told that the problem was the USB dock she uses. Others weighed in claiming that they couldn't use their camera flash mems either, on a variety of USB docks. They were told that they needed different hardware. Months later, another guy posted that he had the same problem she did with the keyboard, and was curtly told that he was full of bull, and didn't know what he was talking about. He then contacted me privately, and I told him that my fix was to install a serial mouse. :-( I don't think of camera memory docks, USB mice, and USB keyboards as being "bleeding edge hardware." Debian is even worse than FC for taking Linux to be a religion. She's about to shift to Windows XP or Widows 98, and abandon Linux altogether. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!
> > ftp://ftp.psi.ch/psi/livecd/pub/50/ > > In what way are you being rude?For recommending a distro on a ML of another distro. R-C Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com