On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> Mmmm... looks like I may go for C6, then, since unlike that Ubuntu, I will > want to do updates at least every time I get ready for a trip (other > times, it sits in the closet turned off).I went for C6 on a Samsung NC10 (1.6GHz Atom N270 1GB RAM), only because it refused to boot off the C7 ISO for some reason, and I didn't want to waste time tracking down why. Works like a charm without any fiddling with an alternate DE like I would have with C7. I have no complaints. jh
On 06/06/2017 02:53 AM, John Hodrien wrote:> On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >> Mmmm... looks like I may go for C6, then, since unlike that Ubuntu, I >> will >> want to do updates at least every time I get ready for a trip (other >> times, it sits in the closet turned off). > > I went for C6 on a Samsung NC10 (1.6GHz Atom N270 1GB RAM), only because it > refused to boot off the C7 ISO for some reason, and I didn't want to waste > time tracking down why.Because that is a 32-bit (not 64-bit) processor. There is an AltArch 32-bit CentOS-7 distro as well: http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/> > Works like a charm without any fiddling with an alternate DE like I > would have > with C7. I have no complaints.C6 does also use less resources than CentOS-7, so this might be the best bet in any event, but I did want to point out an alternative does exist. Things like EPEL and ElRepo do not exist for the CentOS-7 32-bit distro either, so the experience is somewhat limited as well. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170607/02a42670/attachment-0001.sig>
On 06/07/2017 12:39 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 06/06/2017 02:53 AM, John Hodrien wrote: >> On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> >>> Mmmm... looks like I may go for C6, then, since unlike that Ubuntu, I >>> will >>> want to do updates at least every time I get ready for a trip (other >>> times, it sits in the closet turned off). >> I went for C6 on a Samsung NC10 (1.6GHz Atom N270 1GB RAM), only because it >> refused to boot off the C7 ISO for some reason, and I didn't want to waste >> time tracking down why. > Because that is a 32-bit (not 64-bit) processor. There is an AltArch > 32-bit CentOS-7 distro as well: > > http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/ > > >> Works like a charm without any fiddling with an alternate DE like I >> would have >> with C7. I have no complaints. > C6 does also use less resources than CentOS-7, so this might be the best > bet in any event, but I did want to point out an alternative does exist. > > Things like EPEL and ElRepo do not exist for the CentOS-7 32-bit distro > either, so the experience is somewhat limited as well.I might add that NOT using GNOME on a notebook is a big processor/battery win. I switched to Xfce some years ago.
On Wed, 7 Jun 2017, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 06/06/2017 02:53 AM, John Hodrien wrote: >> On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> >>> Mmmm... looks like I may go for C6, then, since unlike that Ubuntu, I >>> will >>> want to do updates at least every time I get ready for a trip (other >>> times, it sits in the closet turned off). >> >> I went for C6 on a Samsung NC10 (1.6GHz Atom N270 1GB RAM), only because it >> refused to boot off the C7 ISO for some reason, and I didn't want to waste >> time tracking down why. > > Because that is a 32-bit (not 64-bit) processor. There is an AltArch > 32-bit CentOS-7 distro as well: > > http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/I was using the AltArch i386 release. I put it down to a grumbly BIOS not liking the ISO I'd put on a USB stick, but couldn't be bothered to sort out a 32bit PXE install. C6 went on just fine, and given what I'm using the netbook for, wasn't really a worse option. jh