I've found that EPEL (<a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL</a>) can help make CentOS usable on the desktop without resorting to packages of ill repute. <div><br></div><div>It all boils down to what software you want/need. There's no question that something like Ubuntu (or Mint, which I prefer) gives a smoother desktop experience, but sometimes it's nice to have the same tools that you use on production servers packaged for your desktop identically. I just use Mint and spun up CentOS in VMs whenever I needed to play with a production lab, though. </div>
<div><br></div><div>--Matt <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Steve VanSlyck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:s.vanslyck@spamcop.net">s.vanslyck@spamcop.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I thought I would ask if anyone has any opinions about CentOS desktop. It used to be pretty spare and utilitarian and I want something friendlier<br>
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I dropped it because I want primarily to use it as a desktop OS, meaning I want a pretty UI for "clicky pointy" uses as my friend from Owl River likes to say, and since I was first exposed to Red Hat distribusions instead of Fedora, I "know" that CentOS is "better" than Ubuntu even though Ubunto is aimed at clicky pointy ppl like me.<br>
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