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John Dvorak, classic troll, is using CentOS and wondering why it sucks on the desktop in the same ways Windows Server sucks on the desktop. Meanwhile, sane peo
by anonbanker 10y ago
John Dvorak, classic troll, is using CentOS and wondering why it sucks on the desktop in the same ways Windows Server sucks on the desktop.
Meanwhile, sane people abandoned rpm-based distributions around 2001, because they know that using Fedora/CentOS/RHEL leads to Having a Bad Time (TM).
There is an unwritten rule in Linux: Distributions jump the shark eventually. At one point, everyone was using Yggdrasil. Then they were using Redhat (or slackware) when Yggdrasil petered-out. Then Mandrake became popular when people got tired of Redhat's old packages. Then Ubuntu appeared when someone made Debian user-friendly. Once Ubuntu started the whole Unity mess (and later, systemd), we got our newer crops of good distributions.
If you don't care about systemd, Manjaro and Antergos are fantstic desktop distributions. If you think systemd is cancerous, Calculate Linux will make you happy in ways you haven't felt since 2006. If you have a fleet of chromebooks, GalliumOS will make your life better.
Just stop using/complaining about CentOS or Ubuntu, people.
- oakwhiz 10y agoJust curious, what's so bad about CentOS? (Aside from not really being intended for desktop use.)
- anonbanker 10y agoevery CentOS install I've ever had always felt like a house of cards just waiting for the wind to blow the wrong direction and knock everything down. Especially if you install asterisk/freePBX or yate on top of a base install, wherein a yum update will likely break things in subtle ways. This isn't just limited to CentOS (all RPM-based distros have this problem eventually), but it's the one most people experience the pain points from. Now that CentOS was purchased by Red Hat, should you be desperate for rpm-compatibility (Government contracts, Pointy-Haired Bosses' demands), Scientific Linux is a better option.