CentOS 5 As a Desktop System | Linux Today

CentOS 5 As a Desktop System

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 25, 2007

[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak
for this link. ]

“CentOS is an enterprise class GNU/Linux distribution based on
the publicly available source packages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Just like RHEL or Debian stable, CentOS focuses on stability and
security, sacrificing the ‘latest and greatest’ packages. Is CentOS
5 really that stable? And does it fit on the average Joe’s desktop?
This is what I’m gonna find out.

“CentOS just like RHEL and Fedora uses Anaconda as system
installer, so the installation process is an easy and intuitive
one…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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