"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."
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Member since:2005-07-06
So as a customer, how is it value for money if it requires me going to search for support in other avenues for multimedia files? If I am going to use the machine for training employees, I need the ability to play media files from a variety of sources in a variety of encoding.
I'm asking this because I can purchase a copy of SLED 10 from Novell which includes mp3 support out of the box, for example, along with playback for a variety of video encoding types.
Member since:2007-02-26
you wrote: So as a customer, how is it value for money if it requires me going to search for support in other avenues for multimedia files?
Depends on your needs as a customer and on your skill level. Having to run a couple updates to get codecs is not a deal breaker for me. To each his own.
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2007-02-26
you wrote: How is that value for money
Ask any organization where service level agreements and accountability are issues.