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<font size="-1">Hello JD,<br>
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Overall, Centos is an advanced server OS and I don't think many
people here would state it's goals are to easy to use or support
the most bleeding edge hardware. If your friend is new to Linux
and this will be their first touch with Linux, I would say that
Centos is *not* a good choice. It's default package list is
intentionally using older, proven stable versions of code,
intended for providing services. It's not a desktop distro and
most of the Linux software out there that offers pre-built
packages to NOT offer them in RHEL/Centos RPMs. The exception
here is for some business software.<br>
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There are a ton of other Linux distros out there spanning
different interests be it new users, using old hardware, A/V uses,
HAM Radio, etc. Fedora is a good one, is more desktop friendly,
etc. as long as your ok with not having a distro that won't last
more than 18 months until the next version is out.<br>
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--David<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/09/2018 01:55 AM, JD wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Hi,<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">I am
trying to install centos 7 (7.4, that is),<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">on a
friend's computer, which is equipped with<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">a
broadcom 4322 wifi chipset.<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">I am so
totally disgusted with the Centos people<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">NOT
providing rpms fo it, the way rpmfusion provides them for
fedora.<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">This
build requirement, rpm macros creation ...etc<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">are such
a total turn-off for newbies wanting<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">to run
centos, they quickly look elsewhere, and they<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">are also
disappointed UNLESS they choose fedora<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">and
install rpmfusion repo rpms for the version<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">of fedora
they install.<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">So, my
question:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Why could
you not actually build the requisite rpms,<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">and put
them on your website???? Or better yet,<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">provide
.repo files for these rpms that are specific<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">requirement
to run broadcom wifi's.<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Thanx for
your effort!!<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Cheers,<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">JD<br>
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