<div dir="ltr">Just so you know, JD, as others have mention, CentOS is more of a Long Term Linux based system that doesn't always have the latest and greatest of things.<div><br></div><div>If you want latest and greatest support, you will be wanting to look at:</div><div><br></div><div>Fedora</div><div>Ubuntu</div><div><br></div><div>The drawback with Fedora and base line Ubuntu is that their versions will change every year... IE: You should be updating your OS version on at least a 2 year cycle, as they will abandon support of a version that is 2 years behind.</div><div><br></div><div>Ubuntu does have a Long Term Cycle which will only require updating after 4 or 5 years versus a 2 year cycle.</div><div><br></div><div>Fedora had just recently introduced in place upgrading since Version 24... In the past, it was better to rebuild from scratch than try to upgrade in place.</div><div><br></div><div>CentOS, on the other hand, does not go 'latest and greatest' for server level stability. In production server situations, it tends to be more difficult to really go to the latest and greatest because you can break things making changes.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 1:55 AM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jd1008@gmail.com" target="_blank">jd1008@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><font color="#888888">Scott Kasai<br>
College of Engineering<br>
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