OS Distributions Pros and Cons related to UML and Linode

@veggieman:

I could not install the Courier mail server for example because there was a list of 13 dependencies that were missing and which needed to be installed first. I tend to prefer plug and play software.
yum install [packagename]

@veggieman:

The rpms for CentOS are somewhat limited and getting outdated.
yum upgrade

I just upgraded this image about a week or two back, too…

-Chris

> I just upgraded this image about a week or two back, too…

Does this mean I need to reinstall the image or does a yum upgrade do the same thing?

@veggieman:

Does this mean I need to reinstall the image or does a yum upgrade do the same thing?
"yum" is an upgrade, installation and dependency management tool. It will upgrade an existing installation.

-Chris

> "yum" is an upgrade, installation and dependency management tool. It will upgrade an existing installation.

Ok, the yum config file is currently set to point to the centos-yum.conf file. The centos-yum config file is configured to only search the mirror at http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3.

Are there other CentOS compatible repositories that I can add to search for other software packages that are not at http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3 ?

@veggieman:

Are there other CentOS compatible repositories that I can add to search for other software packages that are not at http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3 ?

Dag Wieers maintains a large repository of packages for RHEL3/CentOS-3 (actually, pretty much any RH-based distro). It's sort of like backports.org for RH distros.

-personally-

I'm all into debian. I think it's a fantastic match. I just created a script from someones forum post here which I use to update to Sarge if/when I wipe the little bugger out.

Everything seems to just work fantastic.

But that's just me.