[Sussex] CentOS impressions & RPM mysteries

[Pybe]

Fedora uses an installer/updater similar to apt called yum this works
with RPM if your os has compatible repositories. Which from a quick
look CentOS uses
http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=8 open a shell
and type yum --help very similar to apt. yum install foo, yum
update/upgrade etc.

HTH
Pybe

On 9/11/05, Gavin Stevens <starshine at gavmusic.uklinux.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've had a couple of opportunities to look at CentOS on my Debian/CentOS
> dual boot setup.
> 
> CentOS got good brownie points for installing nicely, but then Debian is
> just as good at installing now, only not so pretty. The GUI on the
> CentOS installer is really the only difference.
> 
> I also have a sneaking suspicion that CentOS might actually have
> recognised the DVD/CD-R/RW as a writer drive instead of a CD-ROM. That
> would be a first if it has.
> 
> One other difference between CentOS & Debian is that CentOS will run
> Gnome at 1024x768 on my 850MHz "learning" machine, but Debian Sarge
> would only do 800x600 in the same environment, so I binned Gnome on
> Sarge & installed my old friend Icewm, thus regaining my preferred
> resolution.
> 
> My one big stumbling block with CentOS is RPM. Every time I explore it I
> give thanks for apt-get & Synaptic (& even a nostalgic thought for
> dselect).
> 
> So far, I have managed to get RPM to show what I have installed in high
> speed, whizz-up-the-screen mode. Now, even if I got it to display in a
> more controlled way, I can only see limited usefulness in seeing what I
> already have.
> 
> My big question - & a week of searching the web has produced little -
> is: How do I get to see other available RPM packages that are not
> installed?
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Gavin.
> 
> 
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