[clue] CentOS new user experience.

[Charles Burton]

I guess I never really realized that the website is so weak.  Like David I
just click what I've always clicked on the rare occasion that I visit.

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 4:10 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
wrote:

> The website does suck, doesn't it? I'm so used to it, I don't even notice
> any more; I just click the things I always click. You have the benefit of a
> fresh perspective. It's too bad there's probably nobody from CentOS on this
> list. They'd love to have your detailed feedback. I know I would in my
> project, anyway.
>
> Whatever. FWIW, I'll try to describe the ISO's.
>
> "Everything" - Download this if (and only if) you are going to be doing
> serious work on CentOS *without* an Internet connection.
> "DVD"        - This is the "medium", the "normal", the Big Mac (or
> Whopper) combo.
> "Minimal"    - In Ubuntu-land, this is called "Server". This CD-sized
> image installs a basic non-GUI CentOS.
>
> If you want a "medium" that weighs a lot less, and you have an idea which
> desktop environment you like, you could choose one of the Live disks.
>
> --
> David L. Willson
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> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > I got asked about using RHEL recently.  Since I'm not a Red Hat
> > customer I looked at CentOS.  How
> > disappointing.
> >
> > So I go to centos.org and click the friendly Get CentOS Now button.
> >  That tells me i can get the DVD
> > ISO, Everything ISO, or Minimal ISO.  Where does it tell me what the
> > difference is?  Not the FAQ or
> > anything else I could find.  Pity.
> >
> > I can't click on one of the friendly buttons (DVD ISO seems likely,
> > since it's first).  That just
> > tells me I can't download .iso files directly.
> >
> > So I use the less obvious "via Torrent" link.  You'd think that might
> > give me a button, or
> > directions on feeding my torrent client.  No, I get a list of mirrors
> > (that's not all bad, now I
> > have a list of files I can get (.torrent and .iso)).
> >
> > Pity the learning curve isn't more flat.  I guess if I wanted to get
> > a DVD and install I'd ask
> > Google and follow the directions off some guy's blog rather than just
> > going to centos.org.  Oh well.
> >
> > Thanks for listening!
> >
> > Dave
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