[WBEL-users] Yum sources for latest software

[Joe Brouhard]

> WBEL is a rebuild of RHEL 3 ... which has Gnome 2.4.  I don't think RHEL
> 3 will ever upgrade to Gnome 2.6 or upgrade KDE to 3.2 ... they will
> only add security/bug fixes to the current tree...so WBEL 3 will remain
> true to RHEL 3.
>

I've heard that RHEL4 (due out sometime in beta form pretty soon) will
contain Kernel 2.6.x as well as updated KDE/GNOME packages... So I would
have to say if you want to wait, wait.  if not, go to one of the other
distributions that have these as standard installation packages (Fedora,
SuSE, or even Gentoo Linux if you're feeling challenging)

> There may be newer versions of Gnome and KDE produced by some users ...
> but not for the offical WBEL 3.  The whole purpose of WBEL is to provide
> a stable (bugfixes/security updates only) enterprise distro for the next
> 4-5 years.
>

And that's why I use it both at work and at home ;)


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Joe Brouhard
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Kansas City Open Source Consultants
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