[WBEL-users] Considering White Box - Related Questions

[Clint Harshaw]

Hello all:

I'm new to the list, and have been a RH desktop-oriented user, and 
currently a Fedora Core 1 user (FC2 is on a laptop that gets used 
infrequently). My workload is about to increase significantly, as is the 
size of my family :-), and I'm concerned that I won't have the time 
needed to stay on top of things with future versions of FC. I'm in the 
market for a flavor of Linux that I'm comfortable with and offers 
stability and updates for approximately 3 to 4 years.

I have a couple of questions that I'd like to ask the group to head off 
any potential conflicts that I may get when doing a fresh installation 
of  WBEL on two desktops.


NVidia Cards: I have a "routine" that I have to do anytime I upgrade the 
kernel with FC1, and it looks like this ...

CC="gcc32" sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel
CC="gcc32" sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1-custom.run

... is this the proper routine for WBEL or is there an alternate method 
that I should do?


Extras: I've installed via yum quite a few extras, such as tuxpaint, 
frozen bubble, gkrellm*, ogle*, kaffeine, player. Are you all getting 
these extras on WBEL via a particular repository using yum? (With FC 
there are a handful of repo's that everybody seems to use for extras, 
such as fedora.us and livna.org)


Java and Flash: I'm a nut about checking the NOAA.gov weather animations 
and my family needs the Flash plug-in for Mozilla for things like Sesame 
Street and Playhouse Disney. The instructions I always used were those 
found at:
http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc1/#Java
http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc1/#Flash

Will the same instructions work with WBEL?


Lastly (and perhaps most importantly), I understand that WBEL is 
server-oriented. Would it be a good choice for me as a long-term (3-4 
years) desktop for home desktop use, and at the office, where I 
regularly use MySQL/PHP for my own small database work, some Perl, and a 
lot of LaTeX? or would I be better served by maintaining my FC1 machines 
by moving to fedoralegacy for updates?


Thanks very much for listening and offering your opinions,
Clint