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There is a [http://wiki.centos.org wiki], with e.g. [http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos Howtos], [http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks Tips and Tricks] and a list of [http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories repositories] to be used with [http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/index.html yum] (the software installer). | There is a [http://wiki.centos.org wiki], with e.g. [http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos Howtos], [http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks Tips and Tricks] and a list of [http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories repositories] to be used with [http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/index.html yum] (the software installer). | ||
The best 3rd-party software repository to be be used with CentOS is [http:// | The best 3rd-party software repository to be be used with CentOS is [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL EPEL]. On CentOS, you can install EPEL by running <code>yum install epel-release</code>. The package is included in the CentOS Extras repository, enabled by default. Usage: e.g. to make your Windows partition read/writable to your CentOS installation, just run <code>yum -y install ntfs-3g</code>" after enabling EPEL. | ||
=== Hardware support === | === Hardware support === | ||
There is | There is the [http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php ElRepo] repository for hardware kernel modules. Explanation at [http://dag.wieers.com/blog/improved-rhel-centos-and-scientific-linux-hardware-support]. | ||
This is very useful e.g. recent hardware that is not properly supported by the kernel, e.g. for the RTL8111/8168B Ethernet controller found on recent motherboards. Also, the [[NVidia]] driver is now provided by ElRepo. | This is very useful e.g. recent hardware that is not properly supported by the kernel, e.g. for the RTL8111/8168B Ethernet controller found on recent motherboards. Also, the [[NVidia]] driver is now provided by ElRepo. | ||