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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://www.rpmforge.net RPMforge]; there is a detailed [http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/RPMForge installation instruction]. E.g. to make your Windows partition read/writable to your CentOS installation, just run "yum -y install ntfs-3g fuse-ntfs-3g dkms dkms-fuse" after enabling RPMforge (dkms and dkms-fuse are not necessary any more since CentOS 5.4, because fuse is in the kernel).
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 now 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].
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.


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