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[ldm-users] LDM, McIDAS and more under Centos 5.2 or something else?

Hello all,
The past several days I have installed Fedora 10 on a test machine. I can't believe what I see. 
A lot of configuration options have simply been taken away. Options to 
let GDM run to let WXP make X-windowed images for GIF file generation, 
login as root, and various other things---gone. I can't even get LDM to 
start under the startup boot scripts. A Google search reveals loud 
complaints as well that have worsened from Fedora 9 to Fedora 10.

Privately (and publicly), people have told me to switch to Centos. I've 
been scared because it runs an older version of Fedora (just repackaged). 
But if those choices will be taken away from me in upcoming versions of 
CentOS, then what? I'm back to square one.

I'm looking for a Linux OS that can run with a configurable GDM, 
Alsamixer, Icecast and darkice as a sound server for NOAA radio audio,
and how to do this while maintaining user IDs and users with shadow 
passwording, etc, and run LDM, McIDAS and WXP.

Am I asking too much? Fedora 8, which I am running now, is EOL and I'm 
guessing security holes will be found soon that will make my machines 
hackable in the not too distant future (already noted one from NTP and 
trying to figure out if that affects me). I am running F9 on my NOAAport 
machine, but that doesn't require significant enough configuration changes 
that stops the LDM from running at startup.

Gurus, any suggestions are greatly appreciated. All Linux options are on 
the table.

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
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Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University                      ****
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