[support] immediate installation errors

[John Thomas]

 > My company used to use CentOS on our servers, but dropped it a while
 > back specifically because its SELinux implementation was broken and
 > kept causing all sorts of trouble for apache.

If I may:
   1) CentOS is a clone of Red Hat, so if there is a problem, you are 
blaming the wrong folks.
   2) There is an active volunteer army of support people on the mailing 
list who can provide details and help if need be.  I am new to Drupal, 
but the support and cost ($0) seem similar, and both seem to be great 
products that work great together. 
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
   3) SELinux is to me a complicated security system.  It can be turned 
off, Google for (turn off selinux centos) or set to warn only.

 > If you're having trouble with other PHP apps, too, then I would
 > definitely put the blame on SELinux/CentOS at this point.  SELinux is
 > hard to get right unless you really know what you're doing.  IME,
 > CentOS does not. :-)

I have found CentOS to be extraordinarily great software that is well 
supported and stable as a rock.

-- 
Sincerely,
John Thomas