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I'm new to Linux and have a few questions.<br />
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1) &nbsp;Which download of MySQL is recommended for CentOS 5.2? &nbsp;<a href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#downloads" rel="ugc">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#downloads</a><br />
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2) &nbsp;After installing, the host name of the server was that of an old PC that use to be part of our system. &nbsp;I didn't set it and don't know how it was generated. &nbsp;Any ideas?<br />
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3) &nbsp;I'm looking for documentation on how to join this server to an Active Directory.<br />
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4) &nbsp;It looks like VNC is installed but while I can ping the server I can't VNC into it. &nbsp;Is there something I need to do before that is possible? &nbsp;Is there a better remote access software I should be looking at?
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I'm new to Linux and have a few questions.

1)  Which download of MySQL is recommended for CentOS 5.2?  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#downloads

2)  After installing, the host name of the server was that of an old PC that use to be part of our system.  I didn't set it and don't know how it was generated.  Any ideas?

3)  I'm looking for documentation on how to join this server to an Active Directory.

4)  It looks like VNC is installed but while I can ping the server I can't VNC into it.  Is there something I need to do before that is possible?  Is there a better remote access software I should be looking at?

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