* Related to the last, no simple caching software. The last I knew,
there was no RPM analog to the Debian apt-cacher. This caches deb
RPM doesn't need a specialist tool for this thankfully. Squid and similar
generic caching setups can handle it quite nicely. It is true we don't
have a package that does that setup in one go (or I've not found it
anyway).
* I prefer XFCE or similar lightweight desktops for these machines.
I
can get XFCE with xubuntu. I see no Fedora analog.
Fedora includes xfce packages, they just aren't burned on the standard
CDs but are in the yum repository.
* While I am glad to see the Fedora live CDs, they are klunky
compared
to the Ubuntu/Knoppix/Finnix live CDs I have used. For one thing, on
shutdown those live CDs will eject the CD and wait for you to remove
them from the drive.
Useful feedback.. hope you get on well with Ubuntu
Alan