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CentOS 4.3 Multi-Platform Release

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the with-that-new-os-cent dept.

hughesjr writes "The CentOS development team has announced the availability of CentOS-4.3 for the i386, x86_64, and ia64 architectures. Major changes in this version of CentOS include: upgraded update system - this new system provides more that 100 total mirrors for updates and picks geographically close and non-stale mirrors based on our master server's content; Frysk, InfiniBand Architecture (IBA), and z/VM hypervisor added; see the release announcement for more information. ISO's are also available for download on their site."

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  1. CentOS? by Musteval · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to their website, it stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System. I've never heard of them. Are they related to Microsoft ENTerprise Operating System? I'm fairly certain I've seen ads for that somewhere.

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    Note to mods: I'm probably being sarcastic.
    1. Re:CentOS? by Adam9 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought the money went towards a support contract? I'd double-check, but Red Hat's site is down for maintenance.

  2. Mmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Freshmaker!