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CentOS Linux 6.0 Released

Posted by timothy on from the for-your-favorite-white-box dept.

dkd903 writes "The CentOS team just announced the availability of CentOS Linux version 6.0 for both i386 and x86_64 architectures. CentOS 6.0 is based on the upstream release of RHEL 6.0 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and includes packages from all variants."

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  1. Why it took so long by Digimer · · Score: 5, Informative

    There has been a lot of drama recently about why CentOS 6 took so long to be released. Things to consider; To maintain binary compatibility, they need to not just replace the copyright material and build the source. They need to duplicate the build environment *exactly*. Compile flags, build order, etc. This while also keep the EL5 and EL4 releases updated and patched. This is something EL derivatives like Scientific Linux do not concern themselves with, for better and worse. I do know that the CentOS team have been working to improve their project, and some hear may have ideas and suggestions. Please feel free to join the CentOS mailing list(s) and pass along your ideas. Digimer

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  2. Re:i386 by nirik · · Score: 4, Informative

    In this case the 'i386' refers to "the "i386" architecture" ie,
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA-32

    The 32bit rpms you may note are .i686 and will not run on 386, 486 or 586 processors.