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Apr 13 2007 9:26AM GMT
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Red Hat, Other enterprise distributions
CentOS 5 goes live
Posted by: admin
Red Hat, Other enterprise distributions
DesktopLinux.com has the scoop on CentOS 5, which was released this week. It features the GNOME desktop and a 2.6.18 kernel. CentOS is basically Red Hat Enterprise 5 without the branding or certification and support. The distro is based on the upstream release of RHEL 5 and includes packages from all variants, including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one.
Major changes in CentOS 5 compared to CentOS 4 include:
- numerous updated software versions
- better desktop support with Compiz and AIGLX
- virtualization provided by the Xen hypervisor with Virtual Machine Manager and libvirt
- simplified construction of user profiles
Standard features include:
- Pidgin (formerly GAIM) 2.0 beta 5 messenger
- OpenOffice.org 2.0.4
- Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 email client
- GIMP 2.2.13 graphics editor
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