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[http://www.centos.org CentOS] is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by [http://www.redhat.com/ RedHat]. CentOS versions | [http://www.centos.org CentOS] is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by [http://www.redhat.com/ RedHat]. CentOS versions are maintained by a group of volunteers who supply 100% compatible re-compilations from the latest client, server and (for RHEL7) workstation and compute node source-code SRPMS of RHEL5, RHEL6 and RHEL7 [ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise available], with all security fixes, bugfixes and feature enhancements. The CentOS mailing list is also available from the public newsserver news.gmane.org (the name is gmane.linux.centos.general; posting is allowed). | ||
Version 5 is based on kernel 2.6.18 and is still suitable for computing in X-ray crystallography. Maintenance updates to this version are planned to be made available until [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-extends-red-hat-enterprise-linux-lifecycle-to-ten-years/10237 Mar 31st, 2017]. | Version 5 is based on kernel 2.6.18 and is still suitable for computing in X-ray crystallography. Maintenance updates to this version are planned to be made available until [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-extends-red-hat-enterprise-linux-lifecycle-to-ten-years/10237 Mar 31st, 2017]. | ||
Version 6 is based on kernel 2.6.32 and is quite suitable for computing in X-ray crystallography. Maintenance updates to this version are planned to be made available until [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-extends-red-hat-enterprise-linux-lifecycle-to-ten-years/10237 Nov 31st, 2020]. | Version 6 is based on kernel 2.6.32 and is quite suitable for computing in X-ray crystallography. Maintenance updates to this version are planned to be made available until [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-extends-red-hat-enterprise-linux-lifecycle-to-ten-years/10237 Nov 31st, 2020]. CentOS 7 is the current distribution (based on kernel 3.10), and advisable for the latest hardware. | ||
32bit and 64bit versions exist for a number of platforms; most notably for Intel and compatible processors. On PC-type hardware, one should probably choose the 64bit version if the machine has more than 2GB of memory | 32bit and 64bit versions exist for a number of platforms; most notably for Intel and compatible processors. On PC-type hardware, one should probably choose the 64bit version if the machine has more than 2GB of memory. | ||
== Installation and maintenance of CentOS machines == | == Installation and maintenance of CentOS machines == | ||