Re: [CentOS] Choosing a CentOS version

2011-10-10 Thread Bade Iriabho
Thanks guys for the responses. Much appreciated. B.I. On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Christopher Chan < christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > On Tuesday, October 04, 2011 02:17 PM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > > On 10/4/11, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> Note that the above is true of every

Re: [CentOS] Choosing a CentOS version

2011-10-04 Thread Christopher Chan
On Tuesday, October 04, 2011 02:17 PM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > On 10/4/11, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Note that the above is true of every single o/s: for example, I think >> Windows XP is approaching EoL, while Internet Exploder 6 is *past* that >> (and there was much rejoicing). > > IIRC Win

Re: [CentOS] Choosing a CentOS version

2011-10-03 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
On 10/4/11, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Note that the above is true of every single o/s: for example, I think > Windows XP is approaching EoL, while Internet Exploder 6 is *past* that > (and there was much rejoicing). IIRC WinXP is already EoL'd for general end users but still a couple of years for

Re: [CentOS] Choosing a CentOS version

2011-10-03 Thread m . roth
Bade Iriabho wrote: > This may be a noob question but there is something I have been trying to > understand, there are currently three main versions of CentOS 4, 5, and 6. > My main question is simply how do I know what version I should deploy? I > have searched online and either I did not do a goo

Re: [CentOS] Choosing a CentOS version

2011-10-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Bade Iriabho wrote: > This may be a noob question but there is something I have been trying to > understand, there are currently three main versions of CentOS 4, 5, and 6. > My main question is simply how do I know what version I should deploy? I > have searched on

Re: [CentOS] Choosing a CentOS version

2011-10-03 Thread Scott Silva
on 10/3/2011 10:21 AM Bade Iriabho spake the following: > This may be a noob question but there is something I have been trying to > understand, there are currently three main versions of CentOS 4, 5, and 6. > My main question is simply how do I know what version I should deploy? I > have searched

Re: [CentOS] Choosing a CentOS version

2011-10-03 Thread John R Pierce
On 10/03/11 10:21 AM, Bade Iriabho wrote: > - Is there an online resource that lists (compare/contrast) the different > versions (i.e. 4, 5, and 6) and why you should pick a particular one? EL4 is quite old, and nearly at EOSL, I'd not be deploying that for any new system The choice of EL5 vs EL

[CentOS] Choosing a CentOS version

2011-10-03 Thread Bade Iriabho
This may be a noob question but there is something I have been trying to understand, there are currently three main versions of CentOS 4, 5, and 6. My main question is simply how do I know what version I should deploy? I have searched online and either I did not do a good job of searching or the in