Version 6 of CentOS, a popular open source Linux distribution frequently used in virtual private server hosting plans, will likely come out in the near future.
According to a recent eWeek report, the recent release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6 is a sure sign that CentOS 6 is on its way.
The report said the primary difference between Red Hat's program and CentOS is the technical support that typically comes with Red Hat Linux. However, what CentOS lacks in customer support, it makes up in its completely free nature. This makes it an ideal platform for testing or basic operating system installations.
Overall, 2011 is set to be a big year for new Linux distributions, the report said, as Ubuntu and Debian are also close to new version releases.
A recent report from Linux Magazine said the CentOS 6 release is actually running a bit slow. Historically, the report said, CentOS is released approximately one month after the new Red Hat Linux distribution. It has now been a few months since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 released, and little is known about CentOS 6's release date.
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I work for a software company that is currently creating a cloud based application and we have been waiting for CentOS to arrive ever since the announcement of Red Hat Enterprise. The uncertainty that underpins the CentOS release schedule makes it somewhat impossible for us to make any solid plans for or IT environments, and to make it worse CentOS have already stated that they would focus on their 5.6 release before trying to get 6.0 out the door.
To sum up the situation, anyone who needs to have some sort of stability and predictability in their enterprise systems would do very well to consider moving to a platform like Ubuntu Long Term Support to take advantage of their Release Cadence. We are currently in the process of making that change.
Hi Andrew, I would suggest you to try Scientific Linux 6 instead. Because CentOS team may take another one month to bring out the major release v.6. I hope you know version 6 will follow after 5.6 point release.
I don’t know what holds the team back… I mean taking more than 4 months to REBUILD definitely an annoyance to many…
I have been using Centos for several years and while 6.0 was slow to come out, I really did not need 6.0 features for any specific deployment. However, when something is free and the work of volunteers you have to expect that there will be delays. Centos will continue to have a place, though I too am experimenting with Debian/Ubunto just to have an alternative linux distro in my bag of tricks. The one new think I am looking forward to 6.0 will be trying out the KVM virtulization stuff.
Cheers! Go Team Centos!