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g> <br>
CentOS is an Enterprise Linux distribution based on the <a class=3D"ftp" hr=
ef=3D"ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/">freely available s=
ources from Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a>.
Each CentOS version is supported for 7 years (by means of security
updates). A new CentOS version is released every 2 years and each
CentOS version is regularly updated (every 6 months) to support newer
hardware. This results in a secure, low-maintenance, reliable,
predictable and reproducible Linux environment.&quot;<br><br>
CentOS 4
( <a href=3D"http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS4">http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ=
/CentOS4</a> ):<br>&quot;We intend to support CentOS-4 updates until Feb 29=
, 2012&quot;<br>
<br>
CentOS 5
( <a href=3D"http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5">http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ=
/CentOS5</a> ):<br>&quot;We intend to support CentOS 5 until Mar 31st, 2014=
&quot;<br><br><br>So if you don&#39;t want major upgrades for a while you m=
ight want to go with the latest version.=A0 To put it into Microsoft terms.=
..=A0 the minor version is like a service pack.=A0 So CentOS 4.7 is really =
a base lined version 4, service pack 7.=A0 You get the new features in majo=
r releases (like there are no more &quot;smp&quot; kernels in 5 to deal wit=
h)<br>
<br>-Jonathan<br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, May 20, 2009 at=
 2:36 PM, Jimmy Ezell <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jezell at hmhca.=
com">jezell at hmhca.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0=
pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class=3D"im"><br>
&gt;On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 01:07:25PM -0700, Jimmy Ezell wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; multi-processor machine =A0( I had to remember to specify smp<br>
&gt;for the kernel)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;I repeat: why bother with such an old system? Really?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Recall the comment from the book. That book had nothing really specific=
<br>
&gt;to Centos 4. Why do you shoot yourself in the foot by<br>
&gt;installing Centos4<br>
&gt;now?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;(not to mention Zaptel)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;--<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Tzafrir Cohen<br>
<br>
</div>Tzafrir thanks for the comments. =A0I am not done playing with this a=
nd in the end I may well use newer software as you suggest.<br>
<br>
According to wikipedia CentOS 4.7 was released OCT. 2008 (7 months ago) is =
that really consider that old? =A0I am looking to setup a phone system that=
 I would hope would not require any major software upgrades for many years.=
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Jimmy<br>
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