[K12OSN] Centos?

[Les Mikesell]

Henry Hartley wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
>>>> 4)  Has anyone got this running under Centos or other 
>>>> longer-service-life distro?  If this takes off I would
>>>> prefer not to have to upgrade every 6 months or so.
>>> There is a version of K12LTSP based on CentOS.  It has an
>>> "EL" suffix to the version name/number.  Look here:
>>> ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/4.2.3EL-32bit/iso
> 
> 
> What is the prognosis for K12LTSP 4.2.4EL?  It is still in the testing
> directory but the files haven't been changed since September.  Will it
> be finished or will it languish and be replaced by the CentOS 5 version?
> 
> Which of these options would you recommend?
> * Use 4.2.3EL which is a bit older but stable and supported
> * Use 4.2.4EL which is newer but not fully debugged
> * Wait for RHEL5 and then CentOS 5 and then a K12 version

I think you should end up with the same thing after a 'yum update' 
whether you install 4.2.3EL or 4.2.4EL.  At least that's the way normal 
CentOS works.

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