[K12OSN] Centos?

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Les Mikesell wrote:
> 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.
>

You do, indeed.  I use K12LTSP 4.2EL, and all the normal CentOS updates
come right on down upon issuing a yum update.

[microman at takhisis ~]$ more /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 4.4 (Final)
[microman at takhisis ~]$ uname -a
Linux takhisis.cmosnetworks.com 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Oct 6
06:21:39 CDT 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[microman at takhisis ~]$

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