CentOS Linux version 6 has been released. It is a community-supported operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6. CentOS Linux is considered as the most popular Linux distribution for web servers with almost 30% of all Linux servers using it.
Fig.03: CentOS Linux 6 Desktop Screenshot
From the release notes:
The CentOS team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-6.0 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-6.0 is based on the upstream release EL 6.0 and includes packages from all variants. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with.
CentOS Linux 6 Screenshots
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- Fig.01: CentOS Linux 6 ( FirstBoot ) Screenshot
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- Fig.02: Desktop Login Window
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- Fig.03: CentOS Linux 6 Desktop Screenshot
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- Fig.04: CentOS Linux 6 Update / Upgrade In Progress
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- Fig.05: CentOS Linux In action w/ Firefox 3.x
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- Fig.06: CentOS Linux Version 6 With Various Windows
CentOS 6 Download
You can download CentOS Linux 6 via the web/ftp server or via BitTorrent (recommended) client.
CentOS 6 DVD ISO download
- Visit mirror to download CentOS ISO image 32 bit i386 DVD ISO image # 1 (4.4 GB)
- Visit mirror to download CentOS ISO images 64 bit DVD ISO image # 1 (3.9 GB) and image # 2 (1.1GB)
CentOS Linux 6 DVD ISO Torrents
Torrent files for the DVD's are available at the following location:
- Download 32 bit i386 torrent file
- Download 64 bit x86_64 torrent file
A Note About CentOS Linux version 6.1
From the mailing list:
Since upstream has a 6.1 version already released, we will be using a Continous Release repository for 6.0 to bring all 6.1 and post 6.1 security updates to all 6.0 users, till such time as CentOS-6.1 is released itself. There will be more details about this posted within the next 48 hours.
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What about security updates introduced with RHEL 6.1? Does this include those? If it doesn’t, I don’t feel too comfortable standing up an vulnerable machine.
What about the installation CDs ?
Where could I find them ?
Thanks.
Kind Regards.
@Kubrick: there are no CD’s anymore, except for the netinstall. CentOS 6 is only being released on DVDs.
@Stephen: those updates will only be pushed later on, as the packages are made available to CentOS (after being ported from RHEL).
i wanna centos-6*86_64 bit…..plzzz send me @ mine email address
You can always donwload from a CentOS mirror website. Check out http://www.Centos.org or http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=30
guys, i tried …bt, it takes a long time …so humbly send me……
I’ve already downloaded and tested it. Do You know what happened to the “setup” script ? It’s not present in CentOS 6.
is there any minimal iso that i can use? cause im planning to make a bootable pendrive which is 4gig in size..
thanks
Can I make a boot able USB driver from the DvD version?
Ok, I’m an idiot…
Now I downloaded the 6.2 64 bit DVD and burned a copy.
Now on my other PC, how do I install it?
Booting with the DVD in place won’t do it, is there something I have to do to point it to the right place?
Thanks!
The link for the torrent files broken, where do i get them from?
There are many places!
http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=30
Lots of mirror sites.
Paul , did you use an iso burner to burn the files or did you simply move them? I have came accross issues like that where the user burned with the files moved to the disk (doh!). Use something like Coyotesoft’s Free Easy DVD Burner. Thats what I use for most burning activity. If you are sure you did this , it might just be you need to setup your BIOS to boot from CD. Most pcs and motherboards have this disabled when you buy them from my experience but you can enable them quite simply by opening up the BIOS settings. It will be under the boot order or boot options list. The procedure varies for each board but should be self explanitory when you get there.
can i use this for our SERVER machine?