CentOS 5 CentOS-5 updates until March 31, 2017 CentOS 6 CentOS-6 updates until November 30, 2020
CentOS 7 CentOS-7 updates until June 30, 2024 Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > RHEL has 10 year standard life/support cycles. > > RHEL5 was released in 2007, RHEL6 in 2010 and RHEL7 in 2014. > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That doesn't happen as soon as you might think. I still get regular >> updates on CentOS 5.11; so THAT horse ain't dead yet, even though it's >> supposedly been EOS for a while now. >> >> For all practical purposes, 6.x will probably continue getting updates >> for at least 5 years. That's probably longer than the life of the server. >> >> In another year or so, I would be comfortable with 7, and it will have >> more widespread support, and fewer bugs. >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 11/10/2015 1:07 PM, Justin Wilson - MTIN wrote: >> >> I would do 7 just because of the support nature of it. There will become >> a time, sooner than 7, that 6 will no longer receive updates. Bite the >> bullet and do it now. CentOS7 has a little bit of a learning curve. Gone >> are the init scripts replaced by sys control. This is the biggest change >> folks have to get used to. >> >> >> Justin Wilson >> [email protected] >> >> --- >> http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO >> xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth >> >> http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman >> Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric >> >> On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Josh Luthman < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> New server? 7 no question. >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> On Nov 10, 2015 1:34 AM, "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 7, for the 3.x series kernel if nothing else. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Ken Hohhof < <[email protected]> >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> There seems to be a fair bit of dissatisfaction with RHEL7/CentOS 7. >>>> I'm building a couple new servers, if my others are running CentOS 6 and do >>>> what I need, should I resist the temptation to jump to 7? I think CentOS 6 >>>> EOS dates are 2017 for full updates and 2020 for maintenance updates? >>>> >>>> I know some people will say switch to Ubuntu or Debian or whatever, >>>> let's assume I am staying with CentOS, I'm just asking 6 or 7? >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
