| CentOS ships new live CD |
Jul. 11, 2007
 The CentOS development team today released a live CD version of its most recent stable edition, CentOS 5.0. The distro, described as a "100 percent-compatible" rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is aimed at i386 machines and features the GNOME desktop and a 2.6.18 kernel.
CentOS targets those who need the stability of an enterprise-class operating system without the cost of certification and support, chief maintainer Karanbir Singh said.
CentOS 5.0 Live CD includes the following software, according to the team: - OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 office suite
- Firefox 1.5.0.10 browser
- Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 e-mail client
- Gaim 2.0.0 instant messaging client
- Scribus 1.3.3 text editor
- XChat 2.6.6 chat agent
- K3b 0.12.17, a GUI for CD recording
- GIMP 2.2.13 graphics editor
CentOS 5.0 Live CD can also be used as a rescue CD with the following tools: - a full set of LVM and RAID command-line tools
- QTParted
- Nmap and NMapFE
- graphical traceroute
- Samba 3.0.23c with CIFS kernel support to connect to Windows file shares
- system log viewer
- GUI hardware device manager
CentOS is in full compliance with Red Hat's redistribution requirements.
You can download the 679MB iso image from the main site here. Alternatively, you can link directly to the image through this FTP site.
You can view screen shots, courtesy of The Coding Studio, here.
--Chris Preimesberger
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