[CentOS] Centos 4.4 ?

Matt Hyclak hyclak at math.ohiou.edu
Tue Jul 25 19:20:40 UTC 2006


On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 12:12:07PM -0700, BRUCE STANLEY enlightened us:
> Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote: BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> >    Thanks for the Info.  I may wait and skip 4.3 then.
> 
> "Skip" in which way? And why? 4.4 is just "Release 4, Update 4", while
> 4.3 is "Release 4, Update 3". You're not getting anything really new
> with 4.4, upgrading via yum from 4.3 to 4.4 is just as easy as upgrading
> to get security updates.
> 
> IMNSHO there's no need for waiting - you'll get CentOS 4 now with 4.3
> and you will be getting CentOS 4 then with 4.4.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> Hi Ralph!
> 
> I don't do yum updates on my home system due to slow (56k) 
> Internet connect ability at this time.
> 
> Thus,  I will do a full install (ater backing up) of the next release I 
> go to.  I am currently using 4.1.
> 
> If 4.4 is going to come out in the next month or so, I'll just wait
> for it to be rlease.
> 

No need to do a full install, you can yum update from the DVD (I'm assuming
you're going to get the ISO somewhere with a fast connection, bring it home,
and go from there).

Matt

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