[CentOS] upgrade/no upgrade

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Apr 2 17:15:06 UTC 2009


Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> rray_1 at comcast.net wrote:
>   
>> What is the downside of sticking with 5.2
>>     
>
> No security fixes. And the cool kids on the block will laugh at you.

Look at today's announcement.  Now I don't know if the security bugs 
fixed where in the old 5.2 kernel or only in the newer 5.3 kernel, but 
it makes that point about staying current with a distro.





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