[CentOS] Dell Precision M6700 with centos 5?

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On 22/02/13 08:26, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 2/22/2013 12:12 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
>>>> any experiences with centos 5/rhel 5 install? machine is rhel 6.1
>>>>>> certified laptop?
>>>>
>>>> Why not install CentOS 6.3 instead? CentOS and RHEL are binary compatible.
>> Yes, but Centos 5 is needed on this project.
>
> your project uses a laptop as the target ?
>
> why would any new project require an OS thats approaching end of service
> life ?
>
>

RHEL5 is supported until April 2017 so it's not exactly approaching end 
of life (2020 if you buy the extended support cycle).