We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.3 for
the i386 and x86_64 Architectures.
CentOS-5.3 is based on the upstream release EL 5.3.0, and includes
packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream
repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end
users to work with. And the option to further enable external
repositories at install time is now available in the installer.
This is just an announcement email, not the release notes. The Release
Notes for CentOS-5.3 can be found on-line at :
http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3 and everyone is
encouraged to look through them once. Also worth browsing through at the
CentOS FAQ's at http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ
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ArtWork update:
CentOS-5.3 brings in a completely new artwork stack. A big thanks to
Alain Reguera Delgado, Ralph Angenendt, Marcus Moeller and everyone on
the Artwork SIG for bringing us the best, most comprehensive artwork set
yet. Also a big thanks to all the translation teams for their
contributions to the installer artwork.
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Contrib repos are back:
Given the widespread requests for user contributed packages directly
being hosted within the centos repositories, the contribs repository is
now back with CentOS-5.3. There are no packages yet, but over the next
few weeks we hope to have a policy and process in place that allows
users to submit and manage packages in the contrib repo.
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Upgrading from CentOS-5.2 ( or CentOS-5.0 / 5.1 ):
If you are already running CentOS-5.2 or an older CentOS-5 distro, all
you need to do is update your machine via yum by running :
'yum update'
Running 'yum list updates' before doing the update is recommended, so
you can get a list of packages that are going to be updated. To check
you are indeed on CentOS-5.3, run : 'rpm -q centos-release' and that
should return: 'centos-release-5-3.el5.centos.1'
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Upgrading from CentOS-2.1 or CentOS-3.x or CentOS-4.x:
The only recommended way to update from an earlier version of CentOS (
Version < 5 ) is to download and run a fresh install. In some cases,
running the installer with the 'upgradeany' option might also achieve
the desired results, however you are strongly recommended to look at the
CentOS Wiki where hints and notes about potential upgrade paths from
CentOS-4/3/2.1 to CentOS-5 are provided.
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Downloading CentOS-5.3 for new installs:
When possible, consider using torrents to run the downloads. Not only
does it help the community and keeps mirrors from running up high
bandiwdth bills, in most cases you will find its also the fastest means
to download the distro. There are present over a thousand people already
seeding CentOS-5.3 and its possible to get upto 100mbps downloads via
these torrents.
-- Via BitTorrent :
CD:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/isos/i386/CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-1to6.torr…http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-1to7.…
DVD:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/isos/i386/CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.torre…http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.t…
-- Via direct download:
Due to bandwidth considerations the CentOS Project does not publish ISOS
directly from our network machines. However direct downloads are
available from external mirrors over http, ftp and rsync, and a geoip
based list is available at http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/
to give you the best predictable match ( and only lists mirrors that are
updated already, so you dont need to waste time looking for a sync'd
mirror )
Some mirrors also publish DVD images that can be downloaded
directly. Refer to the mirrors list page at
http://www.centos.org/mirrors for more details Mirrors that offer DVD's
are clearly marked on the page.
sha1sum for these ISOS:
i386:
4b454d76d06daa0b1772115e9b95c9465a4cecb0 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-1of6.iso
0da3292ea1d90639714a5e7d77812568bc01ec05 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-2of6.iso
77e867eb736b58f31cdd25c4835643ab795979e2 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-3of6.iso
949ee93440e736c8414fb8b571178970a31e6675 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-4of6.iso
5eafdea33c18f623bb9299ae624b8c8a12132bfa CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-5of6.iso
90ae5387a38f8ec805d877cc5525ae8dedc7f810 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-6of6.iso
b7f85a3a493e3051e50515ef881214929c88a5f3 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso
a0c640ae0c68cc0d9558cf4f8855f24671b3dadb CentOS-5.3-i386-netinstall.iso
x86_64:
7327174dc0cbb6531bc0e2f26e24788251717e91 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-1of7.iso
d060ed2826a4c212eebf5e3a825ce75e77cb44e0 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-2of7.iso
a0b7471ec6b742c962cc06b69624b0746025005f CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-3of7.iso
fe4106322d6b08344e82df8904142664a8a82522 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-4of7.iso
8cb5539fa4241bc5d23798a3e2721b2ebd3b18fe CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-5of7.iso
8a8f32888279f701e15162dec6f52b5f5fb5effc CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-6of7.iso
f053b05ea8576ea7d72116fa246f914086238ca9 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-7of7.iso
f8ca12b4acc714f4e4a21f3f35af083952ab46e0 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso
e971bd1677622708348b8a65264ec360a1cc0196 CentOS-5.3-x86_64-netinstall.iso
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Pending CentOS-5.3 Updates and src.rpm's
Updates have been issues from upstream since they released 5.3, a bulk
of these updates are already released into CentOS-5.3 and are available
immediately. All pending updates will be released within the next 48
hrs. To keep the initial release size smaller, the src.rpm's are also
going to be slowly released into the mirrors over the next 48 hrs along
with debuginfo packages.
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Release Notes:
The distro release notes are only available online at
http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3 The release notes
include important changelog info as well as notes about the installer
and outcomes from test situations which the centos-qa team worked
through. Its considered essential reading.
Upstream release notes are available in the NOTES/ directory of the
install media. These include release specific technologies, new features
in the distro and other misc infomation that can help you better utilise
the distro.
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Getting Help:
The best place to start when looking for help with CentOS is at the wiki
( http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp ) which lists various options and
communities who might be able to help. If you think there is a bug in
the system, do report it at http://bugs.centos.org/ - but keep in mind
that the bugs system is *not* a support mechanism.
Some Friendly URL's :
http://www.centos.org/http://wiki.centos.org/http://lists.centos.org/http://bugs.centos.org/
irc://#centos@irc.freenode.net
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A big thanks to everyone who contributed, including the translation
teams, the qa team, the CentOS Developers and all the users out there. I
would also like to thank all the users for their patience and help!
Enjoy this release, tell all your friends about it too.
--
Karanbir Singh
CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ }
irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net
