The CentOS development team is pleased to announce the release of CentOS 5 (Beta) for i386 and x86_64.
It is available via beta.CentOS.org mirrors and bittorrent.
This release corresponds to the upstream vendor EL5 beta2 release.
NOTE: This software is BETA and should be treated as such. It is for testing purposes only. Please ensure it meets your needs completely before using in a production environment.
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Please see the CentOS specific release notes here: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
CentOS specific release notes talk about changes in the CentOS RPMS as compared to upstream, etc.
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The upstream release notes can be viewed at:
i386: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/NOTES/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
x86_64: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/NOTES/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
for other languages, see: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/NOTES/ http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/
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Documentation and a deployment guide are available here:
============================================================ ISOs may be downloaded here (DVD is currently available only as a Bittorrent download):
http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.92/isos/
ISOs may also be purchased from some of our official vendors:
Has ISOs now: http://www.cheeplinux.com/
Official Vendors page {Others there may have CentOS 5 (Beta) soon}: http://www.centos.org/vendors/
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Bugs may be reported at:
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Enjoy,
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