Re: [CentOS] UC What happened to 6.1

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Nataraj wrote:

Unfortunately, I don't know of any distros that cater to anyone with that level of security requirement anymore (or even someone who just didn't have an Internet connection). There used to be distros where you could receive updates monthly on a CDROM. Nowaday's all distros that I'm aware of require internet access. I believe Apple has stopped offering CD's or USB sticks of their OS and instead offer a BIOS that knows how to install over the Internet.

The way updates are shipped (in rpm form in a yum repo) works perfectly fine if you copy it onto portable media. I'd argue CentOS *does* cater for those people. Yum doesn't assume things are on the network, it's quite happy pointing at file based repos.

jh