7 Apr
2011
7 Apr
'11
11:39 a.m.
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
Just newer kernel and newer core packages that can drive newer applications. CentOS 5.5 kernel and core packages are 3-4 years old in the (Linux) world that dramatically changed since then.
I wouldn't refer to the 5.5 kernel as 3-4 years old as there are significant backports to the EL5 kernel such that 5.5's kernel is measurably different to 5.0, and even further away from 2.6.18.
jh