[CentOS] Worth upgrading desktop to 5.1?

Ralph Angenendt ra+centos at br-online.de
Wed Jan 23 17:17:05 UTC 2008


Sean Carolan wrote:
> I am using CentOS 5.0 on my desktop workstation.  Are there any deeply 
> compelling reasons to upgrade to version 5.1?  I read through the release 
> notes but didn't see any whiz-bang new features.  Perhaps some of you can 
> share your personal experience letting us know if you have noticed any 
> differences, etc.

Want to have security updates?

5.0 does not exist anymore. 5.0 was CentOS 5 Update 0. 5.1 is CentOS 5
Update 1. 5.0 will not get any security updates.

<http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#q15> is worth a read.

Ah yes, and the next "yum update" will take you to 5.1.

Cheers,

Ralph
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