[CentOS] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: CentOS 5.2 is here!

Tue Jun 24 13:33:27 UTC 2008
Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net>

Ralph Angenendt wrote:

>> Sorry to be dumb, but what is the point of calling it Centos-5.2?
>> Is it just that if installing Centos from scratch,
>> one could download a more up-to-date version?
> 
> Think of it as a rebase with added kernel drivers, some newer features
> and so on, while still basically being CentOS 5.
> 
> Or - if you come from the windows world - CentOS 5, service pack 2.

But does one actually get Windows XP SP3 
simply by repeated "Windows Update"s?

Re kernel drivers, are you saying that Centos only updates the kernel
when there is a (minor) distribution change?

I'm not complaining, just slightly baffled by the nomenclature.