[CentOS] Inquiry:Migration from Linux 7.2 to CentOS 5

[Les Mikesell]

Ron Loftin wrote:
> One piece of information I have not seen in this thread is that the
> "old" RHL 7.2 was the basis for RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1, which had
> its support ended earlier this year.
> 
> That being said, I will now add my voice to those pointing out that in
> today's Internet environment, it is only prudent to get yourself onto
> some OS that is currently maintained, with patches for bugs and fixes
> for newly-discovered security issues.

And if there is some real need to stay on an old distribution or keep running a 
2.4 kernel, CentOS 3.x would still be an option, although at this point if you 
are going to update you might as well deal with the differences and use 5.x.

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   Les Mikesell
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