[CentOS] what people really mean when they say they're running "5.3"?

[James Hogarth]

I do find this behaviour very odd... if you are not intending to get support
from redhat why not just install CentOS in the beginning so you can still
get updates? Ah well...

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On 8 Aug 2010 18:58, "John R Pierce" <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 08/08/10 9:11 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> when i asked the organizer to identify the specific version of RHEL
>> that was being used at the client site, i was told 5.3 so i can easily
>> install 5.3 on the classroom machines, but i'm curious about something
>> and i'll have my contact look into it: if people *initially* install
>> 5.3, is it standard behaviour to still regularly upgrade as new
>> releases come out?
>
> sadly, I find far too many people who installed RHEL x.y, but don't have
> an RHN subscription so they NEVER UPDATE THE SYSTEM.
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