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

[allan]

Unless the curriculum covers updates.

Peace,
Allan


James Hogarth wrote:
>>>   i just don't want to teach off of 5.3, only to find out later that
>>> they've been keeping up to date and 5.5 would have been a more
>>> appropriate choice.  thanks for any tips.
>> On a certain level there really isn't much difference from a general
>> admin POV -- it does not really make sense to go into a certain level of
>> detail (like specific version numbers). Basic functionallity is not
>> going to change from point version to point version.
>>
> 
> There is a limited amount of truth to this - but it depends on the
> topic being taught. Redhat usually adds functionality to the point
> releases as they go - a few examples in the current 5.X release cycle
> being KVM virtualisation, postgres-8.4 and the ext4 filesystem.....
> 
> The X part of 5.X refers to a point in time of Redhat... but that
> really is a point in time and in terms of maintaining a system there
> is only RHEL5... there really is no point installing 5.3 when you
> should keep up to date on updates and particularly depending on the
> topic to be taught as well.
> 
> James
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