Alan McKay wrote on 11/14/2011 09:56 PM: >> Both CentOS and Scientific Linux *aim* at 100% binary compatibility >> and they are both doing their best toward that goal. However, neither >> is perfect. > That's interesting. So how is it they've managed to come out with 6.1 > (and so long ago at that)? > At least partly matter of priorities. SL finally released 5.7 on 09/14/2011 and just released the LiveCD/DVDs 11/02/2011. They did provide "rolling" 5.x updates, analogous to CR, in the interim. CentOS went for 5.7 before 6.1. Phil