On 2012-09-23, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote: > > Can someone please guide me in deciding which specific CentOS Linux > version viz 5.8 and 6.3 be used in Live production environment. Any > merits and demerits of using either of these versions. You should use 6 unless you have a specific reason to use 5. CentOS 6 has more recent libraries which will support newer applications that might be problematic with CentOS 5. It's usually not a problem, but for commercial software where you can not recompile it can definitely be an issue. --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us