[CentOS] How does such long term support work?

Patrick wrote:
> I've had nothing but trouble with BSD/Linux over the past year or so.
>
> I've been on Centos 6.4 for about a half day now and I am loving it.

Welcome, and glad to hear it.
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> I am just wondering though, how does a 7 year support cycle work?

If it wasn't clear to you, CentOS == RHEL, minus the proprietary RH software.
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> I see that there is libreoffice which is kinda new. Is this because open
> office is under oracle's influence?

LibreOffice was forked shortly after Oracle got it, IIRC (and a Good Idea,
considering Oracle's attitude to $$$ervice).
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