On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 11:20 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: > If you look down the same wiki Download page, in the 'Base > Distribution > section' there is a CentOS release ver to RHEL release ver mapping, to > indicate which version of the RHEL sources a specific CentOS build is > derived from. > > 7(1503) : RHEL 7.1 > 7(1406) : RHEL 7.0 Its illogical to introduce a confusing numbering system resembling random meaningless digits and then create a table to refer to the source which has a conventional numbering system possessing clarity, brevity and is easily rememberable. Genuine genii prefer simple solutions (K.I.S.S.) whilst the less talented mistakenly assume convoluted identification is preferable. Conservatives think if something is working well, and is devoid of problems, there is no benefit to mankind by replacing it with inferior sub-standard alternatives. Additionally confusion wastes finite time and finite resources. The villain is RH who wants, for commercial reasons, to differentiate its commercial product from the internationally respected free alternative. Shame the paid, by Red Hat, Centos volunteers lacked the ability - within the Red Hat run Centos offshoot - to maintain Centos' once treasured freedom. Now even the Centos logo and name are owned by, and controlled by, Red Hat. Luckily I have some years left on C6. Like Valeri I'll migrate to BSD instead of using the increasingly problematic C7. That way I'll avoid systemd and similar nightmares. I continue to gratefully appreciate the Centos team's personal efforts in producing a really splendid operating system for public consumption. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. England's place is in the European Union.