<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto">Aside: Likely that the forthcoming XSCE 6.2 will also run on Debian 8.6 or 9.</div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">From: "Karanbir Singh" <<a href="mailto:kbsingh@centos.org">kbsingh@centos.org</a>></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto">[ <a href="https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/022172.html">https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/022172.html</a> ]<br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><br><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7<br>
(1611) for 64 bit x86 compatible machines.<br>
<br>
Effectively immediately, this is the current release for CentOS Linux<br>
7 and is tagged as 1611, derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3<br>
<br>
As always, read through the Release Notes at :<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/<wbr>Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7</a> - these notes<br>
contain important information about the release and details about some<br>
of the content inside the release from the CentOS QA team. These notes<br>
are updated constantly to include issues and incorporate feedback from<br>
the users.<br>
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Updates, Sources, and DebugInfos<br>
<br>
Updates released since we froze the iso and install media content are<br>
posted in the updates repo along with the release. This will include<br>
content from late November 2016 and December 2016, therefore anyone<br>
running a new install is highly encouraged to run a 'yum update'<br>
operation immediate on install completion. You can apply all updates,<br>
including the content released today, on your existing CentOS Linux<br>
7/x86_64 machine by just running 'yum update'.<br>
<br>
As with all CentOS Linux 7 components, this release was built from<br>
sources hosted at <a href="http://git.centos.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">git.centos.org</a>. In addition, SRPMs that are a<br>
byproduct of the build (and also considered critical in the code and<br>
buildsys process) are being published to match every binary RPM we<br>
release. Sources will be available from <a href="http://vault.centos.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">vault.centos.org</a> in their own<br>
dedicated directories to match the corresponding binary RPMs. Since<br>
there is far less traffic to the CentOS source RPMs compared with the<br>
binary RPMs, we are not putting this content on the main mirror<br>
network. If users wish to mirror this content they can do so using the<br>
reposync command available in the yum-utils package. All CentOS source<br>
RPMs are signed with the same key used to sign their binary<br>
counterparts. Developers and end users looking at inspecting and<br>
contributing patches to the CentOS Linux distro will find the code<br>
hosted at <a href="http://git.centos.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">git.centos.org</a> far simpler to work against. Details on how<br>
to best consume those are documented along with a quick start at :<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/Sources" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/Sources</a><br>
<br>
Debuginfo packages are also being signed and pushed. Yum configs<br>
shipped in the new release file will have all the context required for<br>
debuginfo to be available on every CentOS Linux install.<br>
<br>
This release supersedes all previously released content for CentOS<br>
Linux 7, and therefore we highly encourage all users to upgrade their<br>
machines. Information on different upgrade strategies and how to<br>
handle stale content is included in the Release Notes.<br>
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Download<br>
<br>
In order to conserve donor bandwidth, and to make it possible to get<br>
the mirror content sync'd out as soon as possible, we recommend using<br>
torrents to get your initial installer images:<br>
<br>
Details on the images are available on the mirrors at<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/0_README.txt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/<wbr>centos/7/isos/x86_64/0_README.<wbr>txt</a> - that file<br>
clearly highlights the difference in the images, and when one might be<br>
more suitable than the others.<br>
<br>
The sizes, sha256 sums and torrents for the ISO files:<br>
<br>
==============================<wbr>============<br>
* CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1611.<wbr>iso<br>
Size: 713031680<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-16" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/<wbr>centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-<wbr>x86_64-Minimal-16</a><br>
11.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
27bd866242ee058b7a5754e83d8ee8<wbr>403e216b93d130d800852a96f41c34<wbr>d86a<br>
<br>
* CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-<wbr>1611.iso<br>
Size: 395313152<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/<wbr>centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-<wbr>x86_64-NetInstall</a><br>
- -1611.iso.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
f2f7367deb90a25822947660c71638<wbr>333ca0eceeabecc2d631be6cd508c2<wbr>4494<br>
<br>
* CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1611.iso<br>
Size: 4379901952<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1611.i" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/<wbr>centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-<wbr>x86_64-DVD-1611.i</a><br>
so.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
c455ee948e872ad2194bdddd39045b<wbr>83634e8613249182b88f549bb2319d<wbr>97eb<br>
<br>
* CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-<wbr>1611.iso<br>
Size: 8280604672<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/<wbr>centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-<wbr>x86_64-Everything</a><br>
- -1611.iso.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
af4969ebbdc479d330de97c5bfbb37<wbr>eedc64c369f009cb15a97f9553ba44<wbr>1c88<br>
<br>
* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-<wbr>1611.iso<br>
Size: 1245708288<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/<wbr>centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-<wbr>x86_64-LiveGNOME-</a><br>
1611.iso.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
8af6ad70c35c9b65e7ca88b38d18be<wbr>d14598eb122169c1a22fc3f5b1c2de<wbr>7d87<br>
<br>
* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1611.<wbr>iso<br>
Size: 1774190592<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/<wbr>centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-<wbr>x86_64-LiveGNOME-</a><br>
1611.iso.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
b584dd3cf2e287756aa6f6ec0f2875<wbr>00470b7e588b605211981b3b9ad09a<wbr>bac9<br>
<br>
<br>
The iso files are also available for direct download from<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/<wbr>centos/7/isos/x86_64</a><br>
<br>
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Additional Images<br>
<br>
The Docker container, Vagrant images, Cloud images and Atomic Host<br>
images are being prepared and will be released in the next few days.<br>
Look for an announcement posted to the centos-announce list for more<br>
information on availability for these in the coming days.<br>
<br>
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Dojo<br>
<br>
We try and organise Dojos in various parts of the world as a one day<br>
event, to bring together people who use CentOS and others who are keen<br>
to learn about CentOS. The day's focus is on sharing technical<br>
knowledge and success stories. It's also a great place to meet and<br>
talk about upcoming technologies and learn how others are using them<br>
on CentOS Linux.<br>
<br>
Our next Dojo coming up is in Brussels, on the 3rd Feb 2017. Details<br>
are being posted at <a href="https://wiki.centos.org/Events/Dojo/Brussels2017" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.centos.org/<wbr>Events/Dojo/Brussels2017</a><br>
<br>
If you would like to help organise a Dojo in your area, do drop by the<br>
centos-promo list at <a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-pro" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.centos.org/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/centos-pro</a><br>
mo<br>
<br>
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Getting Help<br>
<br>
The CentOS ecosystem is sustained by community driven help and<br>
guidance. The best place to start for new users is at<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/<wbr>GettingHelp</a><br>
<br>
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Contributors<br>
<br>
This release was made possible due to the hard work of many people,<br>
foremost on that list are the Red Hat Engineers for producing a great<br>
distribution and the CentOS QA team, without them CentOS Linux would<br>
look very different.<br>
<br>
We are also looking for people to get involved with the QA process in<br>
CentOS, if you would like to join this please introduce yourself on<br>
the centos-devel list<br>
(<a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.centos.org/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/centos-devel</a> ).<br>
<br>
<br>
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Thanks<br>
<br>
I would also like to thank our donors and sponsors for their continued<br>
support for the project. And to everyone who contributed with ideas,<br>
code, test feedback, and promoting CentOS Linux into the ecosystem.<br>
<br>
Enjoy!<br>
<br>
<br>
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Karanbir Singh, Project Lead, The CentOS Project<br>
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