The CentOS distribution is the community proposal of an Enterprise distribution. CentOS 7 like any other version of the distribution is completely source based code of Red Hat Enterprise and is aimed at those who are interested in running a distribution compatible with RedHat Enterprise, but do not need it support offered by Red Hat.
The distribution is LTS, which means it is supported for many years, which makes it ideal for a server environment or for those who want a stable and reliable functional.
So today, Karanbir Singh announced the launch of CentOS 7.3 1611. The new version comes from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 and offers several new features such as SHA2 support in OpenLDAP, Bluetooth LE, and a preview of Btrfs technology.
“With release 1503 CentOS-7 can report bugs directly to bugs.centos.org. You can find information about this feature on this page. Various new packages include but are not limited to:
python-gssapi, python-netifaces, mod_auth_openidc, pidgin and Qt5. Support for 7th generation i3, i5, and i7 processors Intel I2C processors of the 6th generation. "
Various packages have been updated. Some of them are: amba, squid, systemd, krb5, gcc-libraries, binutils, gfs-utils, libreoffice, GIMP, SELinux, firewalld, libreswan, tomcat and open-vm-tools
Above information can be found at official announcement.
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