CentOS 6.0 has just announced the latest release. CentOS Enterprise class Linux Distribution is derived from sources freely provided to the public by Upstream OS Provider (UOP) are sourced from RedHat EL. CentOS 6.0 has many changes from previous releases. CentOS 6.0 has been completely rebuilt using the new build system and library checks to confirm upstream binary compatibility.
Centos 6 new features:
Filesystem & Storage:
ext4 is now the default filesystem,
LVM finally supports mergable snapshots – finally we can implement safe (transacted) file level replication using rsync.
Network:
iSCSI support for root and /boot partitions
Kernel:
Updated ‘tickless’ kernel – save power,
Cgroups support for resource allocation amongst process group.
Web and applications:
Apache 2.2
MySQL 5.1.47
PostgreSQL 8.4.4
Memcached 1.4.4
Ruby 1.8.7
PHP 5.3.2
Tomcat 6 / OpenJDK 6
For details about the actual features Centos 6 public version of RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 Server able to:
Or download Centos 6 through mirror: