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[CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS Linux 7 (1503 ) on x86_64

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We would like to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7

(1503) for 64 bit x86 compatible machines.

 

This is the second major release for CentOS-7 and is tagged as 1503.

This build is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1

 

As always, read through the Release Notes at :

http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7 - these notes

contain important information about the release and details about some

of the content inside the release from the CentOS QA team. These notes

are updated constantly to include issues and incorporate feedback from

the users.

 

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Updates, Sources, and DebugInfos

 

This merges in all base, updates, and CR (continuous release) components

released in the month of March 2015. If you have been using the CR repos

on your previous CentOS Linux 7 install, you already have all the

components used to compose this new release.

 

As with all CentOS Linux 7 components, this release was built from

sources hosted at git.centos.org. In addition, SRPMs that are a

byproduct of the build (and also considered critical in the code and

buildsys process) are being published to match every binary RPM we

release. Sources will be available from vault.centos.org in their own

dedicated directories to match the corresponding binary RPMs. Since

there is far less traffic to the CentOS source RPMs compared with the

binary RPMs, we are not putting this content on the main mirror network.

If users wish to mirror this content they can do so using the reposync

command available in the yum-utils package. All CentOS source RPMs are

signed with the same key used to sign their binary counterparts.

Developers and end users looking at inspecting and contributing patches

to the CentOS Linux distro will find the code hosted at git.centos.org

far simpler to work against. Details on how to best consume those are

documented along with a quick start at : http://wiki.centos.org/Sources

 

Debuginfo packages are also being signed and pushed. Yum configs shipped

in the new release file will have all the context required for debuginfo

to be available on every CentOS Linux install.

 

This release supersedes all previously released content for CentOS Linux

7, and therefore we highly encourage all users to upgrade their

machines. Information on different upgrade strategies and how to handle

stale content is included in the Release Notes.

 

For the CentOS-7 build and release process we adopted a very open

process. The output of the entire buildsystem is made available, as it

is built, at http://buildlogs.centos.org/ - we hope to continue with

that process for the life of CentOS Linux 7, and hope to attempt

bringing CentOS-5 and CentOS-6 builds into the same system.

 

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Release file handling

 

This release splits the /etc/centos-release from /etc/redhat-release to

better indicate the relationship between the two distributions. There

are also changes to the /etc/os-release file to incorporate changes

needed by the new abrt stack.

 

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Download

 

In order to conserve donor bandwidth, and to make it possible to get

the mirror content sync'd out as soon as possible, we recommend using

torrents to get your initial installer images:

 

Details on the images are available on the mirrors at

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/0_README.txt - that file

clearly highlights the difference in the images, and when one might be

more suitable than the others.

 

The sizes, sha256 sums and torrents for the ISO files:

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1503.iso

Size: 591396864

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1503.torrent

sha256sum:

0b8482dc7e3076749f7fd914487ec6280539d3ba1f10c5b73c94b632f987f011

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1503.iso

Size: 4236247040

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1503.torrent

sha256sum:

1817a1689b3c646a6473c93012e06307c6b659000ccffd188a3f4d0a0b531ba9

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1503.iso

Size: 7517241344

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1503.torrent

sha256sum:

3cef58a3a03aff3ea194e63fdc95f03548b292e6f57e4a931a8d5453a6697661

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1503.iso

Size: 1124073472

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1503.torrent

sha256sum:

2cfc9fab2edb0be51b75ee63528b61cad79489129d2aad1713eeed1b4117ab47

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1503.iso

Size: 1310720000

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1503.torrent

sha256sum:

6b2cd1c30092e9a141a458d40d0fcba74207b6c80e4f68dc7f800fbe1d7bae1b

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveCD-1503.iso

Size: 729808896

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveCD-1503.torrent

sha256sum:

96ee805573d0617ee11704e7973b55387adef13c6efdc82d50d287dba00dfaf1

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1503.iso

Size: 377487360

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1503.torrent

sha256sum:

498bb78789ddc7973fe14358822eb1b48521bbaca91c17bd132c7f8c903d79b3

 

The iso files are also available for direct download from

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64

 

* CentOS 7 1503 Docker Container: ' docker pull centos' will now give

you the 1503 container image. You can see the official CentOS

Linuxcontainer tags at : https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/centos/

 

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Special Interest Groups

 

The CentOS Linux distribution is built, managed, and released by the

CentOS Core SIG. In addition, we also have the following SIGs that are

doing an amazing job expanding and building on the base Linux platform:

 

* Cloud SIG ( -at -) http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Cloud is

working to deliver various cloud controller infrastructure including

OpenStack. They have a fully functional, feature complete RDO stack now

available for testing with CentOS Linux 7 at

http://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/cloud/openstack-rdo/

 

* Cloud Instance SIG ( -at -)

http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/CloudInstance aims to

deliver VM images for use in various cloud and virtualised ecosystems

including AWS

(https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=16cb8b03-256e-4dde-8f34-1b0f377efe89)

and Docker ( https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/centos/ )

 

* Virtualization SIG ( -at -)

http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Virtualization includes

upstream virtualization and hypervisor related projects including Xen

http://www.xenproject.org ), oVirt ( http://www.ovirt.org/ ), and Docker

( http://docker.io ). They also work to build and release

support tools around these virtualization technologies.

 

* Storage SIG ( -at -) http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Storage

includes the Gluster Project ( http://www.gluster.org/ ), Ceph

(http://ceph.com ), OpenAFS ( http://www.openafs.org ) and the SCST

project ( http://scst.sourceforge.net/ ). Gluster builds for CentOS,

that track upstream community code are available for testing now at

http://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/storage/gluster/

 

* Software Collections SIG ( -at -)

http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/SCLo is working on

documenting and then delivering software collections built for newer

versions of in-distro content. Their aim is to deliver a community and

contributor friendly mechanism for SCL's in an easy to consume format.

 

* Atomic SIG ( -at -) http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic is

working on building, maintaining, and delivering a CentOS Atomic host (

http://projectatomic.io ). Testing and development builds including AWS

EC2 instances and Vagrant boxes are now available at

http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic/Download

 

In addition to these, the CentOS Artwork and CentOS Promo SIGs help with

promo content and helping organise Dojos around the world.

 

SIGs are a great way for people to come together and deliver content

around a specific area into the wider CentOS ecosystem and we welcome

groups to come together with low barriers to entry and plenty of

resources to offer the groups. Details on the process can be found at

http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup

 

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Dojo

 

We try and organise Dojos in various parts of the world as a one day

event, to bring together people who use CentOS and others who are keen

to learn about CentOS. The day's focus is on sharing technical knowledge

and success stories. It's also a great place to meet and talk about

upcoming technologies and learn how others are using them on CentOS Linux.

 

In the coming months we hope to host events in London, Bangalore,Sweden,

Germany, Spain, and in many parts of the USA. If you would like to help

organise a Dojo, do drop by the centos-promo list at

http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-promo

 

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Getting Help

 

The CentOS ecosystem is sustained by community driven help and guidance.

The best place to start for new users is at

http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp

 

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Contributors

 

This release was made possible due to the hard work of many people,

foremost on that list are the Red Hat Engineers for producing a great

distribution, without them CentOS Linux would look very different.

 

We are also looking for people to get involved with the QA process in

CentOS, if you would like to join this please introduce yourself on the

centos-devel list (http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel ).

 

 

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Thanks

 

I would also like to thank our donors and sponsors for their continued

support for the project. And to everyone who contributed with ideas,

code, test feedback, and promoting CentOS Linux into the ecosystem.

 

Enjoy!

 

--

Karanbir Singh, Project Lead, The CentOS Project

+44-207-0094455 | http://www.centos.org/ | twitter.com/CentOS

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