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Scientific Linux 6 - Anybody tried it yet?

Naikon · 2011-03-08 14:02:18

Just to note, Scientific Linux released version 6 a few days ago. It's basically RHEL 6 sans the red hat logos. CentOS 6 is nowhere to be seen at the moment, so this release really fills the gap. Unlike other releases, this version includes kernel modesetting through KMS. FOSS Nvidia DRI is missing, but the open source…

08-03-2011 03:02PM

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Naikon

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Just to note, Scientific Linux released version 6 a few days ago. It's basically RHEL 6 sans the red hat logos. CentOS 6 is nowhere to be seen at the moment, so this release really fills the gap. Unlike other releases, this version includes kernel modesetting through KMS. FOSS Nvidia DRI is missing, but the open source Radeon/non free drivers work.

Check it out!

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#2 10-03-2011 02:24PM

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Nice one. Been waiting on CentOs 6. This will fill the gap nicely. \o/

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