Even this article title says "POTENTIAL" release. I am not even sure it is signed?<p>They are still doing QA, it will be a week or two before GA<p>Before you rush to 7.0 after 6.5 - things you are going to have to learn because they change everything:<p><pre><code> systemd replaces init.d
grub2 replaces grub
xfs is now default over ext4 filesystem
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(<i>many, many people dislike systemd, it is somewhat anti-linux in nature</i>)<p>No more easy editing/understanding grub.conf<p>No more easy to edit/understand /etc/init.d (systemctl instead)<p>No more text log files for system log (journalctl instead)<p>Watch out for default XFS filesystem instead of EXT4 because it is slower in real world use for databases, etc.<p>Red Hat claims RHEL7 is 11-25% faster than RHEL6, I am not convinced at all, I think they are referencing a stock setup for 6 vs 7, but I don't know anyone that runs things stock without tuning. Wait for independent benchmarks.<p>CentOS 6.x will be supported until 2020<p>If you want a 3.x kernel for CentOS 6.x, try the ELrepo repository, they do builds for both mainline and longterm 3.x kernel releases. <a href="http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt" rel="nofollow">http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt</a><p>If you want newest GCC for CentOS 6.x try the CERN repo for devtoolset <a href="http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/devtoolset/" rel="nofollow">http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/devtoolset/</a><p>ps. there is currently no way to upgrade a 6.x install "in place" to 7.x, though Red Hat has migration tool and CentOS folks say they will look at doing the same - but like I said, don't be in a rush to early adopt 7.x<p>pps. RHEL7 notes are a way to explore what else is new: <a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/" rel="nofollow">https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterp...</a>
Site seems down, but an aggregator has a mirror (see the second entry): <a href="http://planet.centos.org/" rel="nofollow">http://planet.centos.org/</a><p>----<p>copy/paste if that goes down too:<p>hi,<p>At this point we have a set of images that we consider release grade, pending final testing, we will move to release these unless a major blocker is reported.<p>folks with bandwidth to spare are encouraged to help seed these images via torrents, here are the urls to hit:<p><a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.torrent" rel="nofollow">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-140...</a><p><a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-GnomeLive.torrent" rel="nofollow">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-140...</a><p><a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-KdeLive.torrent" rel="nofollow">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-140...</a><p><a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-livecd.torrent" rel="nofollow">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-140...</a><p><a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-NetInstall.torrent" rel="nofollow">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-140...</a><p><a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Everything.torrent" rel="nofollow">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-140...</a><p>- KB
If I were a large enterprise I'd reconsider CentOS. RedHat's lack of a commitment to the customer's experience in favor of RH's personal design preferences smacks of Oracle-ism. Anything they develop they immediately force on their users, and you have to just accept it rather than use it optionally. It's less easy to get away from those kind of changes versus something more open like ubuntu/debian (and I have no love for debian). And then there's the whole secret kernel patches and backported "features"... Then again i'm a dirty hippie who prefers Slackware, so maybe i'm too Linux-libertarian for today's enterprises.
Looks like a release candidate.<p>> At this point we have a set of images that we consider release grade, pending final testing, we will move to release these unless a major blocker is reported.
looking forward to trying systemd, hope it isn't too much of a learning curve.<p>Looking at: <a href="http://tecadmin.net/red-hat-enterprise-linux-7/#" rel="nofollow">http://tecadmin.net/red-hat-enterprise-linux-7/#</a> - will HAProxy come with centos 7?
A few mirrors already have the full version, so if the site is offline, you can - for instance - grab one from a Belgian hoster; <a href="http://centos.mirror.nucleus.be/7/" rel="nofollow">http://centos.mirror.nucleus.be/7/</a>