[CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS Linux 7 (1611) on x86_64

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I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7

(1611) for 64 bit x86 compatible machines.

 

Effectively immediately, this is the current release for CentOS Linux

7 and is tagged as 1611, derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3

 

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

 

Updates released since we froze the iso and install media content are

posted in the updates repo along with the release. This will include

content from late November 2016 and December 2016, therefore anyone

running a new install is highly encouraged to run a 'yum update'

operation immediate on install completion. You can apply all updates,

including the content released today, on your existing CentOS Linux

7/x86_64 machine by just running 'yum update'.

 

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.

 

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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:

 

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* CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1611.iso

Size: 713031680

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-16

11.torrent

Sha256Sum:

27bd866242ee058b7a5754e83d8ee8403e216b93d130d800852a96f41c34d86a

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1611.iso

Size: 395313152

Torrent:

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

- -1611.iso.torrent

Sha256Sum:

f2f7367deb90a25822947660c71638333ca0eceeabecc2d631be6cd508c24494

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1611.iso

Size: 4379901952

Torrent:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1611.i

so.torrent

Sha256Sum:

c455ee948e872ad2194bdddd39045b83634e8613249182b88f549bb2319d97eb

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1611.iso

Size: 8280604672

Torrent:

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

- -1611.iso.torrent

Sha256Sum:

af4969ebbdc479d330de97c5bfbb37eedc64c369f009cb15a97f9553ba441c88

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1611.iso

Size: 1245708288

Torrent:

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

1611.iso.torrent

Sha256Sum:

8af6ad70c35c9b65e7ca88b38d18bed14598eb122169c1a22fc3f5b1c2de7d87

 

* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1611.iso

Size: 1774190592

Torrent:

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

1611.iso.torrent

Sha256Sum:

b584dd3cf2e287756aa6f6ec0f287500470b7e588b605211981b3b9ad09abac9

 

 

The iso files are also available for direct download from

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

 

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Additional Images

 

The Docker container, Vagrant images, Cloud images and Atomic Host

images are being prepared and will be released in the next few days.

Look for an announcement posted to the centos-announce list for more

information on availability for these in the coming days.

 

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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.

 

Our next Dojo coming up is in Brussels, on the 3rd Feb 2017. Details

are being posted at https://wiki.centos.org/Events/Dojo/Brussels2017

 

If you would like to help organise a Dojo in your area, do drop by the

centos-promo list at http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-pro

mo

 

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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 and the CentOS QA team, 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!

 

 

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Karanbir Singh, Project Lead, The CentOS Project

+44-207-0999389 | http://www.centos.org/ | twitter.com/CentOS

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