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Recent software updates and News:

25.02.2010 [SECURITY][ENHANCEMENT]: SLC5X - kvm, mysql, NetworkManager, lpadmincern, openoffice, oracle-instantclient, pidgin, ... updates
25.02.2010 [SECURITY][ENHANCEMENT]: SLC4X - acroread, glibc, mysql, net-snmp, nscd, openoffice, pidgin, ... updates
18.02.2010 [SECURITY]SLC5X: firefox update.
18.02.2010 [SECURITY]SLC4X: firefox, seamonkey update.
11.02.2010 [SECURITY][BUGFIX] SLC5X: fglrx, openswan [..] updates.
11.02.2010 [SECURITY][BUGFIX] SLC4X: fglrx,Helixplayer [..] updates.
04.02.2010 [SECURITY][BUGFIX] SLC5X: 3ware, castor, systemtap [..] updates.
04.02.2010 [SECURITY][BUGFIX] SLC4X: kernel, kernel-modules, 3ware, castor [..] updates.
28.01.2010 SLC5X: aacraid, bind, bootparamd, caching, flash-player updates.
28.01.2010 SLC4X: gzip, pam, phone, ypserv updates.
25.01.2010 End of Support: Scientific Linux CERN on ia64 (Itanium II): 31st of March 2010
21.01.2010 [SECURITY][BUGFIX] SLC5X: kernel, openssl, pidgin, glibc, gcc, krb5, ... updates
21.01.2010 [SECURITY][BUGFIX] SLC4X: pidgin, krb5, acroread, php, gcc, ruby, ... updates
13.01.2010 SLC5X: dbus, kernel, ruby, selinux, tzdata update.
13.01.2010 SLC4X: kernel, tzdata update.
11.01.2010 SLC5 is now certified.
11.01.2010 SLC5X: phone update.
11.01.2010 SLC4X: phone update.
07.01.2010 [SECURITY]SLC5X: 3ware, acpid, condor, mysql [...] updates
07.01.2010 [SECURITY]SLC4X: gd, ncm, PyXML [...] updates
11.01.2010 REMINDER: 'phone' command obsolete, replaced by 'phonebook'.
17.12.2009 [SECURITY]SLC5X: kernel, kernel-modules, brlapi, firefox [...] updates
17.12.2009 [SECURITY]SLC4X: kernel, kernel-modules, firefox, [...] updates
14.12.2009 [SECURITY]SLC5X: acpid, dm, expat, glibc, libtool, ntp, samba, [...] updates
14.12.2009 [SECURITY]SLC4X: expat, libtool, ntp, samba, strace, yum, phone, [...] updates
03.12.2009 [SECURITY][ENHANCEMENT] SLC5X: kernel-modules, adaptec, arc, arpwatch, bind... updates
03.12.2009 [SECURITY][ENHANCEMENT] SLC4X: arc, bash, curl, dos2unix, hwraidtools... updates
30.11.2009 SLC5X: phone command deprecated, replaced by phonebook.
30.11.2009 SLC4X: phone command deprecated, replaced by phonebook.

For full list of news see the News page, for complete list of updates check Updates page.

Current CERN Linux version: Scientific Linux CERN 5 (SLC5)

Since the 11th of January 2010, the CERN certified distribution is Scientific Linux CERN 5 - a CERN customized version of Scientific Linux which is assembled from freely available Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sources.

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Previous CERN Linux version: Scientific Linux CERN 4 (SLC4)

Since the 31st of March 2006, the CERN certified distribution is Scientific Linux CERN 4 - a CERN customized version of Scientific Linux which is assembled from freely available Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 sources.

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