Download CentOS 5.8

CentOS is an open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and designed for use in enterprise environments. The name is an abbreviation of Community Enterprise Operating System. Unlike RHEL, CentOS is free to use. In terms of popularity, CentOS has been on the top of the list in the last six months eighth place. However, it is the most widely used distribution for web servers. A new version of CentOS appears every two years, which is then provided with updates for seven years. Version 6.0 was released last summer and now an update from the 5.0 branch has appeared.

Release for CentOS-5.8 i386 and x86_64

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.8 for the i386 and x86_64 Architectures.

CentOS-5.8 is based on the upstream EL 5.8 release and includes packages from all variants including Server, Client, Virtualization, and Clustering. All upstream repositories have been combined into one to make it easier for end users to work with.

This is just an announcement email, not the release notes. The Release Notes for CentOS-5.8 can be found here.