Software Update: CentOS 7.0

CentOS is an open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux that is designed for use in enterprise environments. The name is an abbreviation of Community Enterprise Operating System. Unlike RHEL, CentOS is free to use. When looking at popularity, CentOS falls just outside the top ten. A new version of CentOS appears every two years, which is then provided with updates for seven years. Version 7.0 of CentOS was released on Monday and the full release notes are here to find. In short, these are the main changes:

Major changes:

• Kernel updated to 3.10.0
• Support for Linux Containers
• Open VMware Tools and 3D graphics drivers out of the box
• OpenJDK-7 as default JDK
• In Place Upgrade from 6.5 to 7.0 (as already mentioned)
• LVM snapshots with ext4 and XFS
• Switch to systemd, firewalld and GRUB2
• XFS as default file system
• iSCSI and FCoE in kernel space
• Support for PTPv2
• Support for 40G Ethernet Cards
• Supports installations in UEFI Secure Boot mode on compatible hardware