April 24, 2012

We would like to announce the immediate availability of Scientific Linux 
5.8.  We want to thank all those who have contributed helping us build 
and test this release.  Finding bugs early has helped make this an 
excellent release.

More information can be found at the distribution web site 
http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/5x/58/

There are CD iso images available at
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/58/iso/i386/
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/58/iso/x86_64/

The '5x' link has been updated to point to SL 5.8.

Please enjoy this latest official release of Scientific Linux 5!