Scientific Linux 6.6 RC 2 i386/x86_64 Nov 6, 2013 If no major bugs are reported by Nov 12 this Release Candidate will be released as Scientific Linux 6.6. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send comments/issues/test reports to [log in to unmask] during our pre-release period. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOAD INFO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Install Images: http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.6/i386/images/boot.iso http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.6/x86_64/images/boot.iso DVD Install Images: http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.6/i386/iso/ http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.6/x86_64/iso/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Differences from SL6.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenAFS OpenAFS has been updated to version 1.6.10 from openafs.org xorg-x11-server Features a new ABI, this was a security errata so it should be available to earlier releases. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- POSSIBLE UPGRADE PROBLEMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Users of proprietary drivers may experience issues with the X server loading due to changes between Xorg 1.13 and Xorg 1.15. Users of the 32bit iscsi utilities on x86_64 systems may experience multilib complaints. The 32bit iscsi utilities are not provided by upstream on x86_64 platforms. We have removed them from 6.6 to follow their behavior. -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux developer http://www.scientificlinux.org/