Vivek Gite is the founder of nixCraft, the oldest running blog about Linux and open source. Since upstream has a 6.2 version already released, we will be using a Continuous Release repository for 6.1 to bring all 6.2 and post 6.2 security updates to all 6.1 users, till such time as CentOS-6.2 is released itself.

Download 64 bit x86_64 torrent file (requires a BitTorrent client)Ī Note Aobout RHEL 6.2 Security Updates and CentOS 6.1.

Download 32 bit i386 torrent file (requires a BitTorrent client).

Torrent files for the DVD’s are available at the following location:

Visit mirror to download CentOS ISO images 64 bit DVD ISO image # 1 (4.1 GB) and image # 2 (1.2GB).

Visit mirror to download CentOS ISO image 32 bit i386 DVD ISO image # 1 (3.6 GB) and image # 2 (1.0GB).

Almost all multimedia plugins and software works with 32bit edition.

32 bit system is good for desktop usage.

You can use advanced feature such as hardware error detection, access to more than 4GB RAM and so on.

For almost all server usage download 64 bit version to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2 Due, Core 2 Quad, i7Core, i5Core and so on).

You can download CentOS Linux 6.1 via the web/ftp server or via BitTorrent (recommended). (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS 6.1 Download

CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendor’s redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with.

CentOS-6.1 is based on the upstream release EL 6.1 and includes packages from all variants.

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