How to upgrade to Kernel 3.2 in Ubuntu11.10 and LinuxMint12|PPA

Few days ago was officially released the new Linux 3.2 kernel. The new release includes support for ext4 block sizes bigger than 4KB and up to 1MB, which improve performance with big files; btrfs has been updated with faster scrubbing, automatic backup of critical filesystem metadata and tools for manual inspection of the filesystems; the process scheduler has added support to set upper limits of CPU time; the desktop reponsiveness

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Upgrading from CentOS 5.6 to CentOS 6.0

If you only have been using CentOS for a while, you might already be aware of how to upgrade to the latest release using the “yum update” command. However what you may be unaware of iscentos logo that the “yum update” command can only be used for upgrading to the latest minor release. Generally this is because a major release will contain major security fixes, kernel updates and new applications.

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CentOS 5.6 is released! Upgrade now from CentOS 5.5 to 5.6

Good news for CentOS users! CentOS 5.6 is here. This is the sixth update released for CentOS 5, making the latest release version 5.6. The latest release supports both i386 and x86_64 architectures, it contains a number of bug fixes, new functionality, and updates. The new release has been released to CentOS mirrors worldwide, it is is available in two DVD images, one for i386 and other for x86_64. In addition to traditional DVD images, CentOS 5.6 is also available as a Live CD and ‘netinstall’ images. Users can grab their favorite image from one of the mirrors or directly from CentOS website.

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How to upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 to Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot | Desktop & Server

Updated 30-09-2011

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Beta is released! If you have ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal or older version of ubuntu installed on your system, and you want to upgrade to this new release,  you can do it by following these instructions.

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