Scientific Linux 6.2 Is Now Available
Earlier in September 2011 we got Scientific Linux 6.1 and in the December we got RHEL 6.2 now after two months The Scientific Linux Project announced the availability of the next version of SL which is Scientific Linux 6.2. This version of SL is completely based on RHEL.
Differences From SL6.1 :- anaconda
Added the Scientific Linux install classes
DVD installs do not ask for the network unless needed
OpenAFS
Updated to version 1.6.0-97.z2.sl6
This packages includes a patch to disable NAT pings to avoid a race
condition
livecd-tools, liveusb-creator
Updated from upstream to version 13.4
Added support for SL 6.2
redhat-rpm-config
Changed to recognize Scientific Linux as an Enterprise Linux
sl-release
removed Troy Dawson's GPG key
added CERN's GPG
added EULA
yum-autoupdate
yum-autoupdate has had PRERUN and POSTRUN scripts added for more
flexibility
External Repositories for yum
The yum-conf-* packages now require yum-fastestmirror by popular
request
The new x86_64 adobe repo is now available
mingw32, hivex, openmpi-psm
Removed these packages from the i386 tree as they do not belong in
that tree
RHN related tools present in SL6.1 have been removed
rhn-client-tools, rhnlib, rhnsd, rhn-setup-gnome,
subscription-manager, yum-rhn-plugin
Removed compared to Enterprise 6
RHN related tools
* rhn-client-tools
* rhnlib
* rhnsd
* rhn-setup-gnome
* subscription-manager
* yum-rhn-plugin
VDSM
* Was accidentally released by TUV. This is a part of RHEV and not Enterprise Linux.Additional information can be found Here. Unlike RHEL, which is only available on a subscription basis, Scientific Linux, which is mainly developed by CERN and other academic developers is freely available for download & to do that just click Here