Hello, here in PCPROSISTEMAS we use CENTOS 5.1 in our office and we use it with our clients too, basically we use it to deliver email, and protect our clients from viruses, spam.

We have already 3 CENTOS 5.1 SERVERS Working around the clock with no problem at all.

Also we use this server to host these sites.

http://www.pcprosistemas.com

http://www.gpoaduaneroms.com

I would like to thanks to the CENTOS TEAM for this great OS.

Ruben De La Rosa

PCPRO SISTEMAS
NUEVO LAREDO MEXICO

Bloomtools, developer of leading online business tools, officially launched its CMS and database marketing system.

After announcing plans in October, Bloomtools will officially launch its new software today in Australia.

According to Bloomtools Managing Director, James Greig, "This is an amazing time for our business - we are hoping to revolutionise the way businesses use the Internet to promote themselves" he said.

"We've been developing our unique products for several years and now, and are extrememnly happy with the reliability we have had by using CentOS".

"We have had challenges in the past, with other operating systems, but we are now very excited about our new system." said James.

"The softwareis more than just a CMS as it integrates with Bloomtools database marketing software."

For example,

if you send an email newsletter, it automatically appears on your website,

or if you are holding an event, you can invite customers to signup online with an email campaign, where they pay.

Articles you use in your newsletters are also automatically placed into an RSS feed on your website.

There are many other fantastic features, so check out Bloomtools to learn more.

China Window, the oldest Web site in China, uses CentOS since 2005 on two dedicated servers to provide service for our three China topic English Web sites:

- Apache Webserver.
- Dovecot IMAP/POP3 Server
- Postfix SMTP Server
- ProFTPD FTP Server
- MySQL Database Server
- Webmin and Virtualmin host management
- ConfigServer Security & Firewall

We're very satisfieds with CentOS. It's a stable, never-failing operating system.

We highly recommend CentOS for anyone who want to use Linux.

We are a website development and internet marketing firm based in Los Angeles, California. We use CentOS and found it very effective and stable for our web based technologies. I highly recommend this product for any production server.


- W3 Marketing Solutions

Ascella Technologies Inc, a virginia based IT consulting and services company, uses CentOS-4.6 as the operating system for the web server to host mission critical business applications. The server is installed with Qmail, MySQL, Apache, PHP, Dovecot, Asterisk and OpenVPN for our business requirements. We are satisfied with performance of the server and didn't had any issues so far.

We also uses CentOS-5.1 as the intranet server on Dell PowerEdge server as the File Server and internal PBX server. It also hosts a VMWare environment to conduct various software testing and evaluations.

We are very much satisfied with the CentOS performance and would like to appreciate the whole team for this excellent product.

regards
Manilal K M
Manager (Application Development)
Ascella Technologies,Inc.
8614 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 430
Vienna, Virginia 22182
http://www.ascellatech.com

Alprokon Aluminium B.V. is manufacturer and developer of aluminium profiles, used as a lockingsystem for double doors. These systems can be fire resistant and/or burglarproof. The company, located in the Netherlands, has chosen CentOS as operating system for their new webserver.

The webserver (hosting the websites www.alprokon.com and www.brandwerend.com) has been put into service starting January 1st this year. The 64 bits version of CentOS-5 has been installed on it. Main reason why CentOS is used as operating system was stability. Besides that, CentOS provides maximum flexibility which allows us to deploy our webserver in the way we need it.

Patrick Moelands
QA/QC Manager and Webmaster

Alprokon Aluminium B.V.
The Netherlands

The eigth Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM 2008) will take place the 23th and 24th February 2008. FOSDEM is organized by volunteers to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source software. This year's meeting is taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium). FOSDEM meetings are recognized as "The best Free and Open Source events in Europe."

The CentOS project will be represented at FOSDEM by three of our Core Development members (Karanbir Singh, Ralph Angenendt, Dag Wieers) and several members of the CentOS community.

The CentOS project will have a Booth at FOSDEM for both days of the event, where we will display our current Distribution (CentOS 5.1) and the newly released CentOS 5.1 Live CD.

Hi, I' m Valentine, IT Consultant on Seval Data SRL.

Seval Data, begin in 2006 with an PII-350MHz and CentOS 4.3, hosting services with domain, mail (qmailtoaster), ftp servers. So that's the third year of using CentOS and I'm glad to say "I'm a CentOS user", CentOS never let me down. Now I'm using CentOS 4.6 64bit on a Intel Core 2 Quad with 2Gb memory, and everything work fine.

CentOS team, excellent work!

Live Training Network at SpiderTools.com

SpiderTools.com launched a new Linux Training option, live 30 minute classes for all levels of Linux users, Desktop and Server. These live classes include the ability to talk with the instructor , ask questions, view the instructor's screen while in class and interact with other students.

Features of the Live Training Network:
1. Live Training
You will receive a live feed from the instructor's computer so you are able to watch step-by-step instructions and listen as the instructor describes the steps.
2. Live Voice
You will be able to speak to the instructor and ask questions as well as listen to class interaction.
3. Certified Instructors
We currently have 3 certified instructors who will teach topics on the Linux Desktop, Linux Server, Web Design and Image Editing.
4. Availability
Classes are available to fit your schedule. We will provide classes 6-7 days a week and at various times of the day to meet your needs. You will be able to suggest additional times that will fit your schedule.
5. Unlimited Topics
Students will have access to the all of our systematic Desktop Training, Server Training, Web Design and Image Editing classes as well as have the option to suggest training sessions that they are interested in taking.
6. Discussion Forum
Students can interact after class in the discussion forum and have continual access to instructors through the forum.
7. Videos, Quizzes and PDFs
We will supply students with access to new Flash videos with voice each week. This will allow students to review information learned in class or access new content in areas that they are interested in.Live Training Network at SpiderTools.com

The CentOS Development team is pleased to announce the availability of the CentOS 5.1 i386 Live CD. This CD is based on our CentOS-5.1 i386 distribution.

It can be used as a Workstation, with the following software:

# openoffice.org 2.0.4
# firefox 1.5.0.12
# thunderbird 1.5.0.12
# pidgin 2.0.2
# scribus 1.3.3.2
# xchat 2.6.6
# k3b 0.12.17
# gimp 2.2.13

It can also be used as a rescue CD with the following tools:

# memtest86+-1.65
# Full set of LVM and RAID command line tools
# QTParted
# Nmap and NMapFE
# traceroute
# samba-3.0.25b with cifs kernel support to connect to Windows file shares
# System Log Viewer
# GUI Hardware Device Manager
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You can get the CentOS 5.1 i386 Live CD from the CentOS mirrors:
http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/i386/

* Filename: CentOS-5.1-i386-LiveCD.iso
* Size: 720766976
* MD5Sum: 32de2ac951b3f50144d833241eaf0100
* SHA1Sum: 0912d455d0192fe3823bcb17795d2e0186a47d43

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The mailing list full announcement is at:

http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-February/014688.html