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Alternative Architectures Abound in CentOS 7 (1511)

Sunday, 17, January 2016 Johnny Hughes altarch, arm, General, i686, ppc 6 Comments

With the latest release of CentOS-7, we have added several new Alternative Architecture (AltArch) releases in addition to our standard x86_64 (x86 {Intel/AMD} 64-bit) architecture. Architectures (aka arches) in Linux distributions refer to the type of CPU on which the distribution runs.  In the case of our standard release, it runs on x86 64-bit CPUs […]

CentOS Linux 7 32-bit x86 (i386) Architecture Released

Tuesday, 13, October 2015 Johnny Hughes altarch, announcement, distro, i686 29 Comments

The Alternative Architecture Special Interest Group (AltArch SIG) is happy to announce the release the x86 32-bit version of CentOS Linux 7.  This architecture is also known as i386 or i686.  You can get this version of CentOS from the INFO page. This version of CentOS Linux 7 is for PAE capable 32 bit machines, […]

A Flashable CentOS Image for the Intel Edison

Monday, 24, August 2015 bstinson altarch, General, i686 3 Comments

A Flashable Image for the Intel Edison The Intel Edison system-on-a-chip boards are pretty cool, a little compute module can plug into a number of different breakout boards. There's an Arduino-style board, and another form-factor featuring a bunch of stackable modules (GPIO, SD Card, OLED Screen etc.) Since the system is a dual-core Atom, we can […]