Community Enterprise Operating System

stands for Community Enterprise OperatingSystem, is the result of a group of open sourcecontributors and users working together to developLinux solutions that are freely available to users whodo not require a great deal of commercial support toachieve their goal

Centos dedicated servers were designed basedon Red Hats product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.Although the Red Hat Linux server is made entirely offree and open source software, it is only distributed tothe public in binary form (including CD-ROM andDVD-ROM) at a fee paid by subscribers. However,Red Hat does release its source code for its productunder the terms of the GNU General Public License.

So the use of the code for the creation of theCentOS Linux distribution is an entirely valid andacceptable practice. The distribution of CentOSproducts completely complies with Red Hatsredistribution policy.The CentOS server is almost identical to the Red Hatproduct except that it is modified to remove all RedHat branding and artwork. CentOS and its Linuxsolutions are not in any way affiliated with orsupported by Red Hat, Inc.

CentOS is available free of charge. Technicalsupport is primarily provided by the community viaofficial mailing lists, web forums, and chat rooms. Theproject is not affiliated with Red Hat and thus receivesno financial or logistical support from the company;instead, the CentOS Project relies on donations fromusers and organizational sponsors.

Company / developer The CentOS ProjectOS family Unix-like (based on RHEL)Source model Free and open sourcesoftwareInitial release 03:32:38, May 14, 2004Latest stable release 5.9 (January 17, 2013;days ago)Marketing target Free computing (desktops,mainframes, servers,workstations)Available language(s) MultilingualPackage manager RPM Package ManagerKernel type Monolithic (Linux)Default user interface GNOME and KDE (user-selectable)License GNU GPL & various

Lets Install the Centos 6.3 Insert Centos 6.3 DVD in the DVD ROM Follow The Instructions.

Choose this option for fresh installationor to upgrade the previous Linuxoperating system installed on yoursystem

Press this button to skip from mediatesting.

Press Next Button For Further InstallationProcess

Select the language for installationProcess and press Next Button

Select the Keyboard type and press NextButton

Choose the Basic Storage Device andpress Next Button

Select the Asia/Karachi from List boxand press Next Button

Fill the Password fields with theadministrative password and press NextButton

Choose Use All Space and press NextButton

Click on Write Changes to disk buttonand press Next Button

Creating File system for Centos on Disk

Choose Desktop option and press NextButton

Checking dependencies of packages

Starting installation Process

Installing the required packages

Installation of required packages has justcompleted and performing PostInstallation Configuration

Installing Boot Loader

Congratulations, Installation of Centos 6.3has completed, Press Reboot Button

Running anaconda CentOS systemInstaller

The Boot Loader is starting CentosOperating system on your Sytem

Post Installation Wizard Welcome you,press Forward Button

License Information , Choose Yes, Iagree to the License Agreement andpress Forward Button

Create General User account and pressForward Button

Press Yes button

Set system time and PressForward Button

Press Finish Button

Click on user to login

Provide Password tologin

Experience the Centos 6.3 Desktop