We would like to announce the immediate availability of Scientific Linux 5.8. We want to thank all those who have contributed helping us build and test this release. Finding bugs early has helped make this an excellent release.

More information can be found at the distribution web site http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/5x/58/

There are CD iso images available at
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/58/iso/i386/
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/58/iso/x86_64/

The '5x' link has been updated to point to SL 5.8.

Please enjoy this latest official release of Scientific Linux 5!