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CentOS (/ ˈ s ɛ n t ɒ s /, from Community Enterprise Operating System; also known as CentOS Linux) [5] [6] is a discontinued Linux distribution that provided a free and open-source community-supported computing platform, functionally compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
CentOS: CentOS Project CentOS Project 2003 10 [10] 10 years [11] 2024-12-12 X Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server, workstation None Inactive CentOS Stream: CentOS Project CentOS Project 2019 9 [12] 5 years [13] 2021-12-03 X Upstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server, workstation None Active Chakra: Jan Mette and Arch Linux KDEmod ...
CentOS Stream 9 was released on 3 December 2021, [9] with support of IBM Z architecture. In 2023, Red Hat announced that CentOS 7 and CentOS Stream 8 will be discontinued in 2024 in order to focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux development. CentOS Stream 9 was given as one possible migration path. [10] CentOS Stream 10 was released on 12 December ...
AlmaLinux is a free and open source Linux distribution, developed by the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, a 501(c) organization, to provide a community-supported, production-grade enterprise operating system that is binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
In response, Gregory Kurtzer, CEO of CIQ [11] (a Rocky Linux support provider) and one of the original founders of CentOS, announced that he would start a new project to achieve the original goals of CentOS. [12] [13] [14] Its name was chosen as a tribute to early CentOS co-founder Rocky McGaugh. [5]