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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 ...
Oracle Linux (abbreviated OL, formerly known as Oracle Enterprise Linux or OEL) is a Linux distribution packaged and freely distributed by Oracle, available partially under the GNU General Public License since late 2006. [5]
CentOS Stream is a community enterprise Linux distribution that exists as a midstream between the upstream development in Fedora Linux and the downstream development for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. [3] CentOS Stream is being used by Meta Platforms (known for Facebook and WhatsApp ) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and Twitter .
On December 8, 2020, Red Hat announced that development of CentOS, a free-of-cost downstream fork of the commercial Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), would be discontinued and its official support would be cut short to focus on CentOS Stream, a stable LTS release without minor releases officially used by Red Hat to preview what is intended for inclusion in updates to RHEL.