CentOS

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CentOS is a free, community-supported Linux distribution that provides a stable, enterprise-class operating system largely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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Surface form Occurrences
CentOS Project 1
CentOS Stream 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux distribution
free and open-source software
operating system
aim provide a free enterprise-class computing platform
architectureSupport ARM64
PowerPC
surface form: PowerPC (ppc64le)

x86_64
basedOn Red Hat Enterprise Linux
bugTracker https://bugs.centos.org/
communicationChannel IRC channels
forums
mailing lists
compatibility binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
defaultFileSystem XFS (in later releases)
defaultInitSystem systemd
desktopEnvironmentOptions GNOME desktop environment
surface form: GNOME

KDE Plasma desktop environment
surface form: KDE Plasma
developer CentOS self-linksurface differs
surface form: CentOS Project
discontinuationAnnounced 2020-12
discontinuationReason shift of focus to CentOS Stream
discontinued true
documentation https://docs.centos.org/
firstReleaseDate 2004-05-14
forkedInto AlmaLinux
Rocky Linux
governanceChange joined Red Hat as a sponsored project in 2014
kernelType monolithic Linux kernel
lastMajorVersion 8
license GNU General Public License
longTermSupport yes
packageManager DNF
YUM
previousDefaultFileSystem ext3
relationship downstream rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
securityUpdates provided for each supported major release
sourceCodeFrom Red Hat Enterprise Linux source packages
sourceModel open source
spinOff CentOS Stream
stabilityFocus high stability and long-term support
supportedBy community
targetAudience developers
enterprise environments
servers
web hosting providers
updateModel rolling release of point updates within major versions
useCase database servers
development and testing for RHEL deployments
virtualization hosts
web servers
website https://www.centos.org/

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CentOS developer CentOS self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CentOS Project
Linux hasDistributions CentOS
this entity surface form: CentOS Stream
SELinux usedIn CentOS