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CentOS as a group is a community of open source contributors and users which started in 2003 and has been sponsored by Red Hat since 2014. CentOS Linux versions up to CentOS Linux 8 are 100% compatible rebuilds of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in full compliance with Red Hat's redistribution requirements. In 2020 it was announced CentOS Linux is being discontinued and replaced with CentOS Stream, a developer-focused distribution which acts as a middle-stream between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
DesktopGNOME
CategoryDesktop, Live Medium, Server
Based onFedora, Red Hat
OriginUSA
Architectureaarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Package managerFlatpak, RPM (dnf)
Init systemsystemd
Filesystemxfs
BrowserFirefox ESR
Release modelSemi-Rolling
StatusActive
InstallationGraphical
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