CentOS

Also known as Community ENTerprise Operating System

CentOS (, from Community Enterprise Operating System; also known as CentOS Linux) 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). In January 2014, CentOS announced the official joining with Red Hat while staying independent from RHEL, under a new CentOS governing board.

Key facts

OS.name: CentOS
OS.logo: Centos-logo-light.svg
OS.logo size: 300px
OS.screenshot: File:CentOS 8.5 screenshot.png
OS.caption: GNOME Shell as the default desktop environment in CentOS 8.5
OS.developer: The CentOS Project(affiliated with Red Hat)
OS.family: Linux (Unix-like)
OS.working state: Discontinued
OS.source model: Open source
OS.discontinued: Yes
OS.marketing target: Servers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers
OS.update model: DNF
OS.package manager: RPM
OS.supported platforms: x86-64, ARM64, and ppc64le
OS.kernel type: Monolithic (Linux kernel)
OS.succeeded by: CentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux
OS.ui: Bash, GNOME Shell
OS.license: GNU GPL and other licenses

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Wikidata facts

Official website: centos.org
Image: CentOS Stream 9 Workstation showing GNOME Shell 40.png

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Commons category: CentOS
software version identifier: 9
Commons gallery: CentOS
public key fingerprint: BAFA 3436 FC50 768E 3C3C 2E4E A963 BBDB F533 F4FA
Stack Exchange tag: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tags/centos
inception: 2002-00-00
issue tracker URL: bugs.centos.org
publication date: 2004-05-14
social media followers: 21219
user manual URL: wiki.centos.org

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Contents

History
Design
Versioning and releases
CentOS releases
End-of-support schedule
Older version information
CentOS version 7
Latest version information
CentOS version 8
{{Anchor|ALTARCH}}AltArch releases
{{Anchor|SCL}}Add-ons releases
Releases without upstream equivalents
{{Anchor|SIGS}}Special interest groups
Architectures
{{Anchor|REPOS}}Repositories
{{Anchor|Stream}}CentOS Stream
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

The first CentOS release in May 2004, numbered as CentOS version 2, was forked from RHEL version 2.1AS. Since version 8, CentOS officially supports the x86-64, ARM64, and POWER8 architectures, and releases up to version 6 also supported the IA-32 architecture. , AltArch releases of CentOS 7 are available for the IA-32 architecture, Power ISA, and for the ARMv7hl and AArch64 variants of the ARM architecture. CentOS 8 was released on 24 September 2019.