CentOS Stream

CentOS Stream
CentOS Stream 9 in the Workstation configuration, showing its desktop environment, GNOME 40.
DeveloperThe CentOS Project
(affiliated with Red Hat)
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)[1]
Latest release9 / December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03).[2]
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/
Marketing targetServers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers
Update methodRelease Candidate
Package managerdnf (command line); PackageKit (graphical); .rpm (binaries format)
Platformsx86-64, ARM64, ppc64le and IBM Z
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
Default
user interface
Bash, GNOME Shell
LicenseGNU GPL and other licenses
Preceded byCentOS
Official websitecentos.org

CentOS Stream is a 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[4][5] and X (formerly Twitter).[6]

  1. ^ "Transforming the development experience within CentOS". www.redhat.com. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. ^ "Introducing CentOS Stream 9". blog.centos.org.
  3. ^ "Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOSStream". wiki.centos.org. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  4. ^ "CentOS Stream: Building an innovative future for enterprise Linux". www.redhat.com. 2020-12-08. Archived from the original on 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  5. ^ "Building Community with CentOS Stream". USENIX. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  6. ^ Larabel, Mike (2021-01-12). "Facebook, Twitter Proposing CentOS Hyperscale SIG With Newer Packages + Other Changes". Phoronix. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2023-06-26.

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