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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; 5 years ago (2019-09-24)[1]
Latest release9 / December 3, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-03).[2]
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[3] between the upstream development in Fedora Linux and the downstream development for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.[4] CentOS Stream is being used by Meta Platforms[5][6] and Twitter. [7]

History

The initial release, CentOS Stream 8, was released on 24 September 2019, at the same time as CentOS 8.[4] As CentOS 8 became unsupported, The CentOS Project provided a simple means of converting from CentOS Linux 8 to CentOS Stream 8.[8] In 13 January 2021, CentOS board approved the creation of Hyperscale SIG proposed by Meta Platforms, Twitter, and Verizon engineers,[7][9] which focus on enabling CentOS Stream deployment on large-scale infrastructures and facilitating collaboration on packages and tooling.

CentOS Stream 9 was released on 3 December 2021, [2] with support of IBM Z architecture.

Release history

Releases of CentOS Stream
Version Release date End-Of-Life Kernel Note
Old version, still maintained: 8 2019-09-24 2024-05-31 4.18.0
Latest version: 9 2021-12-03 2027 (estimated)[10] 5.14.0

References

  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. ^ a b "Introducing CentOS Stream 9". blog.centos.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Corbet, Jonathan. "Changing CentOS in mid-stream". lwn.net. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOSStream". wiki.centos.org. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2023-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Building Community with CentOS Stream". USENIX. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  7. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ "Convert to CentOS Stream 8". centos.org.
  9. ^ "SpecialInterestGroup/Hyperscale". wiki.centos.org.
  10. ^ "CentOS Stream 9". centos.org.