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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.

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 • 2021-12-03: Distribution Release: CentOS 9
 • 2021-11-16: Distribution Release: CentOS 8.5.2111
 • 2021-06-04: Distribution Release: CentOS 8.4.2105
 • 2020-11-13: Distribution Release: CentOS 7.9.2009
 • 2020-06-16: Distribution Release: CentOS 8.2.2004
 • 2020-04-28: Distribution Release: CentOS 7.8.2003
 • 2020-01-16: Distribution Release: CentOS 8.1.1911
 • 2019-09-24: Distribution Release: CentOS 8.0.1905
 • 2019-09-17: Distribution Release: CentOS 7.7.1908
 • 2018-12-04: Distribution Release: CentOS 7-1810
 • 2018-07-03: Distribution Release: CentOS 6.10
 • 2018-05-10: Distribution Release: CentOS 7-1804
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 • 2021-12-31 CentOS Linux 8 reaches its end of life
 • 2021-03-08 Downgrading CentOS
 • 2020-12-08 CentOS Linux being phased out in favour of Stream
 • 2020-11-03 CentOS 6 nears end of life
 • 2020-08-05 CentOS discusses user survey results
 • 2020-07-07 CentOS to gain optional real-time packages
 • 2020-06-04 CentOS team answers questions from the public
 • 2019-09-24 How CentOS Stream fits with Fedora and RHEL
 • 2019-05-10 CentOS publishes roadmap to 8.0
 • 2019-02-27 CentOS turns 15
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Feature 9 8.5.2111 7.8.2003 6.10 5.11 4.8 3.9 2.0 Feature
Release Date 2021-12-03 2021-11-16 2020-04-27 2018-07-03 2014-09-30 2009-08-22 2007-07-27 2004-05-24 Release Date
End Of Life 2021-12 2021-12 2024-06 2020-11 2017-03       End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 7800-8000 700-10300 500-10000           Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Package Management Flatpak, RPM (dnf) Flatpak, RPM (dnf) RPM (yum) RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM Package Management
Release Model Semi-Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o* OO.o* OO.o* -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64 aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64 x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 i386, ia64, s390, s390x, x86_64 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd Upstart SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems xfs xfs xfs ext3, ext4 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw Asian Language Support
Full Package List 9 8.5.2111 7.8.2003 6.10 5.11 4.8 3.9 2.0 Full Package List
Package 9 8.5.2111 7.8.2003 6.10 5.11 4.8 3.9 2.0 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.5.1 1.2.5 1.1.8 1.1.0 1.0.17 1.0.6 -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.2 3.0 2.05b 2.05b bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) 9.16.20 9.11.26 9.11.4-P2 9.8.2 9.3.4-P1 9.2.4 9.2.4 9.2.1 bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.106) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (114.0.5735.106)
cups (2.4.4) 2.3.3 2.2.6 1.6.3 1.4.2 1.3.7 1.1.22rc1 1.1.17 -- cups (2.4.4)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.2 4.3.6 4.2.5 4.1.1 3.0.5 3.0.1 3.0.1 2.0pl5 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.2 1.45.6 1.42.9 1.41.12 1.39 1.35 1.32 1.26 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (114.0.1) 78.14.0 91.3.0 68.5.0 52.8.0 24.7.0 3.0.7 -- -- firefox (114.0.1)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.8 2.3.11 2.2.1 2.1.9 2.1.4 2.0.3 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 11.2.1 8.5.0 4.8.5 4.4.7 4.1.2 3.4.6 3.2.3 2.96 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) -- 2.8.22 2.8.22 2.6.9 2.2.13 2.0.5 1.2.3 1.2.1 gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.34 2.28 2.17 2.12 2.5 2.3.4 2.3.2 2.2.4 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) 40.4 3.32.2 3.28.3 -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.02 2.02 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.90 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.4) 2.24.33 3.22.30 3.22.30 2.24.23 2.10.4 2.4.13 2.2.4 1.2.10 gtk (4.10.4)
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.48 2.4.37 2.4.6 2.2.15 2.2.3 2.0.52 2.0.46 -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.1 0.92.3 0.92.2 0.47 -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.2) -- -- 2.0.2 1.0.5 0.12.17 0.11.14 -- -- k3b (23.04.2)
kmod (30) 28 25 20 -- -- -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.4) 7.1.5.2 6.4.7 5.3.6 4.3.7 3.1.1* 1.1.5* 1.1.0* -- libreoffice (7.5.4)
linux (6.3.7) 5.14.0 4.18 3.10 2.6.32 2.6.18 2.6.9 2.4.21 2.4.9 linux (6.3.7)
Package 9 8.5.2111 7.8.2003 6.10 5.11 4.8 3.9 2.0 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.1.1) 10.5.12 10.3.28 5.5.65 -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.1.1)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.2) 8.4.0 21.1.5 18.3.4 11.0.7 6.5.1 6.8.2 4.3.0 3.4.2 mesa (23.1.2)
mysql (8.0.33) 8.0.22 8.0.26 -- 5.1.73 5.0.95 4.1.22 3.23.58 3.23.58 mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2.1) 40.1 3.28.1 3.26.3.1 2.28.4 2.16.2 2.8.1 2.2.4 1.0.4 nautilus (44.2.1)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) -- 11.0.13.0.8 11.0.6 8u121 1.7.0 -- -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 8.6p1 8.0p1 7.4p1 5.3p1 4.3p2 3.9p1 3.6.1p2 3.1p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 3.0.0e 1.1.1k 1.0.2k 1.0.1e 0.9.8e 0.9.7a 0.9.7a 0.9.6b openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.32.1 5.30.1 5.16.3 5.10.1 5.8.8 5.8.5 5.8.0 5.6.1 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.7) 8.0.12 7.4.19 5.4.16 5.3.3 5.1.6 4.3.9 4.3.2 4.1.2 php (8.2.7)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.1) 3.5.9 3.5.8 2.10.1 2.6.6 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.0.16 -- postfix (3.8.1)
postgresql (15.3) 13.3 13.3 9.2.24 8.4.20 8.1.23 7.4.19 7.3.19 7.1.3 postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.4) 3.9.6 2.7.5 2.6.6 2.4.3 2.3.4 2.2.3 1.5.2 Python (3.11.4)
qt (6.5.1) 5.15.2 5.9.7 4.6.2 3.3.6 3.3.3 3.1.2 2.3.1 qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) 4.14.5 4.14.5 4.10.4 3.6.23 3.0.33 3.0.33 3.0.9 2.2.7 samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) 249 239 219 -- -- -- -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.12.0) 78.14.0 91.3.0 -- 52.7.0 24.7.0 1.5.0.12 -- -- thunderbird (102.12.0)
vim (9.0) 8.2 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.0 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.11 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.17.4 1.1.1 (6.8.2) -- -- xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 9
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-27
Votes: 5


This review is about Centos 9 Stream.

downloading 8GB ISO Image went useless as it cannot go past select installation source option.
isn't it supposed to get selected by default as its a 8GB ISO as a source.
cannot believe what has happened to this Once Legendary Linux.
really disappointed with its usability.

if its purpose was to create a test bed for RedHat, why take so much effort to release it to public.
CentOS 8 stream was stable but takes a lot of space and installs bloatware apps which make the system very sluggish.
maybe this OS works well for a install via LAN like in a company or more of a Admin Friendly.



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Version: 9
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-23
Votes: 6


My first time with Centos Stream 9 and the installation image of Centos Stream 9 is simply not usable (ISO installer). KERNEL PANIC at boot time. I wil never forget such first experience with RedHat Centos Stream 9 linux distribution. So now,. I'm not interested by AlmaLinux or RockyLinux and I do not want to lose my time to compare them and the Devs EGo ... Time to find another distro team, can not be very difficult to find better than RedHat Centos Stream 9. Adios RedHat Centos Stream 9 ....


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Version: 8.5.2111
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-08
Votes: 1


CentOS 8 Stream is a great distro and slighty ahead of RHEL.

Everything works absolute amazing and is stable. You get a ton of documentation and of course you can always use other repos if you want...same as in RHEL. Each package is well known and maintained also security fixes are always backported.

I use it for many Servers for many years. Each CentOS server is regulary audited with any complains.

Don't get fooled by people who misuse this platform to push RockyLinux, just beacuse they can't read the real news.


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