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CentOS Stream

CentOS Stream is a community enterprise Linux distribution that exists as a midstream between the upstream development in Fedora Linux and the downstream development for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. CentOS Stream is being used by Meta Platforms and Twitter.

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CentOS Stream
CentOS Stream 10 showing its desktop environment, GNOME 47.
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 release10 / 12 December 2024 (2024-12-12)2
Repositorygitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/
Marketing targetServers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers
Update methodDNF
Package managerRPM
Supported platformsx86-64-v2, ARM64, ppc64le, IBM Z
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
Default
user interface		GNOME Shell, Bash
LicenseGNU GPL and other licenses
Preceded byCentOS
Official websitecentos.org

CentOS Stream is a community enterprise 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 (known for Facebook and WhatsApp)45 and Twitter.6

History

The initial release, CentOS Stream 8, was released on 24 September 2019, at the same time as CentOS 8.3 As CentOS 8 became unsupported, the CentOS Project provided a simple means of converting from CentOS Linux 8 to CentOS Stream 8.7 On 13 January 2021, CentOS board approved the creation of Hyperscale SIG proposed by Meta Platforms, Twitter, and Verizon engineers,68 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 2021,9 with support of IBM Z architecture.

In 2023, Red Hat announced that CentOS 7 and CentOS Stream 8 will be discontinued in 2024 in order to focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux development. CentOS Stream 9 was given as one possible migration path.10

CentOS Stream 10 was released on 12 December 2024.2

Release history

Releases of CentOS Stream
Version Release date End-Of-Life Kernel Architectures
Unsupported: 8 2019-09-24 May 31, 2024 (2024-05-31) 4.18.0 x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le
Supported: 9 2021-12-03 May 31, 2027 (2027-05-31)11 5.14.0 x86-64-v2, ARM64, ppc64le, s390x
Latest version: 10 2024-12-12 May 31, 2030 (2030-05-31)12 6.12.0 x86-64-v3, ARM64, ppc64le, s390x
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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. "Introducing CentOS Stream 10". 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.
  7. "Convert to CentOS Stream 8". centos.org. Archived from the original on 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  8. "SpecialInterestGroup/Hyperscale". wiki.centos.org.
  9. "Introducing CentOS Stream 9". blog.centos.org.
  10. "End dates are coming for CentOS Stream 8 and CentOS Linux 7 – Blog.CentOS.org". 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  11. "Download". centos.org.
  12. "Download". centos.org.