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Based OnRed Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL Source)
Init-SystemSystemd
Default Desktop EnvironmentGNOME
Release SchedulePoint (Concurrent with RHEL)
Package ManagerRPM Package Manager
OS FamilyGNU+Linux
OriginUSA
Main UsageFree alternative to RHLE, Enterprise
Current Linux Kernel4.18.0-168.el8
Last Officially UpdatedJune 15, 2020
Platforms8[x86_64,aarch64,ppc64le]; 7[8,ppc64,armhfp,i386]; 6.10[x86_64,i386}
Project managementFounders, Red Hat Members
Selective downloadinghttps://www.centos.org/download/
Official Websitehttps://www.centos.org/
Current Major Versions 8 (EOL 5/2029), 7 (EOL 6/2024) and 6.10 (EOL 11/2020)
Sourceshttps://git.centos.org/
Project leaderKaranbir Singh, Project Lead, The CentOS Project
10 Years SupportSecurity fixes
SIG'sCore CentOS, Alternate Architectures, Software Collections
4 Years Support Bugfixes, Feature enhancements, New hardware
Pros
Pro Greatly favours stability over anything else
CentOS favours stability over being up-to date. For this reason it ships with packages that may be up to two years behind in order to ensure stability over everything else.
Using older versions for packages means that they have been thoroughly tested and used in production for quite some time, and are ensured to play well with each-other.
This strategy has paid off quite a lot in the past. One example is the Heartbleed bug which left CentOS unaffected since it was using a two-year old OpenSSL library which did not have the bug.
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