Developer | The CentOS Project (affiliated with Red Hat) |
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OS family | Linux ( Unix-like) |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | 24 September 2019[1] |
Latest release | 9 / December 3, 2021[2] | .
Repository | https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/ |
Marketing target | Servers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers |
Update method | Release Candidate |
Package manager | dnf (command line); PackageKit (graphical); .rpm (binaries format) |
Platforms | x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le and IBM Z |
Kernel type | Monolithic ( Linux kernel) |
Default user interface | Bash, GNOME Shell |
License | GNU GPL and other licenses |
Preceded by | CentOS |
Official website |
centos |
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]
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] In 13 January 2021, CentOS board approved the creation of Hyperscale SIG proposed by Meta Platforms, Twitter, and Verizon engineers, [6] [8] 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.
In 2024, Red Hat announced that CentOS 7 and CentOS Stream 8 will be discontinued in favor to focus to Red Hat Enterprise Linux development. [ citation needed]
Version | Release date | End-Of-Life | Kernel | Architectures |
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8 | 2019-09-24 | 2024-05-31 | 4.18.0 | x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le |
9 | 2021-12-03 | 2027 (estimated) [9] | 5.14.0 | x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le, s390x |
Old version Older version, still maintained Latest version |