CentOS Stream

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 Twitter.[6]

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 (2019-09-24)[1]
Latest release9 / December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03).[2]
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/
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

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] 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.

Release history

Releases of CentOS Stream
VersionRelease dateEnd-Of-LifeKernel
Older version, yet still maintained: 82019-09-242024-05-314.18.0
Current stable version: 92021-12-032027 (estimated)[9]5.14.0
Legend:
Old version
Older version, still maintained
Latest version
Latest preview version
Future release

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 9". blog.centos.org.
  3. "Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOSStream". wiki.centos.org. 2019-09-24. 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.
  8. "SpecialInterestGroup/Hyperscale". wiki.centos.org.
  9. "CentOS Stream 9". centos.org.
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