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CentOS

CentOS (/ˈsɛntɒs/, from Community Enterprise Operating System; also known as CentOS Linux) is a discontinued Linux distribution that provided a free and open-source community-supported computing platform, functionally compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). In January 2014, CentOS announced the official joining with Red Hat…

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Default user interface
GNOME Shell, Bash
Developer
The CentOS Project (affiliated with Red Hat)
Final release
8.5.2111 (16 November 2021; 4 years ago (2021-11-16)) [±] · 7.9-2009 (12 November 2020; 5 years ago (2020-11-12)) [±]
Initial release
14 May 2004; 22 years ago (2004-05-14)
Kernel type
Monolithic (Linux kernel)
License
GNU GPL and other licenses

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CentOS

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples105
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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CentOS

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related to Architectures · 14
CentOS → Apple Macintosh, ARM, As, G3, G4 PowerPC, IA-32, Intel Itanium, Mainframe, PAE, Physical Address Extension, POWER8, PowerMac, PowerPC, S/390
related to Releases without upstream equivalents · 12
CentOS → After, AltArch, CD/DVD, CentOS Project, In, ISO, LiveCD, LiveDVD, Some, The, These, They
related to Further reading · 11
CentOS → Apress, Boronczyk, CentOS Bible, Christopher, ISBN, Membrey, Negus, Peter, The Definitive Guide, Timothy, Wiley
related to history · 11
CentOS → Caos, CAOS Linux, David Parsley, GravityOS, Gregory Kurtzer, In June, Infiscale, RHEL, RPM-based Linux, Tao, Tao Linux
related to Add-ons releases · 9
CentOS → For, Instead, MySQL, Packages, Perl, Provided, SCL, See, Software Collections
related to CentOS Stream · 8
CentOS → Because, CentOS Stream, Fedora, Fedora Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, RHEL, Stream, That
related to CentOS releases · 7
CentOS → For, July, June, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, RHEL, Starting, Using
related to Design · 7
CentOS → CentOS Project, Red Hat, Red Hat's, RHEL, Technical, The, While Red Hat
related to AltArch releases · 4
CentOS → AltArch, AltArch SIG, Alternative Architecture Special Interest, Group
related to Repositories · 4
CentOS → Bugfix, Fasttrackrepository, ISO, There

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packages rhel version linux release red releases hat released upstream project available also distribution stream altarch provided source images update

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CentOSDefault user interfaceGNOME Shell, Bash1.00infobox
CentOSDeveloperThe CentOS Project (affiliated with Red Hat)1.00infobox
CentOSFinal release8.5.2111 (16 November 2021; 4 years ago (2021-11-16)) [±]1.00infobox
CentOSFinal release7.9-2009 (12 November 2020; 5 years ago (2020-11-12)) [±]1.00infobox
CentOSInitial release14 May 2004; 22 years ago (2004-05-14)1.00infobox
CentOSKernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)1.00infobox
CentOSLicenseGNU GPL and other licenses1.00infobox
CentOSMarketing targetServers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers1.00infobox
CentOSOfficial websitecentos.org1.00infobox
CentOSOS familyLinux (Unix-like)1.00infobox
CentOSPackage managerRPM1.00infobox
CentOSSource modelOpen source1.00infobox
CentOSSucceeded byCentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux1.00infobox
CentOSSupported platformsx86-64, ARM64, ppc64le[a]1.00infobox
CentOSUpdate methodDNF1.00infobox
CentOSWorking stateDiscontinued1.00infobox

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