CentOS Stream

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CentOS Stream 9 in the Workstation configuration, showing its desktop environment, GNOME 40.
Developer	The CentOS Project (affiliated with Red Hat)
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)
Latest release	9 / December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03).
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.org

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. CentOS Stream is being used by Meta Platforms and X (formerly Twitter).

History

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

In 2024, Red Hat announced that CentOS 7 and CentOS Stream 8 will be discontinued in order to focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux development.

Release history

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. ^ a b «Introducing CentOS Stream 9». blog.centos.org.
3. ^ a b «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. ^ a b 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. ^ «End dates are coming for CentOS Stream 8 and CentOS Linux 7 – Blog.CentOS.org». Retrieved 2024-05-12.
10. ^ «Download». centos.org.