CentOS Stream

Not to be confused with the now-discontinued original CentOS.
CentOS Stream
CentOS Stream 10 showing its desktop environment, GNOME 47.
DeveloperThe CentOS Project
(affiliated with Red Hat)
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release24 September 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-24)[1]
Latest release10 / December 12, 2024; 10 days ago (2024-12-12).[2]
Repositorygitlab.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

CentOS Stream is a community enterprise 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 (known for Facebook and WhatsApp)[4][5] and Twitter.[6]

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] On 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,[9] with support of IBM Z architecture.

In 2023, Red Hat announced that CentOS 7 and CentOS Stream 8 will be discontinued in 2024 in order to focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux development. CentOS Stream 9 was given as one possible migration path.[10]

CentOS Stream 10 was released on 12 December 2024.[2]

Release history

Releases of CentOS Stream
Version Release date End-Of-Life Kernel Architectures
Old version, no longer maintained: 8 2019-09-24 May 31, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-05-31) 4.18.0 x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le
Old version, yet still maintained: 9 2021-12-03 May 31, 2027; 2 years' time (2027-05-31)[11] 5.14.0 x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le, s390x
Current stable version: 10 2024-12-12 January 1, 2030; 5 years' time (2030-01-01)[12] 6.12.0 x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le, s390x
Legend:
Old version, not maintained
Old 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. ^ a b "Introducing CentOS Stream 10". 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. ^ "Introducing CentOS Stream 9". blog.centos.org.
  10. ^ "End dates are coming for CentOS Stream 8 and CentOS Linux 7 – Blog.CentOS.org". 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  11. ^ "Download". centos.org.
  12. ^ "Download". centos.org.