OK, actually, they're fit to be tied. That's because millions of users have been using CentOS as a stable point distribution for their servers, virtual machines, and appliances. These aren't just ...
What can you do now? Well, you could try CentOS Stream, but it's not the same thing. Classic CentOS was a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) clone. CentOS Stream, however, "tracks just ahead of a current ...
In an unexpected announcement earlier this week, Red Hat killed off the free-as-in-beer CentOS variant of its flagship distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The announcement—which clearly stated ...
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FOSDEM 2026 CentOS Connect 2026 took place in Brussels last week, over the two days preceding the sprawling FOSDEM festival of FOSS – the nerd world's Glastonbury, complete with the queues and the ...
Red Hat’s decision to end CentOS is forcing most developers and companies to find an alternative OS. In this guide, learn about the top competitors’ features. CentOS Linux 7, the popular free and open ...
The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. CloudLinux OS is a Linux distribution intended for use by shared [web] hosting providers. But there is more to ...
Amidst all the news from AWS re:Invent last week—mainframe modernization, database updates, ARM-based Graviton3, etc.—one thing might have slipped your notice yet deserves the spotlight: Amazon Linux ...
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Last month, Red Hat caused a lot of consternation in the enthusiast and small business Linux world when it announced the discontinuation of CentOS Linux. Long-standing tradition—and ambiguity in Red ...