![]() CentOS 8 updates continue until December 31, 2021, which is much earlier than previously planned. The maintenance life cycle for legacy CentOS releases is changing as well. However, CentOS Stream 9 is currently expected to be ready in mid-2021. ![]() The current version of CentOS Stream is version 8. CentOS Stream continuously delivers new features, improvements, and bug fixes, and provides a “first look” at upcoming RHEL versions. Developers have more input into the direction of CentOS and RHEL, and all contributors have the opportunity to prioritize the features they need. This decision repositions CentOS Stream as a community-based development platform where users can create new technologies and tools. However, there are no significant changes in functionality or behavior, and CentOS Stream works much the same way CentOS did. CentOS Stream is intended to serve as the build/development platform for RHEL, so RHEL can now be considered a rebuild of CentOS Stream. While CentOS has traditionally been a rebuild of RHEL, CentOS Stream is positioned midway between Fedora Linux and Red Hat. What is CentOS Stream?ĬentOS Stream 8 marks a dramatic shift in philosophy for the CentOS Project team. This guide describes CentOS Stream, its benefits and drawbacks, and explains how to migrate from CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream. It allows developers early access to new features and gives them a chance to influence the CentOS software development process. CentOS Stream serves a different purpose than previous CentOS releases because it is now a development build for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). CentOS Stream is a free, open-source Linux distribution that replaces CentOS version 8.
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