What Is the Difference Between Centos Linux and Centos Stream?
Contents Centos Linux Release Version Numbers Reflect the Date of the Rhel Release on Which They Are Based. for Example, Centos 8.2105 Is a Rebuild of Rhel...
CentOS Linux release version numbers reflect the date of the RHEL release on which they are based. For example, CentOS 8.2105 is a rebuild of RHEL 8.3, which released in May of 2021. CentOS Stream, on the other hand, is the upstream, public development branch for RHEL.
What is CentOS stream vs CentOS Linux?
Inside CentOS Stream
Red Hat’s VP of Linux engineering, compared CentOS to a RHEL “nightly build”), making it essentially a developer-focused distro. This is much different from traditional CentOS Linux, which has traditionally been a downstream RHEL clone focusing on users who want a free version of RHEL.
What is a CentOS stream?
CentOS Stream is a new Linux development platform from the CentOS Project designed to increase transparency and collaboration around the RHEL development process. Open to anyone, CentOS Stream provides early access to the development stream of the next release of RHEL.
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