CentOS is a freely available desktop and server platform system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The name stands for community enterprise operating system, with a design focused on stability.
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CentOS is a community-supported operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution. The product is largely composed of software packages distributed under open source licenses, and the source code for these packages is made public by Red Hat. CentOS developers use Red Hat's source code to create a final product very similar to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
CentOS is a community-supported operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution. The product is largely composed of software packages distributed under open source licenses, and the source code for these packages is made public by Red Hat. CentOS developers use Red Hat's source code to create a final product very similar to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.