CentOS

Linux distribution
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Summary

CentOS is a free operating system[1].

Key Facts

  • Creator: Gregory Kurtzer[2]
  • Instance of: Linux distribution[3]
  • Based on: Red Hat Enterprise Linux[4], CAOS Linux[5]
  • Followed by: CentOS Stream[6]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License[7]
  • Software version identifier: 5.10[8], 6.5[9], 6.8[10], 6.9[11], 6.10[12], 7 (1810)[13], 7.7 (1908)[14], 8.0[15], 8.1[16], 8.2[17], 7.8 (2003)[18], 8.3 (2011)[19], 8.4[20], 9[21]
  • Platform: x86-64[22], ARM architecture[23], POWER8[24]
  • Inception: 2002[25]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2021[26]
  • Publication date: May 14, 2004[27]
  • Official website: https://centos.org[28]
  • GUI toolkit or framework: GNOME[29], KDE[30]
  • Discontinuation date: 2021[31]
  • Package management system: RPM Package Manager[32]
  • Public key fingerprint: 6341 AB27 53D7 8A78 A7C2 7BB1 24C6 A8A7 F4A8 0EB5[33], 759D 690F 6099 2D52 6A35 8CBD D0F2 5A3C B679 2C39[34], BA02 A5E6 AFF9 70F7 269D D972 C788 93AC 8FAE 34BD[35], C1DA C52D 1664 E8A4 386D BA43 0946 FCA2 C105 B9DE[36], 69B3 0F26 BA2B 3AA4 C27C E4F5 3B75 CF79 D0FF 3D16[37], 4233 9C29 8BC4 352C A4F9 7504 119C 1A87 EF1D 6DB8[38], 0830 F43C 928A A5A8 A6F1 AF97 0B13 2C3F FE83 7F6F[39], 473D 66D5 2122 71FD 51CC 17B1 A8A4 47DC E856 2897[40], 5D82 2DFA 48B3 BE04 586C BD4D CFDA 6881 092D 7B2B[41], 64E3 E755 8572 B59A 3194 52AA F17E 7456 91BA 8335[42], 736A F511 6D9C 40E2 AF6B 074B F9B9 FEE7 7644 29E6[43], C4DB D535 B1FB BA14 F8BA 64A8 4EB8 4E71 F2EE 9D55[44], 7412 9C0B 173B 071A 3775 951A D4A2 E50B E451 E5B5[45], A7C8 E761 309D 2F1C 92C5 0B62 7AEB BE82 61E8 806C[46]
  • Update method: Yellowdog Updater[47], DNF[48]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[49]
  • Social media followers: 15,157[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . blog.centos.org. Retrieved . blog.centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . readyspace.com.hk. readyspace.com.hk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . lists.centos.org. Retrieved . lists.centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wiki.centos.org. Retrieved . wiki.centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] ↑ . readyspace.com.hk. readyspace.com.hk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . lists.centos.org. Retrieved . lists.centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  30. [31] ↑ . blog.centos.org. blog.centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . centos.org. Retrieved . centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . centos.org. Retrieved . centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . centos.org. Retrieved . centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . centos.org. Retrieved . centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . centos.org. Retrieved . centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  45. [46] ↑ . centos.org. Retrieved . centos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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