What is CentOS?
CentOS is a community-driven free software effort focused on providing a rich base platform for open source communities to build upon. It is a community-supported, free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, striving to maintain 100 binary compatibility with its upstream distribution. CentOS stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System, aiming to deliver an enterprise-class computing platform at no cost
Highlights
- Community-supported open source operating system
- 100 binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Provides enterprise-level computing platform for free
- Developed and maintained by open source community
Features
Shell integration