OpenFreeSoftware is a CentOS-DVD Vendor!
| Family membership |
Linux, Red Hat like |
| Typology of use |
Server, Professional |
| Software packages |
rpm |
| Packages Manager |
Yum |
| GUI Manager |
KDE, GNOME, Xfce |
| Hardware |
x86, x86-64, ia64, s390, s390x |
| Software support |
Medium (Good under payment) |
| Class of Users |
Expert (Professional) |
| Strengths |
It's a professional distribution directly derivated from Red Hat (commercial) but CentOS is for free (except the support) |
| Notes |
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| Website |
http://www.centos.org/
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| Our vote |
7/10 |
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CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor ( Red Hat ). CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is free.
CentOS is developed by a small but growing team of core developers. In turn the core developers are supported by an active user community including system administrators, network administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux contributors and Linux enthusiasts from around the world.
CentOS has numerous advantages over some of the other clone projects including: an active and growing user community, quickly rebuilt, tested, and QA'ed errata packages, an extensive mirror network, developers who are contactable and responsive, multiple free support avenues including IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums, a dynamic FAQ. Commercial support is offered via a number of vendors.
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