This software is an enterprise-ready Linux distribution, designed for use in high-performance computing environments. It offers a variety of features and tools to support mission-critical applications and services, making it an ideal choice for businesses and organizations that require high levels of reliability and performance.
CentOS is a Linux Distribution that is ideal for enterprises. It is derived from sources provided publicly by a well-known North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS is fully compliant with the vendor's redistribution policies and aims to be 100% binary compatible. This distribution mainly removes vendor-specific branding and art to provide users with a versatile and reliable platform. Although CentOS is free, users are encouraged to offer a small contribution to the project which is developed by the cAos Foundation by a competent team of core developers.
Moreover, CentOS enjoys the support of an active user community that includes system administrators, network administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux contributors, and Linux enthusiasts from across the globe. There are various benefits of using CentOS over other clone projects, such as having an active and growing user community, the speedy rebuilding, testing, and QA'ing of errata packages, numerous support avenues, including IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums, and a dynamic FAQ. Additionally, there is commercial support available via many vendors.
CentOS exists to offer a free enterprise-class computing platform to everyone who wants to use it. CentOS 2 and 3 are rebuilds of RHEL 2 and 3, respectively, and are entirely compatible. These rebuilds are recreated from RHEL sources that are distributed free of charge by RedHat. All of the redistributed packages and sources meet RedHat's redistribution requirements. This distribution is for people who want an enterprise-class operating system at no cost, without needing certification or support from a brand name provider.
Moreover, CentOS enjoys the support of an active user community that includes system administrators, network administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux contributors, and Linux enthusiasts from across the globe. There are various benefits of using CentOS over other clone projects, such as having an active and growing user community, the speedy rebuilding, testing, and QA'ing of errata packages, numerous support avenues, including IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums, and a dynamic FAQ. Additionally, there is commercial support available via many vendors.
CentOS exists to offer a free enterprise-class computing platform to everyone who wants to use it. CentOS 2 and 3 are rebuilds of RHEL 2 and 3, respectively, and are entirely compatible. These rebuilds are recreated from RHEL sources that are distributed free of charge by RedHat. All of the redistributed packages and sources meet RedHat's redistribution requirements. This distribution is for people who want an enterprise-class operating system at no cost, without needing certification or support from a brand name provider.
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