CentOS
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CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The popularity of CentOS means there is a large CentOS-community. During the installation of CentOS on your VPS, you have complete freedom in the configuration of your operating system.Compatibility
CentOS is fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This makes it an ideal environment for software development intended to use on Red Hat.
Active community
Within the CentOS community, you will find countless information sources such as forums, extensive documentation and continuously updated packages maintained by an active international community.
Flexible
With the YUM 4 and DNF package managers, you get the benefits of more modularity, more flexibility and more grip on package dependencies.
Need help with CentOS?
TransIP CentOS Knowledge Base our extensive Knowledge Base with countless articles about CentOS, from installation to explanation of certain terminology.
CentOS Wiki Extensive information courtesy of CentOS itself. Here you will find all information you need if you want to get started with CentOS.
CentOS Forum Go here for general support, announcements or discussion with other CentOS users.
Over CentOS
CentOS is currently one of the most popular operating systems for servers. It is an opensource, community-run Linux distribution. CentOS is the free version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Before the introduction of Stream, CentOS was built on the stable source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, along with some adjustments made on top of that.
CentOS is the right choice for most developers, server admins and hardcore users that are familiar with the command line.
CentOS Stream
The future for CentOS is CentOS Stream. CentOS Stream is part of the 'Red Hat ecosystem' and is meant for Developers. A very well-known user is Facebook. They use their own adjusted version of CentOS Stream.