Anyone who builds a Linux distribution knows that it’s more than just the ISO you download from the website. When creating Linux distribution artifacts, a set of inputs; processing steps; and outputs need to be defined so that it is understood what comprises the “distribution” itself. Kurchu is one of those tools aimed at doing this with Fedora/CentOS resources.

HealthTrio has adopted CentOS Stream 9 for several use cases within our system. We have a few dozen servers supporting operations like sandbox environments, build infrastructure, monitoring, analytics, automation, and mirroring. All of these servers supporting corporate activities necessitate the use of a safe patch management system. Internal mirrors repositories are a traditional solution that […]

In the past couple of months members of the CentOS Hyperscale SIG attended several conferences where they were able to share the work the SIG is doing and meet up in person, in some cases for the first time. We have a page tracking conference presentations around Hyperscale-related topics. You can find references there to […]

This document is an attempt to explain the relationship between Fedora Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL, with a specific focus around how package updates flow between them. From Fedora to CentOS Stream Fedora is where day-to-day development and innovation happens. Fedora Linux releases every 6 months and each release is maintained for about 13 months. […]

This week Red Hat announced its plan to put all its energy into CentOS Stream 8, resulting in the discontinuation of CentOS Linux 8 in one year’s time.  CentOS Stream, originally announced in September of 2019, is a continuous release of RHEL which provides updates as soon as they are developed and verified.  Many people […]