Almost a year ago to the day, Red Hat changed CentOS from being a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) clone to being a developmental rolling Linux distribution, CentOS Stream. Many users weren't happy.

Red Hat, CentOS 's Linux parent company, announced it was " shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current ...

CentOS 8 shipped September 2019, rapidly after RHEL 8, and CentOS Stream was announced and released as an early look at what was coming in the next minor update.

While the move to axe CentOS was made by the CentOS Board, it apparently came about as a result of Red Hat’s decision to only sponsor the development of CentOS Stream.

This disruption created a vacuum, and the Linux community quickly stepped up to fill it.

Jack Wallen attempts to not only clear the air about CentOS Stream, but offers up an apology to Red Hat for aiding the spread of confusion.

A Red Hat software engineering manager explains how CentOS Stream can help developers in the open source community who use Linux.

Jack Wallen kicks the tires of CentOS Stream to discover it's not the evil monstrosity some might make it out to be.