There will be no CentOS Linux 9, only CentOS Stream 9.

The change “only relates to the binaries the CentOS Project is building,” we are told.ĬentOS 8, the current version, will continue to receive updates until the end of 2021. The official statement is that 'Red Hat curates the trademarks for CentOS and is providing initial guidance and expertise required in establishing the formal board structure used to govern the CentOS Project.' and that 'Some members on the CentOS Project Governing Board work for Red Hat, Inc.' Today's announcement does perhaps suggest that it is Red Hat rather than the community that is guiding the project's direction.Ī FAQ on the shift to CentOS Stream states that the source code for RHEL will continue to be published as before. The relationship between the CentOS Project and Red Hat is complex. Wright says the company plans “low or no-cost programs for a variety of use cases, including options for open source projects and communities and expansion of the RHEL developer subscription use cases.” Currently the RHEL Developer Subscription, which is free, is not licensed for use in production in the terms of use and is limited to one physical system and up to two processors.

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