CentOS Stream is as popular a laptop/desktop Operating System as much as it is a Server based one. And when it comes to working on your personal machine, you’d always love to work on a GUI instead of on terminal. CentOS Stream itself comes with...
Author: Nishant Kaushal
OKD Streams, the Community Distribution of Kubernetes that powersRed Hat OpenShift, has launched a fully open source release pipeline that the community can participate in, to help support and manage the release cycle ourselves. The OKD Community is now able to build and release stable...
CentOS has announced that CentOS 9 Stream Appliances will soon be available via KIWI on the CentOS-Infra repository. What is KIWI? KIWI is one of the most popular command line utility to build Linux system appliances. KIWI had recently phased out its legacy code and...
Way back in 2018, Fedora 28 had introduced EPEL 8 modules, which allowed one to install multiple versions of the same software and switch between them, making them modular. For example, one might need to keep switching between a nodejs 8.x, 10.x and 12.x based...
CentOS has released its new visual brand identity with the launch of its brand new logo. After the formation of CentOS Stream, multiple Special Interest Groups (SIGs) were formed, with each group taking on a particular responsibility. One such group is the CentOS Artwork SIG....
What is Amazon Linux 3 and how does it compare to CentOS 9 Stream?
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
September 20, 2022
AWS has recently announced the public preview of its next version of Amazon Linux. Amazon linux 3, codenamed AL2022, brings in improvements in design, security, stability and performance over its predecessor Amazon Linux 2. Starting with AL2022, Amazon will launch a major version of its...
Fedora vs CentOS Stream vs Redhat Linux
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
September 14, 2022
To start with RedHat is most known for its association with RedHat Enterprise Linux and is the primary sponsor of Fedora Project and CentOS Stream along with many other open source projects. Redhat Inc. was acquired by IBM in 2019 and is now operated as...
CentOS Stream vs Rocky Linux vs AlmaLinux
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
September 12, 2022
Back in 2019, Redhat had announced that they will be changing their sponsorship for CentOS Linux distribution from December 2021. CentOS Stream would be an upstream development platform designed for CentOS community members. Rocky Linux Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system led by...
What is kmod and how to install centos-release-kmods
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
August 20, 2022
To understand what is kmod and why do we need it, we first need to understand what is an OS (Operating System) and what is a Kernel. What is an OS? OS or Operating System as the name goes, is a system which on one...
Docker containers have gained popularity over the years due to the ease of maintaining them, ease of developing in an isolated environment as well as official docker container releases from vendors onto Docker Hub. CentOS has been releasing their own official docker containers on their...