Future of CentOS Stream 9: The Road Ahead
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
In December 2020, Red Hat announced a significant shift in its focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream, along with the discontinuation of traditional CentOS Linux. Support for CentOS Linux 8 concluded in December 2021, and support for CentOS Linux 7 ended on June 30, 2024.
With the introduction of CentOS Stream, which acts as the midstream between Fedora and RHEL, the Linux community has witnessed a new era of innovation and collaboration.
Released on December 3rd, 2021, CentOS Stream 9 is the latest major version of the CentOS Stream distribution. It is derived from Fedora 34 and served as the foundation for both RHEL 9 Beta and the final RHEL 9 GA release. It serves as a testing ground for new features that will eventually make their way into RHEL 9.x releases. This allows developers and community members to see and work with features that are likely to appear in the next version of RHEL.
In this blog, we'll explore the key features and improvements in CentOS Stream 9 and also discuss the future of CentOS Stream and what users can expect to see in the coming years.