CentOS Stream is a Linux distribution built by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) engineers as part of RHEL development.

Innovation within the OS happens in Fedora. CentOS Stream provides a solid base for innovation on top of an OS. Many CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are building on and extending it in all sorts of interesting ways without needing to reinvent the wheel.

The source, the builds, the release, it all happens in the open. And because it's what's coming to RHEL, not a rebuild of what's already been there, you can contribute as well.

We've had CentOS Stream around for over three years now. Recently we've retired CentOS Stream 8, our first release that reached its end of life, and got a pre-release of CentOS Stream 10 out!

We've learned a lot on the way, many things have changed, and we keep working on making it better every day. We introduced release tests, and we're looking at contribution guidelines and even at accepting external 3rd-party test results to ensure CentOS Stream works well for all sorts of use cases.

Come and learn about what's new, what's coming, how to get involved both directly and through CentOS SIGs.