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Introducing CentOS Stream 10

The CentOS Project is delighted to announce the general availability of CentOS Stream 10 "Coughlan", the latest version of the CentOS Project distribution.

What is CentOS Stream?

CentOS Stream defines Enterprise Linux. It is a Linux distribution built by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) engineers, and is used as the major version branch that RHEL minor versions are created from. It has roughly a five year lifecycle and will be maintained until 2030. The exact date will be contingent on the end of the Full Support phase of RHEL 10. Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and other communities use it as a trusted base for their tailored solutions. RHEL customers can use it as a preview of what's coming soon to RHEL.

Building RHEL in the open

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 changes to shape the future of RHEL.

Because you're contributing to both a community project and an enterprise product, with many promises around stability compatibility, not all contributions will be appropriate. Please refer to our contribution guide for instructions on getting started. Some contributions should go further upstream to Fedora, which can lead to them being included in the next major version of CentOS Stream and RHEL.

What's new?

CentOS Stream 10 includes several exciting new features and enhancements. Some of the highlights include:

For more details please refer to the release notes.

Getting Started

Ready to start using CentOS Stream 10? Head to our download page to grab an ISO. You can also run the command podman run -it --rm centos:stream10 to start an interactive shell inside a container image on you current distro.