{"id":93269,"date":"2024-10-25T11:42:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T03:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/version-2.com.sg\/?p=92633"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:52:12","slug":"whats-coming-in-centos-stream-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/en\/2024\/10\/whats-coming-in-centos-stream-10\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Coming in CentOS Stream 10"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Information about CentOS Stream 10 has been trickling in since ISOs first became available in June. CentOS Stream 10 will be based on Fedora 40 and released sometime ahead of RHEL 10, but the current images are still in testing\/development and could very well change between now and the actual release.\u00a0<\/p>

So what do we know about CentOS Stream 10? Our expert weighs in and offers considerations for enterprise teams considering CentOS Stream for production workloads.<\/p>

CentOS Stream Project Update\u00a0<\/h2>

CentOS Stream has an interesting history, with some notable developments in the past few years. After announcing in 2020 that\u00a0CentOS Linux<\/a>\u00a0would be discontinued in favor of focusing on CentOS Stream, last year Red Hat ruffled more feathers by announcing that CentOS Stream would become the sole repository for\u00a0RHEL source code<\/a>. CentOS Stream 8, the first release, reached end of life in May 2024;\u00a0CentOS Stream 9<\/a>\u00a0has been out since 2021.\u00a0<\/p>

On June 6, 2024, the CentOS Project\u00a0posted<\/a>\u00a0links to the CentOS Stream 10 compose images, install ISOs, and container images with the following message: \u201cPlease note the compose is still taking shape. Packages are still being added and even removed at this point. Not all packages are fully onboarded to gating, so just some updates are landing. Packages are being moved between repositories. Comps groups are being updated\u2026\u201d Developers were encouraged to test and share feedback.<\/p>

In other words, much is still to be determined. New ISOs have been made available periodically since the June announcement (as of this writing, the last batch dropped on October 22, 2024).\u00a0<\/p>

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CentOS Stream vs. CentOS Linux<\/h2>

The main difference between CentOS Stream and CentOS Linux is that CentOS Stream is upstream of RHEL, with packages planned for upcoming releases, and CentOS Linux is a rebuild of the current RHEL release.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Another key difference is how updates are made in the two distributions. For CentOS Linux, new minor versions consist of large batches of updates, with smaller updates between versions. Rather than batch updates, packages in CentOS Stream are updated as they are ready, in a continuous stream, and there are no minor versions.\u00a0<\/p>

Before all versions reached end of life, CentOS Linux had a community support lifecycle of ten years, like RHEL and many other Enterprise Linux distributions. CentOS Stream has a shorter lifecycle of five years, with EOL based on when the corresponding RHEL release leaves Full Support and enters its Maintenance Phase (security updates only).\u00a0<\/p>

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How Long Will CentOS Stream 9 Be Supported?<\/h2>

CentOS Stream 9 will be supported until May 31, 2027, when RHEL 9 leaves Full Support. \u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>

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CentOS Stream 10 Release Date<\/h2>

CentOS Stream is upstream of RHEL and all signs point to the RHEL 10 GA release sometime in the first half of 2025, so the CentOS Stream 10 release is anticipated in late 2024 or early 2025.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>

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Notable Changes in CentOS Stream 10\u00a0<\/h2>