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CentOS

CentOS as a group is a community of open source contributors and users which started in 2003 and has been sponsored by Red Hat since 2014. CentOS Linux versions up to CentOS Linux 8 are 100% compatible rebuilds of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in full compliance with Red Hat's redistribution requirements.

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KaOS

KaOS is a desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the Noctalia desktop environment, the Calligra office suite, and other popular software applications that use the Qt toolkit. It was inspired by Arch Linux, but the developers build their own packages which are available from in-house repositories.

Technical Specs Comparison
CentOSKaOS
Fedora, Red HatBaseIndependent
dnf / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerpacman / pkg
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Semi-RollingRelease ModelRolling Release
10 StreamLatest Version2026.02
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
December 13, 2024Release DateFebruary 15, 2026
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2
GNOMEniriNoctalia
Desktops
GNOMEniriNoctalia