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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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Mageia

Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, Mageia is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.

Technical Specs Comparison
CentOSMageia
Fedora, Red HatBaseIndependent
dnf / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerdnf, urpmi
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Semi-RollingRelease ModelFixed Release
10 StreamLatest Version9
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
December 13, 2024Release DateAugust 27, 2023
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2ARMv7i686
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2ARMv7i686
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Desktops
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