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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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Nitrux

Nitrux is a desktop Linux distribution built from Debian, but with an immutable base system, the OpenRC init system, and without any traditional Debian package management tools. It uses the Calamares system installer and includes the Hyprland window manager, Hypr utilities, the greetd+QtGreet login manager, and the Waybar Wayland bar.

Technical Specs Comparison
CentOSNitrux
Fedora, Red HatBaseDevuan
dnf / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerapt / deb
systemdInit SystemOpenRC
Semi-RollingRelease ModelFixed Release
10 StreamLatest Version5.0.0
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
December 13, 2024Release DateNovember 12, 2025
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2
GNOMEHyprland
Desktops
GNOMEHyprland