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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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Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux is yet another Linux distribution. What's different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet quite full-featured.

Technical Specs Comparison
CentOSPuppy Linux
Fedora, Red HatBaseIndependent
dnf / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerppm / deb, flatpak, pet
systemdInit SystemBusyBox
Semi-RollingRelease ModelFixed Release
10 StreamLatest Version22.12
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
December 13, 2024Release DateDecember 10, 2022
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2
GNOMEJWMlabwcOpenbox
Desktops
GNOMEJWMlabwcOpenbox