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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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Talos Linux

Talos is a specialist Linux-based operating system for running Kubernetes, an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling and management of containerised applications. Minimal, immutable and hardened, it does not offer any shell or interactive console; instead, all system management is done via remote Application Programming Interface (API) calls, where messages sent from a client application are protected with mutual Transport Layer Security TLS (mTLS) authentication.

Technical Specs Comparison
CentOSTalos Linux
Fedora, Red HatBaseIndependent
dnf / flatpak, rpmPackage Manager
systemdInit System
Semi-RollingRelease ModelFixed Release
10 StreamLatest Version1.13.0
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
December 13, 2024Release DateApril 27, 2026
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2ARMv7
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elx86_64x86-64-v2ARMv7
GNOMENo Desktop
Desktops
GNOMENo Desktop