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Fedora

Fedora Linux (formerly Fedora, formerly Fedora Core) is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and owned by Red Hat. Fedora Linux contains software distributed under a free and open-source license and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies.

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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.

Technical Specs Comparison
FedoraCentOS
IndependentBaseFedora, Red Hat
dnf / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerdnf / flatpak, rpm
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelSemi-Rolling
44Latest Version10 Stream
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
April 28, 2026Release DateDecember 13, 2024
ARM64armppc64els390xx86_64x86-64-v2
Architecture
ARM64armppc64els390xx86_64x86-64-v2
AwesomeBudgieCinnamonEnlightenmenti3GNOMEKDE PlasmalabwcLXDELXQtMATEOpenboxRatpoisonWayfireXfce
Desktops
AwesomeBudgieCinnamonEnlightenmenti3GNOMEKDE PlasmalabwcLXDELXQtMATEOpenboxRatpoisonWayfireXfce