[CentOS] Difference between CentOS Linux and CentOS Stream

Mon Jul 19 16:17:23 UTC 2021
Rich Bowen <rbowen at redhat.com>


On 7/19/21 12:01 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am confused between CentOS Linux and CentOS Stream as per
> https://www.centos.org/download/. Please guide me on which one I need to
> use in the production environment. Is there a difference between CentOS
> Linux and CentOS Stream?
> 
> Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing from you.

The short/simple answer is that CentOS Stream is slightly *before* RHEL 
and CentOS Linux is slightly *after* RHEL.

Note that CentOS Linux 8 will be discontinued on December 31st, 2021. 
The project will be shifting focus to CentOS Stream at that time. As 
such, we recommend that you use CentOS Stream.