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CentOS Linux 7 reached end-of-life

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left 30 Jun 2024

Official source CentOS Linux EOL — Red Hat ↗ (redhat.com)

What this means for you

After 30 June 2024, CentOS Linux 7 receives no further updates or security patches. It was the last CentOS Linux release; the traditional "free RHEL rebuild" model ended with it in favour of CentOS Stream.

Where to go

Move to a RHEL-compatible rebuild (AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux), to CentOS Stream, or to RHEL itself. Conversion tooling exists for in-place migrations.

  • AlmaLinux
  • Rocky Linux
  • CentOS Stream
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

The end of CentOS Linux — and the pivot to the upstream-of-RHEL CentOS Stream — reshaped the enterprise Linux landscape and spawned AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux specifically to fill the gap.

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