CentOS Linux Dedicated Servers

CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is free, however, we ask for a small contribution. CentOS is a project of the cAos Foundation.

CentOS is developed by a small but growing team of core developers. In turn the core developers are supported by an active user community including system administrators, network administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux contributors and Linux enthusiasts from around the world.

Centos Dedicated Server CentOS is an Enterprise class Linux Distribution. It is a rebuild of Redhat Enterprise Linux that conforms fully with Redhat's redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes RHEL packages to remove RedHat branding and artwork.)

CentOS is not affiliated with, sponsored or supported by Red Hat, Inc. FastServers.Net is a supports and utilizes centOS in production servers including software such as Plesk, cPanel, and Plain Linux Dedicated Servers.

CentOS Goals

Our purpose is to provide stable Linux solutions for organizations and individuals who do not need strong commercial support to achieve successful operation. CentOS follows Redhat's original sources as closely and promptly as possible.

To meet that overall goal, we strive to achieve:

• easy maintenance
• suitability for long term use in production environments
• friendly environment for users and package maintainers
• long-term support of the core
• active development
• community infrastructure
• open management
• open business model
• commercial support - offered by a partner vendor