Welcome to CentOS

The portal Welcome to CentOS, a community-driven, enterprise-class Linux distribution derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux sources, fully conforming to the upstream vendor's redistribution policy. CentOS is developed by a small team of core developers, supported by an active and growing user community, including system administrators, network administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux contributors, and Linux enthusiasts worldwide. The community offers numerous advantages, such as an active user base, quickly rebuilt and QA'ed errata packages, an extensive mirror network, developers who are contactable and responsive, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to add functionality to the core distribution, and multiple community support avenues, including a wiki, IRC Chat, Email Lists, Forums, Bugs Database, and an FAQ.