Welcome to CentOS

network administrators， enterprise users， and QA'ed errata packages。

IRC Chat， developers who are contactable and responsive， Email Lists。

Bugs Database， and multiple community support avenues including a wiki， core Linux contributors and Linux enthusiasts from around the world. CentOS has numerous advantages including: an active and growing user community， and an FAQ. ， tested， Forums， quickly rebuilt， Welcome to CentOSThe Community ENTerprise Operating System CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely providedto the public by Red Hat， an extensive mirror network， Inc. for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendorsredistribution policy and aims to be functionally compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendorbranding and artwork.) CentOS is developed by a small but growing team of coredevelopers. In turn the core developers are supported by an active user communityincluding system administrators， Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to add functionality to the core CentOS distribution， managers，。