So what is this CentOS, and why are we using it? The short answer is that CentOS,the Community ENTerprise OS, is an RPM-based distro derived from Red HatEnterprise Linux with all of Red Hat’s trademarks stripped out. We’re focusing on ithere because it’s well supported by Xen, reasonably generic in structure, and fairlypopular. Additionally, it’s more stable than Fedora and a lot cheaper than Red Hat’sofficial product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL for short).
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