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= Welcome to CentOS
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image:=TCAR_BASEDIR=/Artworks/Brands/Symbols/Default/Final/ffffff-0/ffffff/64/centos.png[The CentOS Symbol]
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== The Community ENTerprise Operating System
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http://www.centos.org/[CentOS] is an Enterprise-class Linux
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Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a
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prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms
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fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be
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100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove
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upstream vendor branding and artwork.)
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CentOS is developed by a small but growing team of core developers. In
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turn the core developers are supported by an active user community
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including system administrators, network administrators, enterprise
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users, managers, core Linux contributors and Linux enthusiasts from
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around the world.
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CentOS has numerous advantages including: an active and growing user
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community, quickly rebuilt, tested, QA'ed errata packages, extensive
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http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=15[mirror
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network], developers who are contactable and responsive, reliable
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Enterprise Linux class distribution and multiple free support avenues
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including http://wiki.centos.org[wiki],
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http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=8[IRC Chat],
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http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16[Email
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Lists], http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/[Forums], and a dynamic
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http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/[FAQ].
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== License
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Copyright (C) 2003-=COPYRIGHT_YEAR= The CentOS Project. All rights
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reserved.
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CentOS comes with no guarantees or warranties of any sorts, either
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written or implied. The Distribution is released as
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file:///usr/share/doc/centos-release-=MAJOR_RELEASE=/GPL[GPL] work.
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Individual packages in the distribution come with their own licences.
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