GNU/Linux Distributions & CI Tools
If you are newly introduced to the world of Linux, soon you will notice that it has mutiple faces or distributions. Once you know how distributions differ from each other then it can help you a lot in building your Linux experience. However, not every distributions are meant to be used by everyone hence it is important to select or indentify the right distro and at the same time nothing wrong to try out any distributions.
CentOS Linux is a community-supported distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). As such, CentOS Linux aims to be functionally compatible with RHEL. The CentOS Project mainly change packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork. CentOS Linux is no-cost and free to redistribute. Each CentOS version is maintained for up to 10 years (by means of security updates — the duration of the support interval by Red Hat has varied over time with respect to Sources released). A new CentOS version is released approximately every 2 years and each CentOS version is periodically updated (roughly every 6 months) to support newer hardware. This results in a secure, low-maintenance, reliable, predictable and reproducible Linux environment.
CI – Opensource Tools