CentOS Linux is going away, with CentOS Stream becoming the project’s focus. CentOS Linux 8, released in 2019, will receive updates until the end of 2021, meaning CentOS 8’s lifecycle is significantly shorter than the community expected when it was released.

Is Linux phased out?

News and Open Source Releases

According to a blog post on the Red Hat website, CentOS Linux is going to be phased out in favour of CentOS Stream. … Updates for the CentOS Linux 8 distribution continue until December 31, 2021. Updates for the CentOS Linux 7 distribution continue as before until June 30, 2024.

What will replace CentOS?

Rocky Linux was created to offer the community an alternative following Red Hat’s recent decision to shift its focus away from CentOS—the open source version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).