UKarsten Wade, osebenza eRed Hat y usebenzile ebhodini labaqondisi beCentOS selokhu yasungulwa, trató ukuchaza izizathu ezingemuva izinguquko kuphrojekthi ye-CentOS. Ngo-2003, iRed Hat yahlukanisa ukusatshalaliswa kweRed Hat Linux yaba amaphrojekthi amabili: iRed Hat Enterprise Linux yezentengiselwano kanye neFedora Linux yamahhala, eyayizibeka njengokusatshalaliswa okukhula ngokushesha ngomjikelezo omfushane wokusekela, okulungele ukuhlola ubuchwepheshe obusha bamagatsha esikhathi esizayo ka-RHEL.
Amandla okufaka iRed Hat Linux mahhala alahlekile Futhi, ngokuphendula isidingo sokusatshalaliswa okuzinzile, okwenziwe ngendlela yokulondolozeka, nokugcinwa isikhathi eside, iphrojekthi yeCentOS yadalwa ngabathandi. I-CentOS igcwalise i-niche ngokusatshalaliswa kwamahhala kwezimboni okuhambisana ngokuphelele ne-RHEL, kepha ayizange ixazulule inkinga ngokuvulwa kwentuthuko ye-RHEL. Ukuphela kokuthuthukiswa kwe-CentOS yakudala kuvuna i-CentOS Stream kwakuwuhlobo lokuyekethisa olwasivumela ukuthi sihambise inqubo yokuthuthuka ye-RHEL endleleni evulekile futhi sinikeze amalungu omphakathi wesithathu ithuba lokubamba iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwe-RHEL.
Esikhundleni sokwakha kabusha amaphakheji we-RHEL angaphandle kwebhokisi, umphakathi phambilini obungeke ube nomthelela nganoma iyiphi indlela, i-CentOS ididiyela iphrojekthi yokuqala ye-RHEL futhi izosebenza njengesisekelo sentuthuko yakho. Abantu besithathu bazokwazi ukulawula ukulungiswa kwamaphakeji we-RHEL, baphakamise ushintsho lwabo, futhi bathonye nezinqumo. Iqinisekisa ukuthi okusha I-CentOS izokwazi ukumboza ama-95% wokugeleza komsebenzi okusetshenziselwe i-CentOS yakudala, kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezisele, iRed Hat ihlose ukuhlinzeka ngezixazululo ezengeziwe ezisuselwa ku-RHEL, njengokunwetshwa kohlelo lwe-Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer, oluchaza izindawo ezisetshenziswa mahhala ze-RHEL.
Ukuguqulwa kwephrojekthi enkulu ye-CentOS esikhundleni sokuthuthuka okufanayo kwegatsha elihlukile eliqhubeka ngokuqhubekayo le-CentOS Stream Kuchazwa ngokungafuni ukufafaza amandla ezinhlangothini ezimbili; ngokusho kweRed Hat, ukuzama ukwenza izinto ezimbili eziphikisanayo kuzoholela eqinisweni lokuthi bobabili bazokwenziwa kabi. Ngokugxila kuCentOS Stream, inkampani inethemba lokuthi umphumela uzoba ukusatshalaliswa okungaguquguquki nokwethembekile okuhlangabezana nezidingo zomphakathi.
Kuze kube manje, iketanga lokuthuthuka lalibukeka kanjena: isifinyezo senye yezinguqulo zeFedora sithathwe njengesisekelo segatsha elisha le-RHEL, lokho kwacolisiswa futhi kwaqiniswa ngasese, ngaphandle kwamandla okulawula inqubekela phambili nezinqumo zentuthuko. Ngokwesisekelo samaphakeji angaphandle kwebhokisi, kwakhiwa inguqulo yeCentOS, ehambisana ngokuphelele neRHEL. Iketanga elisha lifaka ukudluliswa kwenqubo yokuthuthuka kusuka ku-RHEL kuya ku-CentOS; ngokuya ngesifinyezo seFedora, ngokubamba iqhaza komphakathi, kuzokwakhiwa inguqulo elandelayo ebalulekile yeCentOS Stream, ngemuva kwalokho iRHEL izokwakha kabusha ngokususelwa kuCentOS Stream.
Ngeshwa izindleko zokuguqula i-CentOS kuzoba ukulahleka kokuhambisana okugcwele kanambambili ne-RHELkanye nokwehla okungenakugwenywa ezingeni lokuzinza nokufaneleka kokuthunyelwa komkhiqizo. Amaphrojekthi we-Rocky Linux avela kumdali we-CentOS, i-Oracle Linux, ne-CloudLinux's Lenix bazama ukugcwalisa i-niche engenamuntu. Abasebenzisi be-CentOS abadinga ukwakhiwa kabusha kwe-RHEL okugcwele futhi i-CentOS yabo entsha engabavumeli ukuthi baxazulule imisebenzi edingekayo bazokwazi ukuthuthela kulawa maphrojekthi.
Ngokwengeziwe, singabona ukushicilelwa kwengxoxo noGregory Kurtzer, umsunguli wephrojekthi ye-CentOS kanye nomqalisi we ukwakhiwa kabusha okusha kweRocky Linux, kanye nezingxoxo noPablo Greco, umlondolozi weCentOS wakhela ubuciko be-armhfp, noRitch Bowen, uRed Hat obhekele ukuxhumana nomphakathi weCentOS.
Ngokusho kukaPablo Greco, iphrojekthi ye-CentOS ifile futhi ayisekho, njengoba i-CentOS Stream ingeyona i-CentOS, kepha iyisiteji nje sokwenza inguqulo elandelayo ye-RHEL. UPablo uphinde waveza ukuthi akasiye umsebenzi weRed Hat, futhi yize engumnakekeli wokunye kokuhlukahluka kweCentOS, akekho owake wakhuluma ngecebo lokuguqula iCentOS ngaphambi kwesimemezelo esisemthethweni.