https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/videos/watch/233e75fc-5e64-4ef4-b062-e914b1463edd A couple of episodes ago we talked to Carl George about EPEL, and half that conversation ended up being about a neighboring project: CentOS. The questions kept coming, so we made a whole episode out of it. Amy Marrich chairs the CentOS Board. Troy Dawson leads the CentOS Stream team and builds Stream for RISC-V in the ISA and Alternative Images SIGs. Shaun McCance is the CentOS Community Architect, and as of a couple of weeks ago the Fedora Community Architect too. Together with Noah, this is the biggest panel we have ever had on the show, and we use it to answer one deceptively simple question: what is CentOS in 2026? We cover why CentOS Linux and CentOS Stream are not the same thing, how the Fedora to ELN to Stream to RHEL pipeline actually works, why Stream and RHEL now build from the same commit, how the project is governed, and how to get involved without writing a line of code. New to Fedora? Get Started Here: https://fedoraproject.org/ Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org Join the Conversation: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org Become Part of the Fedora community: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/join/ Connect with Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://linktr.ee/itguyeric Connect with Noah Chelliah (Kernellinux): https://noahc.us/about Episode Resources The CentOS Project: https://www.centos.org/ CentOS Stream vs CentOS Linux: https://www.centos.org/cl-vs-cs/ CentOS Documentation: https://docs.centos.org/ CentOS Governance and Board: https://www.centos.org/about/governance/ CentOS Special Interest Groups: https://sigs.centos.org/ CentOS Connect: https://www.centos.org/events/ Fedora ELN: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/eln/ Companion post: https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep59-what-is-centos/ Listen to the audio: https://fedoraproject.fireside.fm/59 Chapters 00:00 Cold open 00:41 Welcome 01:51 Meet the panel: Shaun, Amy, and Troy 06:34 Where CentOS came from, and what ELN is 12:58 Red Hat, funding, and the board 16:31 CentOS Linux versus CentOS Stream 23:03 Who should be running Stream 27:06 How Fedora and CentOS work together 30:25 Governance, the board, and the SIGs 32:42 Getting involved without being a coder 43:49 Events: CentOS Connect and beyond 47:23 Final thoughts #Fedora #CentOS #Linux #OpenSource #EnterpriseLinux Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:33:16 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.linuxrocks.online https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/videos/watch/233e75fc-5e64-4ef4-b062-e914b1463edd All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.