What are the differences between centos and redhat?

Introduction to the differences:

1. RHEL can get online upgrades (including patches) or consulting services and technical support by paying; CentOS provides long-term free upgrade and update support. , there is also a lot of technical support on the Internet.

2. Although centos is a clone version of RHEL, it is not exactly the same. There is no guarantee that the software corresponding to RHEL can work 100% normally on CentOS. And the correction of security vulnerabilities corresponds to the upgrade of software packages.

3. As for RHEL’s paid services and technical support, delays can range from hours to days, weeks, or months. So, CentOS gets all the features of RHEL, even better software.

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4. CentOS does not provide commercial support to users, and of course does not assume any commercial responsibility. Using CentOS is completely legal and does not involve copyright issues.

5. It is very convenient to obtain CentOS. More than 10 site mirrors (HTTP/FTP) are provided around the world, as well as BT mode (seeds are provided all year round).

Version correspondence:

　CentOS 5.0 = RedHat AS5　　
　CentOS 5.1 = RedHat AS5-update1　　
　CentOS 5.2 = RedHat AS5-update2　　
　CentOS 5.3 = RedHat AS5-update3　　
　CentOS 5.4 = RedHat AS5-update4　　
　CentOS 5.5 = RedHat AS5-update5

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