CentOS is the Community ENTerprise Operating System, based and derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Of Coruse RHEL is a commercial Operating System, however much of the core contains open source code freely licensed under the GPL, and therefore available for use by the CentOS development community. This enterprise grade stability and security have helped to make CentOS one of the most popular Linux variants for the web hosting and web hosting reseller sectors. Commercial development has a positive effect on the stability of CentOS and the speed with which updates are applied.
Centos VPS Hosting plans hosted on OpenVZ VPS Platform:
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Please note that multiple instances run on a single OpenVZ kernel, so its not possible to recompile your own kernel, though additionals can be loaded via the SolusVM control panel, such as Tun/Tap. OpenVZ is idea for running Asterix server, web, email, database and other hosting servers.
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CentOS Package Management
CentOS, like Fedora and Redhat, uses the RPM format to manage package and software installation. Modern versions of Redhat-based operating systems benefit from the Yum package management tool. Yum stands for “Yellowdog Updater, Modified”, which checks and installs package dependencies automatically if available.
Control Panels + Add-ons
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