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CentOS is a community-supported, free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution. CentOS stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System. CentOS developers use Red Hatâs source code to create a final product very similar to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. CentOS is available free of charge. Technical support is primarily provided by the community via official mailing lists, web forums, and chat rooms.
up vote 11 down vote accepted. 1  Google Chrome OS is a Linux-based operating system on which Chrome is the browser and focuses on the use of the online applications that belong to Google (Google Drive, Youtube 2  ...). Centos OS is also a Linux-based operating system but unlike Chrome OS which runs on mobiles, Centos OS is widely used for servers. Sandboxing is a concept that you see frequently in Chrome Os because it is the commercial version of the free and open source project Chromium OS which relies on sandboxing mechanism.