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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.
Installing Python on Linux Â¶. The latest versions of Ubuntu and Fedora come with Python 2.7 out of the box. The latest versions of Redhat Enterprise (RHEL) and CentOS come with Python 2.6. To see which version of Python you have installed, open a command prompt and run. Some older versions of RHEL and CentOS come with Python 2.4 which is unacceptable for modern Python development. Fortunately, there are which include high quality additional packages based on their Fedora counterparts.