CentOSStream10,codenamed"Coughlan",wasofficiallyreleasedonDecember12th.Itisalong-termmaintenanceversionthatwillbesupporteduntiltheyear2030.TheversionisbasedonLinux6.12LTSkernelandhasupgradedtoPython3.12,Go1.23andRust1.82amongothermainstreamprogramminglanguagestoprovidedeveloperswiththelatesttoolchain.
CentOSStream10hasalsoupdatedGCC14,OpenJDKJava21,PHP8.3,LLVM19,Qt6.7andDNF4.20whichfurtherenhancesystemperformanceandfunctionality.
OnenotablechangeinthisreleaseisthatCentOSStream10nolongerpre-installsFirefox,GIMP,LibreOffice，Inkscape和Thunderbird。UsersarerecommendedtoinstalltheseapplicationsthroughFlathub'sFlatpaksoftwarepackageinstead.
CentOSStreamispartofthebroaderCentOScommunityanditsreleasemarksanotherstepforwardforuserswhorequiresupportbeyondEOL(End-of-Life).AsmentionedearlierthatCentOSStreamprovidesup-to-datedevelopmentversionsforusersinterestedincontributingcodeortestingnewsoftwareasithappensinreal-timeduringdevelopmentcyclesbeforegoingintodownstreamprojectslikeRHEL(RedHatEnterpriseLinux).
