The Planet has released CentOS, a new Operating System option available on dedicated server lines Total Control and Server Matrix. CentOS has numerous advantages over other clone projects including an active and growing user community, quick and reliable restore and reconfiguration, fully QA tested, Errata packages, and an extensive mirror network. The product is managed by developers who are available and responsive with multiple free support avenues including: IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums, and a dynamic FAQ.



CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully to the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible.



Operating systems currently offered by The Planet include: Windows 2003, Redhat ES, FreeBSD, Debian, and now CentOS.