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161Learn how to contribute</a>.</p> 162 163<p>CentOS Stream can serve as a production operating system, a development 164environment, or a preview of the next minor RHEL release. 165It also serves as a foundation for the work from our Special Interest Groups (SIGs).</p> 166 167<h2 id="centos-special-interest-groups">CentOS Special Interest Groups</h2> 168 169<p>The CentOS Project is home to a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs). 170SIGs are involved in the project in a number of ways.</p> 171 172<ul> 173 <li>Produce variant editions and alternative images of CentOS.</li> 174 <li>Develop and package software to be run on top of CentOS.</li> 175 <li>Support the CentOS project with non-technical activities.</li> 176</ul> 177 178<p><a href="/sigs">See all Special Interest Groups</a>.</p> 179 180<h2 id="the-centos-board">The CentOS Board</h2> 181 182<p>The CentOS Governing Board is made up of members of the CentOS Project, some 183whom have been around since the creation of the Project, as well as new members 184from the community and Red Hat. The focus of the Governing Board is to curate 185the CentOS Project, assist and guide in the progress and development of the 186various SIGs, as well as to promote CentOS Stream. For more information read 187the <a href="/about/governance">governance page</a>.</p> 188 189 </div> 190 </div> 191 192 193 </main> 194 195 196 <footer class="footer small bg-dark bg-image text-light"> 197 198 <div class="container"> 199 200<div class="row bg-primary text-light"> 201 202 203 204 205</div> 206 207 </div> 208 209 210 211 <div class="container border-5 border-top border-primary"> 212 213<div class="row"> 214 215 216 <div class="mt-3 col-sm-12 col-lg-8"> 217 218 <div class="lead">Community-driven free software effort focused around the goal of providing a rich base platform for open source communities to build upon.</div> 219 </div> 220 221 222 <div class="my-3 col-sm-12 col-lg-4 d-flex justify-content-sm-start justify-content-lg-end"> 223 <a class="btn border-0 btn-outline-primary fs-4" href="https://youtube.com/TheCentOSProject" role="button" aria-label="YouTube" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-title="YouTube"><i class="fa-brands fa-youtube"></i></a> 224 <a class="btn border-0 btn-outline-primary fs-4" href="https://bsky.app/profile/centos.org" role="button" aria-label="Bluesky" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-title="Bluesky"><i class="fa-brands fa-bluesky"></i></a> 225 <a class="btn border-0 btn-outline-primary fs-4" href="https://fosstodon.org/@centos" role="button" aria-label="Mastodon" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-title="Mastodon"><i class="fa-brands fa-mastodon"></i></a> 226 <a class="btn border-0 btn-outline-primary fs-4" href="https://www.facebook.com/CentOSProject" role="button" aria-label="Facebook" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-title="Facebook"><i class="fa-brands fa-facebook-f"></i></a> 227 <a class="btn border-0 btn-outline-primary fs-4" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/centos-project/" role="button" aria-label="LinkedIn" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-title="LinkedIn"><i class="fa-brands fa-linkedin"></i></a> 228 <a class="btn border-0 btn-outline-primary fs-4" href="https://x.com/centos" role="button" aria-label="x" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-title="x"><i class="fa-brands fa-x-twitter"></i></a> 229 <a class="btn border-0 btn-outline-primary fs-4" href="https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/c/neighbors/centos/" role="button" aria-label="Discourse" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-title="Discourse"><i class="fa-brands fa-discourse"></i></a> 230 <a class="btn border-0 btn-outline-primary fs-4" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CentOS/" role="button" aria-label="Reddit" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-title="Reddit"><i class="fa-brands fa-reddit"></i></a> 231 232 </div> 233 234</div> 235 236 </div> 237 238 239 240 241 242 <div class="container py-1"> 243 <div class="row my-3"> 244 <div class="col">Copyright © 2026 The CentOS Project <a href="https://www.centos.org/legal" class="border-start ms-2 ps-2 link-light link-offset-3 link-offset-3-hover link-underline-light link-underline-opacity-25 link-underline-opacity-75-hover">Legal</a><a href="https://www.centos.org/legal/privacy" class="border-start ms-2 ps-2 link-light link-offset-3 link-offset-3-hover link-un
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