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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.
Windows is the most popular among them because it is one of the best os and it is already used in lots of computers. And, large amount of softwares are made for windows. Jean-Clod. Well, for Desktops/Servers, there are 4 main types of operating systems: Windows, and the three UNIX-based ones: Linux, MacOS, BSD. most OS' are based on those. I know, there are ones that aren't forks of those, but these aren't really used anymore. But I am no expert.