What is the difference between, fedora, redhat, and centos?

[petulia3478]

Link to Fedora main site: https://getfedora.org
Link to Fedora Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_(operating_system)
Link to Fedora Project Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Project_Wiki

Fedora Linux is the upstream of Redhat Enterprise Linux, basically means, new software development for new feature, new products is done on fedora first. See this link: https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/articles/relationship-between-fedora-and-rhel

Link to Centos main site: https://www.centos.org
Link to Centos Wikpedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS

Centos Linux is community-supported version of Redhat, it is generally in-line with Redhat Enterprise Linux, but also has it's own ventures in the open source community.

Link to Redhat main site: https://www.redhat.com/en
Link to Redhat Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Linux

Redhat Enterprise Linux is a commercial linux distribution.

This is interesting to look at; a timeline of linux. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg