"When we talked to FOSDEM attendees about CentOS Connect last year, the general reaction was of surprise that CentOS still existed. Most people thought the project had effectively ended when Red Hat killed off CentOS Linux back in 2020. While that was the end of CentOS Linux, its rather different successor distro CentOS Stream is alive and well with an active community around it."
"One cute change was visible as soon as we got to the registration desk. CentOS Stream now has an official mascot: the quokka. The timing amused us - it's apparently been in discussion since 2022, but became official just in time to coincide with Ubuntu's Questing Quokka becoming the current release, as the Plucky Puffin release reached its end of life in the middle of January."
CentOS Connect 2026 took place in Brussels over two days immediately before FOSDEM. Attendance by reporters covered only the first day because the second conflicted with the Open Source Policy Summit. CentOS Stream adopted an official quokka mascot, formalizing a discussion that began in 2022 and coinciding with Ubuntu's Questing Quokka release and Plucky Puffin's January end-of-life. Many attendees remained surprised that CentOS persisted after Red Hat ended CentOS Linux in 2020. CentOS Stream continues as a distinct successor with an active community and deployment by large organizations such as Meta.
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