CentOS Linux Reviews

Pros

It is free to use so anyone get started with it. It is flavour of linux so if a person knows linux already it very easy to switch to centos. Centos provides more security features than linux. As it is being used for hosting many servers it is go to choice to learn a os.

Cons

Having less community support. Having long release cycle compared to fedora, ubuntu. It is designed to be used through terminal, can'nt perform actions using the UI.

Pros

CentOS Linux is a free and open-source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It has been mainly used to host enterprise-grade web applications. It is a stable, secure, and reliable operating system that also offers a graphical user interface for personal computers. Most preferred OS by Webhosting providers.

Cons

Red Hat community is supporting CentOS 8 until the end of 2021, while support for CentOS 7 will be until 2024. This has created little uncertainty about its future. Its GUI interface for personal computers is difficult to customize.

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Pros

I really like this os, have a lot of good builtin things. really good for compiling things to `many linux` packages

Cons

A bit old, and not really get updated that often. and the GUI is not really nice in my opinion

Pros

What I like the most about this distribution is that it is easy to configure and put into operation, it is very stable for managing databases and applications

Cons

Currently I have no complaints about this distribution but they could improve the performance and distributed workload

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Pros

Opensource, community support, hardware support

Cons

GUI stability while I access it remotely

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Pros

The main thing is this operating system is totally free and a lot helpful for web application development. I have used this OS for a long time but there was nothing out of my requirements. I got almost every single feature and functionality that I basically want to have an operating system. Its customization, sensitivity, and advanced options are so helpful.

Cons

There are no highlighted cons I noticed with this operating system but I think its UI/UX part should be improved.

Pros

Rock solid
Good community support with tons of tutorials online

Cons

Not as much support as the ever popular Ubuntu

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Pros

Have a Linux based operating system has made it helpful for our engineers to use for certain projects. User interface for CentOS is setup for administrators to access tools efficiently. The applications in CentOS are more secure than our Windows machines.

Cons

There are only specific application that are compatible with CentOS. The support for Linux is hard to find that is able to resolve issues at a good price. There are less engineers that are able to use and manage CentOS.

Pros

CentOS was a great operating system based on RedHat Enterprise Linux source code, it was a down stream of RedHat Enterprise Linux which means any updates or security patches or issues fixed and tested by RedHat Enterprise Linux community end up released in CentOS after a while.
But now After RedHat/IBM decided to kill CentOS, they required it and made it an up stream to RedHat Enterprise Linux, so instead of CentOS taking updates tested in RedHat, RedHat now uses CentOS as for testing.

Cons

RedHat/IBM acquired CentOS and killed the project.

Pros

Very easy to setup and can consume very less resources. We are using sent of to deploy our application on dockers and with help of centos we are able to do this with minimum resources use. We are using centos to deploy our javascript application and also to install Jenkins, sonarqube etc. Tools.

Cons

Its user interface is not good. All you need to be good at terminal side means have to remember all commands.

Pros

It is free. You get the same binaries as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, except for the Red Hat Network portion, and it is usually available a few weeks after a given Red Hat release. It is more secure and stable than Windows. Since it is widely adopted, there are lots of web sites for software and knowledge bases.

Cons

It is an unsupported release, although you can buy third-party support. I have not done this. It is less widely adopted and somewhat more difficult to use than Windows, but is not a problem for a skilled Unix administrator.

Pros

CentOS is an open source operating system, it's easy to use and features are awesome.i like the security feature the most.CentOS graphical user interface is fantastic, nowadays every organisation needs Linux at any point of time, I would say CentOS is best OS for beginners you can easily learn and understand Linux .

Cons

CentOS is little bit outdated than other OS like windows and Mac. I would if UI of CentOS can be enhanced and some new features will be added then it will be great.Installing the new packages is not easy in CentOS as compare to other OS.

Pros

Centos runs only the most stable version of codes and integrates it as well.The CLI works buttery smooth and is superfast

Cons

CentOS has a small database and still emerging and developing.So not much updates.. Overall its great.

Pros

CentOS is a very stable and reliable Linux distribution that I have used in various organisations as a server OS. It works well, has good package management and can be quite easily secured. Works well with products like cPanel.

Cons

The problem with CentOS now is that its future is unknown. Red Hat has stated it won't be continuing this distribution - which is probably related to the acquisition of Red Hat by Big Blue (IBM). It's a real shame to see such a monument of open-source like CentOS being discontinued. I only hope this is not the first nail in the coffin for open-source as a whole.

Pros

Centos is light and stable compared to other Linux OS. Plus, it is excellent for beginners since it provides a friendly user interface and easily accessible terminal commands.

Cons

Centos OS' community is smaller than other Linux operating systems. Furthermore, apps not downloaded from the app store are less stable than the store's apps.

Pros

My favourite thing about CentOS is how great the security is. There is barely ever any exploits for CentOS compared to other operating systems, the firewall is great and new patches are always secure.

Cons

The only slight gripe that I have with CentOS is that not all packages which you can get on other distros are available out of the box.

Pros

CentOS is my preferred distro for servers. From application services to virtualizations. It is very stable, weekly updates, a well documented CLI easy to use.

Cons

I have no problems with CentOS, if something doesn't work, searching the community for the answer is likely to be solved.

Pros

This is a great software for most of uses. I use this on several servers. Has a lot of documentation, great comunity support.

Cons

This OS change your release type. Will be a rolling release and i don't like it. You need to move to RedHat Enterprise o another distro like Debian or Ubuntu if you need stability in your environment.

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Pros

The implementation of RHEL is well know within the enterprise world, and for the case of a network infrastructure is almost perfect, CentOS was the best free alternative, sadly it will come to an end.

Cons

There is a learning curve and in terms of security is good, but that comes with a cost like the repository implementation, is not the best, is almost like Fedora, it just make things a little bit more complicated.

Pros

I like that CentOS doesn't use a lot of memory resources to run fast our server.

Cons

I don't like the recent changes and discontinuity of CentOS 7 and 8. It's confusing how to upgrade to CentOS RHEL version without affecting our actual server functions.

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Pros

I really like Cent OS Linux. It meets all my specifications for software and does it without any problems. Was looking for something that wasn't too technical, didn't require a lot of time commitment or expenditure and was compatible with most operating systems and hardware. I found it in Cent OS Linux

Cons

It has no bad sides which I have faced. So I love it most and recommended it.

Pros

It is a dominant operating system in servers due to features, price and security, since CentOs is based on Red Hat Enterprise and is supported by its products at no cost.

Security updates are fast and it is a stable and efficient operating system.

I have used it based on asterisk for the administration of telephone exchanges and on Centos to install CCTV software which has been wonderful for me

Cons

One of the things I don't like is that to scale you have to add servers, we have limitations for synchronized audio and video and if the server fails everything fails

Pros

I like how easy it is to use and how fast it is. It also performs well and helps me integrate with other technologies.

Cons

At the moment I have not found any weakness in the product.

Pros

Easy to manage for Sys Admins, easy commands

Cons

More User Friendly, It needs to implements a GUI as defaults

Pros

The best part is that it is a stable, secure, and reliable Linux operating system. Best for your application hosting and for servers.

Cons

The graphical user interface (GUI) should be more interactive so that end users can work more efficiently. Users still prefer to operate on a Windows-based operating system.