We performed a comparison between CentOS and Windows 10 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Operating Systems (OS) for Business solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's easy to install."
"A valuable features of CentOS is that it's quite stable and doesn't crash often. It's also quite intuitive."
"Very robust and easy to work with."
"The latest version of this solution has everything built in, making it comprehensive and very easy to use."
"I find the solution's stability to be the most valuable feature of it since I have been using a virtual machine with the help of the solution since 2015, and it still works on all the laptops in my organization."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"It helps us install and deploy our applications."
"The scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers."
"We use Windows due to the fact that the system is good for us and for our information system."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It is stable, scalable, and secure. It is also easy to install."
"I like how Windows 10 is quite stable."
"It's user-friendly."
"Windows has significantly improved its performance and stability over the past seven or eight years. In the earlier days, issues were more challenging to resolve, but nowadays, most problems are easily fixed."
"The work is now faster and more efficient because most of the running programs do not crash during the run stage, like the previous version we were using for work."
"The solution is very easy to install."
"CentOS NetworkManager is an area of concern in the solution that needs improvement, and it is the same with other products from Red Hat."
"CentOS could be improved by being more secure. Of course, we use a firewall, but security is always a concern."
"CentOS is not easy."
"The performance could stand improvement."
"The GUI interface could always be better."
"The price could be better. They could add more drivers in terms of peripherals and other things. Add more drivers for the Linux specifications in the next release. Right now, they are just pushing to have more drivers for Windows instead of Linux."
"It would be ideal if Red Hat would continue the CentOS versions in an open-source format. They seem to be moving away from that. Now only paid versions are available."
"The server system is a little bit tough to manage."
"Compared to Ubuntu or other products, I don't consider the operating system to be that great in terms of stability."
"The security features need improvement."
"The interface could be more friendly."
"I would like to see better pricing and faster support."
"It would be nice to have more integration with other platforms, something which is always welcome."
"I would like to see an easier licensing system."
"My problem with the product stems from the fact that it does not ask for your opinion or time when going for an upgrade."
"This solution is good enough, but Windows is always playing catch-up when it comes to development. An improvement I would like to see is in Windows updates. They don't seem to test the updates."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Windows 10 is ranked 7th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 259 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while Windows 10 is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CentOS writes "Allows you to securely store data, and command prompts make it simple to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows 10 writes "User-friendly, easy to setup and manage domain ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and Rocky Linux, whereas Windows 10 is most compared with Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu Linux, Oracle Solaris and Google Chrome Enterprise. See our CentOS vs. Windows 10 report.
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