We performed a comparison between CentOS and Flatcar Container Linux based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Canonical, Oracle and others in Operating Systems (OS) for Business."CentOS' best feature is that it's the standard product for Linux, so it's well-supported."
"It has minimal updates compared to other distributions."
"The community and knowledge base are very robust."
"CentOS is very easy to use, and all the commands are user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is the speed and it is very easy to use."
"It’s scalable."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"Flatcar's support is good. The version I am using is stable and allows us to make needed changes."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The GUI interface could always be better."
"The YUM install manager can be improved. It is below average as compared to the other install managers. This is the only major problem that I see with CentOS. They should reduce dependency on the YUM manager."
"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."
"Lacks sufficient security and some coding tools."
"The server system is a little bit tough to manage."
"The solution could improve by making the management tools better for the DevOps teams. For example, WebEX and Webstacks."
"It is challenging to scale the solution when we have to increase the storage capacity from one end."
"The development teams could sharpen their skills. They should offer applications on the net."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Flatcar Container Linux is ranked 14th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business. CentOS is rated 8.2, while Flatcar Container Linux is rated 8.0. 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 Flatcar Container Linux writes "The solution is stable and allows us to make needed changes". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and Kali Linux, whereas Flatcar Container Linux is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Amazon FreeRTOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise.
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