We performed a comparison between CentOS and Ubuntu Linux 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."CentOS is very easy to use, and all the commands are user-friendly."
"I like the command prompt of CentOS. It's very simple."
"The most valuable features of CentOS are it is built from Linux, has good performance, and can we can create scripts. The scripts are you to do minor work automatically."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is the speed and it is very easy to use."
"It helps us install and deploy our applications."
"It's less expensive than Red Hat."
"It is a stable soultion."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is that it is easy to use."
"Windows needs a refresh option to refresh its screen, but Ubuntu doesn't need that. It refreshes automatically and works well."
"Ubuntu Linux's most valuable feature is its open-source nature."
"The solution is always adding more features."
"The most valuable feature is that it's developer-friendly and easily accessible. Like any other Linux operating system, you have access to open sources, all the necessary tooling, and anything that helps developers do their work. I'm no Linux guru, but Ubuntu offers packages that I find easy to use. There are other options for people who are very skilled with Linux, but this solution has the perfect balance of having enough technical requirements to meet your needs while still being usable. It doesn't require you to be so technically proficient that you need to recompile kernels or anything like that. It's a Linux operating system for normal people."
"If there is a virus going into the network, it has to pass through an Ubuntu server, which can't be infected by the virus. So, there are less viruses on our systems."
"Since Ubuntu is freely available for download and use, there is virtually no investment required, resulting in a high ROI."
"There is a lot of freedom and flexibility to install it really quickly. It is just very powerful in the sense that it doesn't take up as many resources to run as some of the other operating systems. It is open source, so it is free. There is no licensing fee. There is flexibility and freedom to do whatever you need to do. If you are familiar with the command line, you can jump on the command line and configure almost any part of the operating system that you want. If you are not comfortable with the command line, the graphical user interface has really improved ever since I started using Linux back in high school. It is really very simple to manage your settings and other things. You can also try out multiple desktop environments. As a matter of fact, on one of my laptops, I have installed five different desktop environments, and I can switch between them. If you don't like one, you can easily just install another one with a few commands, and you have got a whole new desktop right there, whereas, in Microsoft Windows or a Mac, you are just stuck with whatever they give you, and you have to wait until they sell you something else."
"The most valuable features are the pseudo-terminal and it is the most open-sourced operating system that can be used."
"We would like Red Hat to keep supporting the solution but they have decided to get rid of it and there isn't much we can do about it."
"The server system is a little bit tough to manage."
"Continuous deployment is the only thing that can be improved."
"More security features could be included in the next release."
"The support could be a bit better."
"There could be more integration features included in the product."
"This solution is no longer suited to our business following the change they have made to the release process. It is no longer an enterprise solution."
"The performance could stand improvement."
"They can keep improving the solution's ability to be adopted by users by adding features, such as better tutorials and integration into the system."
"I think Ubuntu's performance is fine and so is its user interface. However, the latter is not as fancy as Microsoft Windows. It could be a bit fancier and easier to use."
"We'd like to have a bit more of a friendly user interface."
"We use and have previously used Windows 10 which is a lot better."
"Lack of integration with other operating systems."
"The solution must provide more integrations."
"On the desktop edition, we'd like more themes."
"Limited application support compared with Windows and MacOS."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 134 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. 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 Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and openSUSE Leap. See our CentOS vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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