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."The most valuable feature of CentOS is the speed and it is very easy to use."
"The community and knowledge base are very robust."
"Its performance is most valuable. There is a performance boost as compared to when the applications are run on Windows OS."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and not complex, especially if you are familiar with CLI."
"The product is very efficient when it comes to virtualization."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is that it is easy to use."
"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."
"Setup is straightforward. You can complete it in about 30 minutes."
"Flatcar's support is good. The version I am using is stable and allows us to make needed changes."
"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."
"When comparing the GUI of CentOS to Microsoft Windows or Mac, it could improve."
"CentOS could be improved with more user-friendly monitoring."
"If a proper GUI-based tool was connected remotely or on the machine, it could be a great addition to CentOS."
"The price of CentOS could improve."
"CentOS could be improved by being more secure. Of course, we use a firewall, but security is always a concern."
"Lacks sufficient security and some coding tools."
"The performance could stand improvement."
"The development teams could sharpen their skills. They should offer applications on the net."
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CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Flatcar Container Linux is ranked 15th 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), SUSE Linux Enterprise and Amazon FreeRTOS.
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