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."It is a scalable and cost-effective product compared to public cloud solutions."
"Offers useful information and has good compatibility."
"The solution is easy to troubleshoot."
"The scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers."
"It’s a simple, straightforward implementation."
"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 user interface of CentOS is intuitive, we can also use the command prompt."
"It has minimal updates compared to other distributions."
"The solution is scalable, it is open-source, and can be developed. You are able to install it on many different systems."
"Stability of our systems has only improved since moving from CentOS to Ubuntu LTS."
"Ubuntu is free and stable."
"The product is easy to use."
"I like the flexibility."
"It is fast and easy to install. It also supports containers and all kinds of libraries. I can do almost everything with it."
"Ubuntu Linux is very easy to learn, manage, and keep updated."
"There are many good automation features in Ubuntu."
"There is no notification before updates are applied to the solution, which occasionally means that new functionality isn't compatible with how the product is currently being used, and causes issues."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"CentOS is very close to the end of life."
"The GUI interface could always be better."
"CentOS is not easy."
"CentOS NetworkManager is an area of concern in the solution that needs improvement, and it is the same with other products from Red Hat."
"The support could be a bit better."
"There could be more integration features included in the product."
"The learning curve is quite high for non-technical users. Therefore, it's not a suitable solution for a general office environment."
"Ubuntu could add some additional hardware support."
"The performance of this product could still be improved, as it's always good to improve on the performance of any product, no matter how satisfied you are with it."
"Ubuntu Linux does not easily detect the drivers of new devices, and you need to do some trial and error for some of the third parties porting into it."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Ubuntu Linux could improve by having better documentation because sometimes their documentation is not very good."
"The product could be compatible with Microsoft."
"I would like to see the group policies and the GUI improved in the next release."
CentOS is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.4, 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 "Open-source with a great support community and seamless updating". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), openSUSE Leap, Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and openSUSE Leap. See our CentOS vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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