CentOS Linux vs. Chromium OS

CentOS Linux

CentOS Linux

136 Reviews and Ratings

Chromium OS

Chromium OS

7 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
CentOS Linux	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	CentOS Linux is a Linux distribution is an enterprise OS platform compatible with its source RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Its end of life was announced for December 2021.	N/A
Chromium OS	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.	N/A

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Community Pulse
	CentOS Linux	Chromium OS
Considered Both Products	CentOS Linux Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux As it’s only for smaller clients and it’s best suited for our organisation and also it’s reliable. The patching cycle is okay and the applications need not be updated regularly so the downtime will be reduced hence it’s recommended for smaller clients as it’s less costly when … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux Ubuntu linux is another candidate that we've evaluated. It stacks up well against CentOS Linux, however it does have some quirks we need to deal with such as package management and stability. For the most part, the server version of Ubuntu is stable, but we stick with CentOS … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux Ubuntu Linux LTS used to be a more bleeding edge and did not provide the reliability and stability compared to CentOS, but with the move to CentOS Stream. This is reversed and we're considering moving to Ubuntu even though that is a lot of work. We simply can't work with CentOS … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux CentOS is based on RHEL, so it really came down to the costs when making the selection between our options. RHEL offered more support and features, but nothing that we specifically needed. CentOS is fully customizable, something Windows Server was also lacking in many ways. The … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux CentOS has a better reputation than Ubuntu Server. In the past some of the packages were quite old compared to Ubuntu Server. CentOS 7 had longer support cycle than the 4 year Ubuntu LTS. And CentOS Stream promises even longer support. It is harder to manage than Ubuntu Server, … Incentivized Helpful? KD Kaitlyn Delacruz CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose CentOS Linux Free no cost, Lower costs for support, and overall doesn't require a per licensing for each install. Incentivized Helpful? Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist Chose CentOS Linux Long ago we used to run Red Hat ES. However, the management of the licenses and stupid dashboards just killed us. Too much time was wasted on worthless administration. Support was not good either. Now I used SUSE way back in the 2000's and it was ok. About two years ago I tried … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux For our development environment, we evaluated CentOS against Ubuntu and SLES, and actually did not end up picking CentOS, as our developers found it primitive compared to the niceties offered out of the box from Ubuntu. In addition, our developers found that Ubuntu had an … Incentivized Helpful? Bear Golightly IT Operations Manager / IT Service Manager Chose CentOS Linux When the rubber meets the road, any Linux distribution will do. However, RHEL and distributions that are derived from RHEL have a fantastic ecosystem of users, software packages, and documentation (which is generally compatible between RHEL-derived distributions) that make it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux I like CentOS over other flavors of Linux - mainly because it's widely used, supported, and it's based of RedHat Enterprise Linux. Comparing it to Windows as a server? No comparison - CentOS all the way - unless you want to reboot your windows servers every few days. Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Ngugi Muiruri IT support Chose CentOS Linux CentOS has a longer release cycle; it also has a much longer support cycle. i think overall CentOS is more stable and secure. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux We also use Ubuntu or Debian. They have their differences but it mainly comes down to what the software "officially" supports. You can get it to run on either but if there are scripts or packages already built it just saves time. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux CentOs is the standard in the hosting industry when it comes to different versions of Linux OSs, it's almost an exact clone of Redhat so it fits in with every need pretty well as well as it being free to use as it is opensource. Ubuntu is a great desktop OS. Incentivized Helpful? Valery Mezentsau IT Department Manager Chose CentOS Linux Comparing to Ubuntu Server OS, CentOS is better from the security hardening side. RHEL: from my hands-on experience it is pretty much the same as CentOS, but in lots of cases, costs money. However, RHEL has better internal, community and software vendors support. Windows … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CentOS Linux Ubuntu Server has a lot of the same pros as CentOS, it can sometimes take a little more work to get the same level of security that you can get out of the box with CentOS. However, Ubuntu has a much better desktop than CentOS. Windows Servers is also reliable and secure well … Incentivized Helpful? Charles R. Coggins III Technical Support Specialist Chose CentOS Linux I am currently looking into Ubuntu Web Server. I believe I have 18.04 installed on my test lab. I have been trying to compare speeds and reliability to our CentOS Server. The hard part for me is finding a decent web panel to use. CentOS Web Panel is really nice and I have not … Incentivized Helpful? David Wilson Senior System Analyst Chose CentOS Linux CentOS is lightweight. I can run it fine on virtual machines with as little as 512Mb RAM; that's impossible using Windows Server. Incentivized Helpful? Aaron Smith Information Technology Manager Chose CentOS Linux While Ubuntu Server has a lot of the same pros as CentOS, it can sometimes take a little more work to get the same level of hardening that you can get out of the box with CentOS. However, Ubuntu offers a much better desktop experience than CentOS. Windows Server is also very … Incentivized Helpful? Kenneth Hess Senior Systems Analyst Chose CentOS Linux CentOS is different than other Linux distributions because it is as close to Red Hat Enterprise Linux as you can get without incurring the costs of Red Hat licensing. Most enterprises accept Red Hat and CentOS as a standard operating system. Some of the other distributions do … Incentivized Helpful? germary zambrano jefe del departamento de informatica Chose CentOS Linux CentOS is a derivative distribution, or rather cloned, of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which allows 100% compatibility with the binaries of the applications developed for RHEL. For this reason, and being "backed" by such an important company as Red Hat, it is one of the most used … Incentivized Helpful? Olumayowa Mosuro Systems Admin Chose CentOS Linux It is more robust and easy to use, troubleshooting tips can be found online. You can also get community help as well. It is prone to security as compared to other OS. Updates are downloaded and installed in which an admin user can see the progress via the Command line interface. Incentivized Helpful?	Chromium OS No answer on this topic

Best Alternatives
	CentOS Linux	Chromium OS
Small Businesses	Ubuntu Score 8.7 out of 10	Ubuntu Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Score 9.3 out of 10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Score 9.3 out of 10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
	CentOS Linux	Chromium OS
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.6 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	CentOS Linux	Chromium OS
Likelihood to Recommend	I have been a CentOS user for over 10 years and remain loyal to the core OS. When it comes to stability and speed, there's no other OS I'd recommend over it. I base this recommendation on my personal experience, as I have multiple development and production servers running the CentOS software today. It's running on newer and older hardware with ease, and the price is right! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Pros	First of all, CentOS is one of the most secure and stable OSes straits from the box. High performance on the average hardware. In most of my scenarios—easy and quick deployment. Huge KB community that helps to build and support different services on CentOS. Versions lifecycle. Incentivized Valeryi Mezentsev IT Department Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	It's not as intuitive as it could be Some packages can be quite old compared with other distributions Breaking changes appear often when packages are obsoleted usually with no supported transition path (this is a general *NIX problem, but it's more accentuated in CentOS) Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Again, written documentation is excellent, even on the older versions. The support community is the best. It is comprehensive and I would say that it global because it transcends national boundaries. Also, you find all types of people using CentOS to do all sorts of things so you are bound to find someone to talk to if there are problems. Incentivized Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Ubuntu Linux is another candidate that we've evaluated. It stacks up well against CentOS Linux, however it does have some quirks we need to deal with such as package management and stability. For the most part, the server version of Ubuntu is stable, but we stick with CentOS Linux because it seems to have a slight edge over Ubuntu in that realm as well. I have colleagues at other firms that are wholesale Ubuntu server infrastructure, and they are very happy with it and Ubuntu is favorable there. With the changes that have occurred or may still yet occur at CentOS Linux, we may go down the path towards Ubuntu. But for now, CentOS Linux is where we are parked and will remain for the foreseeable future. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Since CentOS is free, our developers and engineers can use it without regard for dipping into project budgets. We can spin up a CentOS VM, use it and then destroy it without having to worry about licensing headaches. CentOS can run on just about any hardware platform: server, laptop, old hardware, etc. so that makes it less expensive in that we don't have to buy specialized hardware for it. Incentivized Kenneth Hess Senior Systems Analyst Read full review	No answers on this topic
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