CentOS Linux vs. Ubuntu

CentOS Linux

136 Reviews and Ratings

Ubuntu

298 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
CentOS Linux	Score8.6 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
Ubuntu	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	Ubuntu Linux is a Linux-based operating system for personal computers, tablets and smartphones. There is also a Server version which is used on physical or virtual servers in the data center.	N/A

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CentOS Linux	Ubuntu
Free Trial
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	CentOS Linux	Ubuntu
Considered Both Products	Open Source Verified User 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 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 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 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? Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist in Information Technology at Pomona College (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) 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 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 in Information Technology at Nashville Wraps (Wholesale, 51-200 employees) 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 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 in Information Technology at D-TAG Europe Ltd. (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) 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 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 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 in Information Technology at Acceptance Solutions Group (Financial Services, 51-200 employees) 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 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 in Information Technology at TimeTrak Systems, Inc. (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) 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? Aaron Smith Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at TimeTrak Systems, Inc. (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) 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? Olumayowa Mosuro Systems Admin in Information Technology at MultiChoice (Broadcast Media, 1001-5000 employees) 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?	Canonical Ltd Verified User Chose Ubuntu So the main reason behind selecting Ubuntu among others was the easy implementation of services in it. Apart from that, as compared to other Linux its GUI is far more better to use and learn. The support of Debian packages and other software implementations are also great in it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ubuntu Sometimes I also use Linux CentOS but Ubuntu Linux is widely used, so software and other debugging guides are easily available on the web for Ubuntu Linux. It's also very easy to install Ubuntu Linux on new system and have it running in no time. Also, graphics of Ubuntu Linux … Incentivized Helpful? Balázs Kiss Software Developer in Engineering at Webvalto Ltd. (Banking, 51-200 employees) Chose Ubuntu A viable, free, widely used alternative to any modern operating systems on the market. Ubuntu [Linux] is constantly improved, has an enormous user base, a very good community. It's one of the most advanced Linux distributions of today, and can be highly customized to the point … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ubuntu We mainly chose Ubuntu Linux for its broad compatibility and package availability. Where we have a choice we prefer to deploy software on a Linux platform rather than Windows. Ubuntu is supported by our backup software and we find that updates typically complete without errors. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ubuntu SUSE is a European-based Linux system company, I have used it extensively over a couple of months and it's stable. I have always loved CentOS and for the past 4 years, I have used this OS as my primary workstation OS. You just don't need to reboot the system ever, it just is so … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ubuntu Prior to selecting Ubuntu Linux, we looked at CentOS Linux. Obviously, both are distributions of Linux, with Ubuntu hailing from the Debian lineage, where CentOS is derived from RHEL. Ultimately, we decided on Ubuntu because it's a bit more user-friendly. However, we could … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ubuntu We chose Ubuntu because it has lower licensing fees and better free support. We like Debian-based distributions in general, and Ubuntu in particular. Other Debian-based distros we use include Kali and Mint. We've also done trials on Fedora on the desktop, but found that Ubuntu … Incentivized Helpful? Leonel Quinteros Director of Technology in Information Technology at Global Brigades, Inc. (Philanthropy, 51-200 employees) Chose Ubuntu Historically Ubuntu has been one step forward from Red Hat and CentOS distributions about software versions and tools usability. In the last years they've caught up and it's very comparable, but at this point, my decision was already made and I will continue choosing Ubuntu, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ubuntu Ubuntu is geared for one real market: Users who are searching for a way to experience Linux, without having to "experience" Linux (i.e. the various package formats, Kernel compiling, etc). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ubuntu CentOS is good if you are using as a server operating system but a developer is not able to use CentOS. They don't have enough features. But In, Ubuntu the developer is using all of the features they can add all the Repository in the Ubuntu. Ubuntu is one of the best for the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ubuntu The Ubuntu software repository is the best, bar none, except maybe Debian. However, Ubuntu has a much wider user audience. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Putnam Senior Web Developer in Engineering at WebpageFX (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Ubuntu Ubuntu is free and has excellent community support. Ubuntu is very quick to implement with development tools and the LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) stack. Ubuntu also has excellent software support, including a huge selection of free open source applications that are … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	CentOS Linux	Ubuntu
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (21 ratings)	8.5 (46 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.6 (5 ratings)	8.6 (6 ratings)