TrustRadius Insights for CentOS Linux are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
High Security and Stability: Many users have expressed their satisfaction with the high level of security and stability provided by CentOS. They value the peace of mind that comes from using a reliable operating system straight out of the box.
Smooth Performance: Users consistently praise the performance of CentOS, even on average hardware. They appreciate its efficiency and optimization, which result in a smooth and responsive user experience.
Versatile Deployment: The ease and speed of deployment in various scenarios make CentOS a versatile choice for different projects. Users find it convenient for their needs, allowing them to quickly set up their development environment or host necessary network services.
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CentOS Linux Reviews
4 Reviews
Enterprises (1,001+ employees)
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As we have small clients we prefer to use CentOS, the installation is easier and it’s very stable and reliable. It’s recommended for faster security patching. The applications running on it don’t need to be updated as often and the cost is also very less than compared with other Linux essentials.
Pros
Applications doesn’t need to be updated often.
Reliable and scalable
User friendly
Cons
It should be made ready for bigger enterprises.
It should be faster for booting.
It should be a viable for daily use.
Likelihood to Recommend
It’s best suited for smaller organisations and not suited for companies that have the most number of clients. It should be made in a way that it can boot faster and also user friendly. The support should be better and have better features incorporated when compared with its rivals.
VU
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)
We use CentOS as the host OS for MongoDB servers in our analytics service. We also used to have it as the host for the user file Backup Service Front Ends. We use it both on bare metal and in virtual machines. We also have development and testing virtual machines setup with it as a host OS.
Pros
Enterprise ready
Stable packages
Great Online knowledge base
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)
Likelihood to Recommend
CentOS is well suited as a server host OS, for web servers, databases and even container host. We found that NFS performance was better inside physical machines than in virtual ones, so for some critical IOPS bounded applications we used physical servers that ran CentOS and some of them were even Docker hosts with no noticeable performance degradation.
As our organization looked to shift to cloud development, we need to standardize on a cloud-friendly Linux distribution. We evaluated CentOS for this purpose within my development team with the idea being that CentOS offered compatibility with rpm packages, and could largely mirror an expensive Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server, without the cost. Unfortunately, we found that CentOS 8 was not fit for this purpose.
Pros
Barebones user-interface - CentOS doesn't aim to be flashy, and takes a no-nonsense approach to the user interface. Unfortunately, this is also one of its downsides.
RPM package compatibility - CentOS can readily use most RPMs making it trivially easy to set up a machine for development that you'll want to mirror for production.
Command Line Customization - CentOS is easier than other distributions for customizing from the command line, making it easier to automate the deployment of a new instance.
Cons
Ugly User Interface - I can deal with a simple and barebones interface, but that doesn't mean it needs to look like it was designed in the early 90s.
Smaller user base than other distributions - CentOS, while well established as a viable Linux distribution, lacks as strong of a user base as other distributions, making it more difficult to get support on user forums.
Drive compatibility - CentOS lacks as robust driver support as other distributions. For instance, in my most recent install, I still needed to install networking support packages, rather than having in-built support.
Likelihood to Recommend
CentOS is ideal if you need to replicate a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server setup for cheap/free, as you can use most, if not all, of the same packages you use on your RHEL set-up. It's also ideal if you need something that you can easily customize from the command line (such as in a virtualized environment.) It's less ideal if you want user community support or a user-friendly desktop environment.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development (5001-10,000 employees)
The centos 6.5 Linux operating system is used mainly for our Asterisk PBX solutions. This solution is used for our retention agents to communicate with customers via this system. The O.S is configured at the IT departments and is used for retention contact center.
We have addressed a lot of problems for our retention team as we have a more robust solution that can be managed on a reliable operating system. Centos is free open source Linux based system that is stable and prone to various and easy to use. The agents at the contact center can perform the various functions via asterisk solution perfectly.
Pros
The operating system is open-source Linux based distribution. These have helped companies to spend money on purchasing licenses unlike the Windows operating system
You can find solutions to any issues for the operating system. Since it is a community build, access to basic troubleshooting or problems for CentOS can be found easily online. Other operating systems you might need to pay for their help desk assistance.
The command line in CentOS is really a valuable tool especially for the developers. This is one way in which applications can be installed and function properly. But one has to be a master of coding before performing functions on the OS.
Security is not an issue for the operating system as most linux boxes are prone to security. Unlike the Windows operating system, you might want to spend money buying an anti virus to run on your servers which is not really cost effective.
Cons
Less text editors.
Options for full access for admin users.
More security functionalities for root access.
Server updates can take a while. The time for this can be reduced.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well well suited for PBX solutions such as Asterisk, voice-over IP and CRM solutions, database solutions. Not well suited for security solutions, network monitoring.
