Android vs CentOS Linux

Likelihood to Recommend

Huge collection of supported free apps in Play Store. Supports a wide range of devices. Extremely customizable. Available for mobile and tablet devices, even for desktops and virtual machines.

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Waqar Ahmed

Data Associate

Softronic Systems (Pvt) LimitedInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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For the same type of tasks/roles that I have been using, I would definitely recommend CentOS for my colleagues. 9 out of 10 because it is a very stable and secure solution, but for some different tasks, there are lots of other Linux OSes that could be a better fit. For example, RHEL sometimes has better support of software vendors. Or, Ubuntu-like systems are better for GUI and desktop experience.

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Valery Mezentsau

IT Department Manager

Acceptance Solutions GroupFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Android allows you to customize a lot of things.
Using Android SDK allows you to get apps not in the app store.
It is very affordable.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Built on the same source code as RHEL. Each version has been thoroughly tested and customizable.
CentOS provides a rock-solid basis for applications that rely on maximum uptime. This has helped our services to maintain excellent availability.
While commercial support contracts are available, the project has a huge following/community and is always willing to assist.

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Roger Mialkowski

Sole Proprietor

Zombie ComputersInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Lacking in maturity in terms of security handling and ecosystem.
Lacking in quality management of apps in Play Store.
Lacking in virus protection.
Lacking in battery management- several background apps keep running and eating the power.

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Waqar Ahmed

Data Associate

Softronic Systems (Pvt) LimitedInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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CentOS is not a great desktop platform. Although some would disagree with that statement, I think that CentOS is better suited to life as a server.
Since CentOS is community-supported some software vendors will not officially support it because it isn't Red Hat.

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Kenneth Hess

Senior Systems Analyst

CymSTAR, LLCDefense & Space, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Android 8.4

Based on 7 answers

There have been only two times that I have needed to contact Android support for technical issues and both times I received some support. I received more helpful tips from Youtube, so I now bypass support and try to do most of our troubleshooting on my own with these support videos online.

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 1-10 employees

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CentOS Linux 8.3

Based on 10 answers

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.

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Jason Smith, DPA

Instructional Technologist

Pomona CollegeHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Android allows users to customize their systems. It is very simple to use and there are a lot of devices running it. The interface has been improving a lot since Android Lollipop and it has been becoming more useful.For developers, Android gives more possibilities and the license for distributing your app is cheaper than the Apple Software Developer Program.

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Marcelo Araujo

Desenvolvedor de software

Loupen TecnologiaInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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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 extensive user community, meaning they could very easily find support if needed from user forums. At that point, CentOS was a non-starter and we didn't move forward.

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Verified User

Engineer in Research & Development

Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

We have an Android mobile app and our customers have downloaded more than 5.000 instances in less than two months.
With the app our customers don't need to go to our offices to get a support or service.

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Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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CentOS has just been a positive impact on our company. We have a fast, secure and reliable web server that has the same standards as the Enterprise version of Red Hat.
The biggest positive for me personally working as a System Admin is that I don't have to do anything with this server on a daily basis. It does what it is supposed to do for us every single day. Once a month, I run "yum update" and see if there are any updates and install as needed.

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Charles R. Coggins III

Technical Support Specialist

TimeTrak Systems, Inc.Computer Software, 11-50 employees

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Free/Freemium Version

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Entry-level set up fee?

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