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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CentOS Linux

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACentOS 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

    Micro Focus Desktop Containers

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AFormerly Micro Focus Desktop Containers or Novell Application Virtualization, OpenText Hybrid Workspaces gives remote workers access to apps and data. They can leverage any device for secure access to applications and data whether remote or on-site.N/A
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    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    CentOS LinuxMicro Focus Desktop Containers
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
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    OpenText
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    73%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    82%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CentOS LinuxMicro Focus Desktop Containers
    Application Virtualization
    Comparison of Application Virtualization features of CentOS Linux and OpenText Hybrid Workspaces
    Feature
    CentOS Linux
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    Ratings
    OpenText Hybrid Workspaces
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Application support00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Device support00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ease of deployment00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Application packaging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Security00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CentOS LinuxMicro Focus Desktop Containers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (22 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    CentOS LinuxMicro Focus Desktop Containers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    In any role where you need raw server power, CentOS Linux is extremely well suited. It is extremely stable, and in my experience, probably the most stable of the Linux distros available. It has a very wide base of support from 3rd party sources for additional functionality that do not come already in the CentOS Linux distribution itself. It is not as appropriate for situations that are customer facing or end user facing. For those, I recommend Ubuntu Linux. But for everything server & compute related, I recommend CentOS Linux.
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    OpenText
    It is very well suited to large, diverse organizations looking to quickly deploy applications virtually to its employee base. They give immense control to system
    Admins and allow users to more easily install the applications they need. They also allow users quick access to their applications, even during migration.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • 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.
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    OpenText
    • It allowed us to isolate applications so that they did not adversely interact with other applications.
    • They served as a virtual machine while we managed the migration to a new OS.
    • They helped us decrease malicious attacks because web browsers operating within a container could be terminated if an attack occurred.
    • They allowed us to quickly deploy applications across a diverse, global organization.
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • 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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    OpenText
    • Container access and restrictions were a bit cumbersome to set up.
    • We would frequently have users report containers failing to work properly due to file size.
    • There was very little documentation we could provide to users during onboarding
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    Usability
    Open Source
    It is a very typical server software, so you will have just the console. But it is still very easy to use, you can do anything from there and you have te built in manuals to review any information. For the other hand, if you need a graphical environment is not an issue, you can install any environment you what, Gnome, xfce, etc.
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    OpenText
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    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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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    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 stability and speed was unmatched in comparison to Windows, and we were not utilizing any Windows-specific software to require us to use the Microsoft alternative. My years of experience have also made it a breeze to set up and configure new CentOS instances, leading me to stay where I'm comfortable.
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    OpenText
    We went with Desktop Containers because we had a former colleague recommend it. However, we do feel we made the right choice for our organization.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • CentOS's support of RPM packages makes it very easy to replicate RHEL servers for development or testing in cheap / free environments
    • CentOS's minimalistic desktop environment requires additional tweaking / packages if you want to have a usable desktop environment with the niceties of other modern distributions. As a result, if developers want to use CentOS, they'll need to spend more time customizing it than other distros.
    • CentOS's easy customization from the command line lends itself well to our virtualization infrastructure where setup can be easily scripted to modify CentOS's configuration files.
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    OpenText
    • We were able to migrate to a different OS 50% more quickly than in the past.
    • We saw a dramatic decrease in malicious attacks while using this product.
    • Our users were able to more quickly get access to the products they needed.
    • We no longer needed to worry about applications not playing nice with others since they were isolated
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