CentOS: The Reliable, Lightweight and Secure Server
April 29, 2019
CentOS: The Reliable, Lightweight and Secure Server
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with CentOS
In IT, CentOS is used by our organization to host many of the service's organization-wide services. It is a great cost-free alternative to the commercial Red Hat Enterprise Linux product. It is built using the same source code as RHEL with just cosmetic modifications made due to licensing/trademarks. It delivers robust services on a free platform. CentOS is well-supported with regular security and operating system updates. It is well-suited for all network services, including as a network file share. Also run FreeSWITCH for the entire organization-wide phone system, which is also based on CentOS.
- Easy installation process with sensible and secure defaults.
- Its very stable and reliable.
- Good package management.
- Fast security patching.
- CentOS is community-supported, so some software vendors will not officially support it because it isn't Red Hat.
- CentOS is not a great desktop platform, only for servers.
- CentOS is free and our developers and engineers can use it without regard for dipping into project budgets
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 maintained, but licensing costs.
VMware ESXi only if you compare CentOS as VM host, would go with ESXi.
Windows Servers is also reliable and secure well maintained, but licensing costs.
VMware ESXi only if you compare CentOS as VM host, would go with ESXi.