CentOS rocks!
July 06, 2019
CentOS rocks!
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with CentOS
CentOS is our go-to. For any software that can run on Linux, we choose it. We don't have to mess with Microsoft licensing and Windows updates. It is fast, stable, and relatively easy to use if you are familiar with Linux at all. If you are having a problem a quick Google search will typically turn up an answer.
- Fast
- Stable
- Well documented
- Secure
- Not a big fan of Firewalld in CentOS 7 but it's pretty easy to switch back to Iptables if needed.
- It has saved us money as we haven't had to bother with Windows licensing for some of our servers.
- Downtime is somewhat reduced and updates are way faster than Windows.
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.