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CentOS: stable, reliable, and secure Linux distribution
December 04, 2019

CentOS: stable, reliable, and secure Linux distribution

Jason Smith, DPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with CentOS

We use CentOS as the primary Linux distribution across all our instructional and research computing endeavors. It is used across all the IT infrastructure and supports many unique academic projects. The main problem that CentOS solves is that it provides a stable research platform that is easy to manage and most of all has a solid support path that extends well into the future.
  • Excellent "L" in the LAMP server.
  • CentOS is a total workhorse and very stable distribution.
  • Security and other updates are a breeze with YUM.
  • The community support and documentation is as good as it gets.
  • Sometimes we have to add some esoteric repositories to YUM, and that is a bit of a pain.
  • Sometimes we fight with SE Linux if it is enabled.
  • I wish I could get a CentOS t-shirt.
  • CentOS is all positive on return!
  • The more CentOS machines we have around here the better.
  • CentOS is a tight Linux distro, it is conservative and solid where it needs to be.
  • Security options are excellent. You can really make it tight.
Long ago we used to run Red Hat ES. However, the management of the licenses and stupid dashboards just killed us. Too much time was wasted on worthless administration. Support was not good either. Now I used SUSE way back in the 2000's and it was ok. About two years ago I tried to use it again and wow, that was a nightmare. SUSE was just inconvenient to use, total weirdo Linux. It was almost like using BSD or something. Ubuntu, I like that for the desktop.
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.

Do you think CentOS Linux delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with CentOS Linux's feature set?

Yes

Did CentOS Linux live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of CentOS Linux go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy CentOS Linux again?

Yes

Here is where CentOS really excels. If you have a shop where there are seasoned Linux administrators who do not need to have their hand held to do this and that, CentOS does really well. Since it is community oriented there are no funny license hoops to jump through or administration to waste your time. CentOS is well suited in our academic environment.