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Stay away from CentOS Stream
June 29, 2021

Stay away from CentOS Stream

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with CentOS Linux

We use various CentOS systems in our organization on over two thousand servers all over the world. We write custom software for CentOS and rely on it to be a stable and secure platform for our needs. CentOS needs to be reliable for our business org to function properly and not introduce issues.
  • Stable
  • Reliable
  • Secure
  • Undoing the move to CentOS Stream.
  • Increasing the lifetime of CentOS.
  • Provide already tested updates to users.
  • Don't use the users as guinea pigs for testing.
  • Security
  • Reliability
  • Stable
  • Very easy to use for multiple systems.
  • Creating uniform environment.
  • Having to switch from CentOS 8 to another system.
Ubuntu Linux LTS used to be a more bleeding edge and did not provide the reliability and stability compared to CentOS, but with the move to CentOS Stream. This is reversed and we're considering moving to Ubuntu even though that is a lot of work. We simply can't work with CentOS Stream and had to redo planning to use another OS.

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

Yes

Are you happy with CentOS Linux's feature set?

No

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?

No

CentOS 7 has a longer support life than CentOS 8, and in that case, should be used in production environments until the support ends. Moving to CentOS 8 now would be a mistake with the switch to CentOS Stream, and the decreased support model for CentOS 8. Because of this, CentOS 8 is not a production stable environment.