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CentOS vs NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 9, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

CentOS
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Operating Systems (OS) for Business (8th)
NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

CentOS and NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. CentOS is designed for Operating Systems (OS) for Business and holds a mindshare of 4.7%, up 4.5% compared to last year.
NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation, on the other hand, focuses on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), holds 0.2% mindshare, up 0.0% since last year.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CentOS4.7%
Ubuntu Linux8.2%
Windows 117.4%
Other79.7%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation0.2%
Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service)12.3%
VMware Workstation9.1%
Other78.4%
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
 

Featured Reviews

Mohammad Wasif - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Engineer at Trigyn Technology
Has supported reliable deployments and simplified issue resolution in complex environments
The most suitable feature of CentOS is its exceptional stability, security, and long-term support, which make it a popular choice for enterprise and server environments. CentOS is widely recognized for providing a stable and secure platform, especially suited for server and mission-critical workloads. Whenever we face critical work, it is easy for our team to handle. For long-term support, each CentOS release generally guarantees long-term updates, ensuring reliability for extended periods. For package management, we use YUM and DNF in the new version for flexible and efficient software management. It depends on our users' requirements for installing CentOS. Licensing for CentOS is above my management details, so I am not aware of this information. CentOS always provides good feedback, is easy to handle, and easy to troubleshoot. The experience with CentOS OS has been very good over the last two months. I rate CentOS nine out of ten.
Naresh-Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Solutions Architect at OORWIN LABS INC
Advanced parallel ray tracing has transformed our design workflows and accelerates custom model training
I find a lot of benefits in using NVIDIA RTX 6000. For instance, there is a memory mechanism they have, similar to RAM. When we take normal EC2 instances, they always follow a waterfall mechanism, but with NVIDIA, it takes multiple requests in parallel. Due to that graphics card or memory in place, it can handle numerous requests at a time without waiting for one to complete before moving to the next. This parallel processing allows us to run multiple requests simultaneously, which is a major advantage I have observed with NVIDIA GPUs. The real-time ray tracing feature is beneficial because it acts as a cache mechanism; it does not wait and executes within a fraction of microseconds, storing a lot of data. We can apply parallel indexing, and everything is available in memory. Performance-wise, it is very good compared to a normal CPU. The high-resolution graphics from NVIDIA RTX 6000 helps our work significantly. With this GPU, we can multitask effectively; for instance, we can ask one model to write content for an email while simultaneously deriving an image based on the instructions, and also writing a social media article. This allows us to expect proper responses in a timely manner, with everything happening in parallel and delivering results in seconds.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product is based on Red Hat and very stable."
"The pricing is good. We pay a minimal fee."
"There are a lot of sources on the internet that you can use to solve any issues, and people share their experiences. It's not a closed system"
"The ROI is incalculable. We could not do our business without CentOS/Red Hat."
"It has minimal updates compared to other distributions."
"We have no complaints about the price, which is quite reasonable."
"The most suitable feature of CentOS is its exceptional stability, security, and long-term support, which make it a popular choice for enterprise and server environments."
"We use the solution due to the fact that it's a lightweight, powerful, stable OS."
"Performance-wise, it is very good compared to a normal CPU."
"The experience with NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation has been nice; even though the cost is very high, after it is in the organization, it gives a lot of good modeling outputs, so it has completely improved the experience overall."
"NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation has positively impacted my organization by providing two main benefits: time-saving and improved quality, allowing me to complete tasks that would take days in just hours while using different open models that update regularly."
 

Cons

"Updates are going to a streaming version."
"I would like to see more frequent updates."
"CentOS could improve by having troubleshooting logs."
"I think CentOS can be improved, but it's not really a viable option anymore."
"This solution is no longer suited to our business following the change they have made to the release process. It is no longer an enterprise solution."
"Initially, I found it a bit difficult to work with as it was a totally new platform as compared to CentOS 6."
"CentOS, being Linux-based, is the best in security, but it needs more on the security side for CentOS RADIUS server."
"If CentOS could add Office features then that would be beneficial. Additionally, the UI could improve."
"Regarding NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation, I would say the licensing cost is high and deployment may require experienced IT administrators."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's free."
"The solution is open source."
"CentOS is an open-source tool."
"There are no costs for CentOS, it is open-source."
"For the enterprise version of CentOS, there is a license required. However, for personal use, I do not need a license."
"We have a CentOS license that we pay for on a yearly basis."
"There are no licensing fees. CentOS is a free solution."
"There are no licensing costs for CentOS."
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Comparison Review

it_user281973 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage and VMware Expert at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 24, 2017
It's improved our company's system environments that run Oracle databases.
Red Hat is mission critical to our environment Red Hat has improved the mission critical environments running Oracle databases, while CentOS has improved our web environment and MySQL. Oracle and SAP Environment and all HPC environments. 10 years No issues Very stable i don´t find any problem…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Construction Company
23%
Retailer
12%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise31
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Questions from the Community

Which would you choose - RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) or CentOS?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is fantastic. It is an inexpensive solution that has excellent security, performance, and stability, and also lots of features. I specifically like that the solution has fe...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CentOS?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing for CentOS, there is no cost for licensing or setup pricing, so it is easy to set up and scale up the server.
What needs improvement with CentOS?
CentOS can be improved, but I have not yet faced any kind of issue or hectic problem.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is good as it is pretty straightforward and easy to understand.
What needs improvement with NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation?
Regarding NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation, I would say the licensing cost is high and deployment may require experienced IT administrators. The organization also needs suitable infrastructure to get...
What is your primary use case for NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation?
I use NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation for smooth remote graphics performance and for providing efficient GPU resource support to demanding professional applications. In a recent project I was doing ...
 

Also Known As

CentOS 7 (x86_64) - with Updates HVM
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