We performed a comparison between CentOS and openSUSE Leap based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Operating Systems (OS) for Business solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is better than Ubuntu Linux."
"The stability of this solution is its most useful feature. It is a high quality product and you know what you're getting. You also receive wide support from the community."
"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 community and knowledge base are very robust."
"The scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers."
"I find the solution's stability to be the most valuable feature of it since I have been using a virtual machine with the help of the solution since 2015, and it still works on all the laptops in my organization."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"The solution is easy for me to use because the backend is derived from FreeBSD and this is something I have been using for over 20 years."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"The solution is very stable after it is configured. It is hard to have a panel slow, a problem, misconfiguration, or any kind of loss function."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"CentOS could be improved by being more secure. Of course, we use a firewall, but security is always a concern."
"I would like the integration to be more secure."
"Previous versions were unstable."
"Continuous deployment is the only thing that can be improved."
"The interface could be improved."
"It is challenging to scale the solution when we have to increase the storage capacity from one end."
"Integration with other platforms could be improved."
"When comparing the GUI of CentOS to Microsoft Windows or Mac, it could improve."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while openSUSE Leap is ranked 13th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of CentOS writes "Allows you to securely store data, and command prompts make it simple to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Oracle Linux. See our CentOS vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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