We performed a comparison between CentOS and Rocky Linux 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."There's lots of great documentation available."
"It is a stable soultion."
"CentOS is very easy to use, and all the commands are user-friendly."
"The product offers a free community-based version."
"The solution is easy to troubleshoot."
"Setup is straightforward. You can complete it in about 30 minutes."
"A valuable features of CentOS is that it's quite stable and doesn't crash often. It's also quite intuitive."
"The technical support is good."
"It's very simple to work with, easy to learn, and know where things are."
"It helps us keep our workstations in sync and ensures consistent settings across most of our machines."
"I haven't needed to use customer service or support, which speaks volumes about their product's reliability and ease of use."
"I would like the integration to be more secure."
"Lacks sufficient security and some coding tools."
"If a proper GUI-based tool was connected remotely or on the machine, it could be a great addition to CentOS."
"The server system is a little bit tough to manage."
"It would be ideal if Red Hat would continue the CentOS versions in an open-source format. They seem to be moving away from that. Now only paid versions are available."
"The main issue is the End of Support. For that reason, we will switch to another operating system."
"The solution might be discontinued but I hope that IBM will continue to develop it and improve on the functionally and features."
"CentOS NetworkManager is an area of concern in the solution that needs improvement, and it is the same with other products from Red Hat."
"One of the potential issues is that if you don't pay for support, you may need to manage certain aspects on your own and rely on the community for assistance."
"The solution's audio integration for virtual machines could be improved."
"In terms of improvement, Rocky Linux needs to clarify its identity and target audience."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Rocky Linux is ranked 12th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 3 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while Rocky Linux is rated 8.4. 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 Rocky Linux writes "Very simple to work with, easy to learn, and has a competitive pricing". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and Flatcar Container Linux, whereas Rocky Linux is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), openSUSE Leap and Windows Server. See our CentOS vs. Rocky Linux report.
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