We performed a comparison between CentOS and Oracle Linux based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on our user reviews, CentOs slightly edges out Oracle Linux. CentOS is very user friendly, does not take up a lot of resources, and integrates with other applications. It is a very strong, powerful, reliable solution and users feel they get a performance boost using applications with CentOS. However, Oracle Linux is very flexible and secure and may be the right choice for enterprises currently running on Oracle or planning to migrate to Oracle solutions.
"CentOS is very easy to use, and all the commands are user-friendly."
"It’s scalable."
"A valuable features of CentOS is that it's quite stable and doesn't crash often. It's also quite intuitive."
"The scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers."
"The most valuable feature is the limited resources the solution uses in operation."
"It has minimal updates compared to other distributions."
"I like the command prompt of CentOS. It's very simple."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is the speed and it is very easy to use."
"The stability of Oracle Linux is good."
"The user interface is comfortable and easy to use."
"The product can scale."
"Oracle Linux is a secure solution."
"We find the consolidated support for this solution and other same vendor systems to be an extremely valuable feature. This allows for faster resolution of issues and consistency of support personnel."
"With Oracle Linux Ksplice specifically, we have organizations looking for minimum downtime. We're able to apply hot-patching at any time; once we've proven they're tested, ready to go, we don't need to take downtime to apply them."
"Overall Oracle Linux is very good."
"The installation is straightforward."
"The interface could be improved."
"CentOS should extend the support of the solution. The solution is set to have no update support in 2023."
"There is no notification before updates are applied to the solution, which occasionally means that new functionality isn't compatible with how the product is currently being used, and causes issues."
"Integration with other platforms could be improved."
"The support could be a bit better."
"The solution could be more scalable."
"The stability could always be improved."
"In the future, CentOS will no longer be compatible with Red Hat."
"The solution can be improved by making it more user-friendly for basic users to reduce the time it takes to learn the commands and to reduce the dependencies that come with the OS so the deployment time can be reduced."
"The licensing price could be better."
"What we found in moving from Oracle Linux 6 to Oracle Linux 7 was the whole interfacing with the application and the fact that operating had all changed, all the commands had changed. You need to be aware that there is some kind of training, some kind of handover required for your technical guys, understanding different ways of interacting with it. Bear that in mind."
"The security could improve in the solution."
"I would want Oracle to explore more of Kubernetes and micro services."
"It would be ideal if they added a faster implementation of the security fixes, if possible."
"Oracle Linux, needs to support more packages."
"There needs to be overall better integration."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Oracle Linux is ranked 3rd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 108 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while Oracle 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 Oracle Linux writes "The operational system is the best and is packed with free features like CapsLive". CentOS is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap, whereas Oracle Linux is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server. See our CentOS vs. Oracle Linux report.
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