CentOS Linux vs Oracle Linux: Which is a better fit?

Jonathan Alexander J

IT Infrastructure Senior Analyst

What I like the most about this distribution is that it is easy to configure and put into operation, it is very stable for managing databases and applications.

Ricardo Javier R

Enginner Asterisk and CCTV

One of the things I don't like is that to scale you have to add servers, we have limitations for synchronized audio and video and if the server fails everything fails.

CentOS is a very stable and reliable Linux distribution that I have used in various organisations as a server OS. It works well, has good package management and can be quite easily secured.

Ali A

Server Administrator

RedHat/IBM acquired CentOS and killed the project.

Angus A

Company Director

My favourite thing about CentOS is how great the security is. There is barely ever any exploits for CentOS compared to other operating systems, the firewall is great and new patches are always secure.

Jose J J

CTO

I don't like the recent changes and discontinuity of CentOS 7 and 8. It's confusing how to upgrade to CentOS RHEL version without affecting our actual server functions.

Animesh A

System Engineer

The best part is that it is a stable, secure, and reliable Linux operating system. Best for your application hosting and for servers.

Carol C

CEO

But the system was only being used for a trial period, so when it becomes obsolete it won't disrupt my current administrating duties.

Manuel Ángel M

SysAdmin

Overall, my experience with Oracle Linux has been positive. I have found it to be a fairly stable and reliable platform, which has made it a good choice for use in production environments.

Manuel Ángel M

SysAdmin

There wasn't anything that I particularly disliked about Oracle Linux.

The feature of this program that I enjoy particularly is that it includes functional and practical packages and assistance for developers to assist them in setting up the perfect development platform.

Many issues when running the Oracle Linux VMs on top of Virtual Box made the experience a bit disappointing.

Ronald R

Software Developer

What I like the most about this tool is that as a developer it has good tool packages and support to be able to set up an ideal development environment.

Mbonjo M

Network Engineer

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