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CentOS

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CentOS is a community-supported, free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution.

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  • US flagUnited States

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  • Linux  Live CD
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Top Positive Comment
Cora
Oct 26, 2018
2

We use CentOS on every server we run at work. It's extremely stable, has great support and just gets the job done without any fuss. If you want RHEL, but don't want the price tag for custom support, CentOS is the answer.

Top Negative Comment
ab1
Apr 27, 2022
0

CentOS is quite slow in updating even the most important packages. Not good for my usage. Might be good for you...

istiak101
Jan 13, 2021
0

No longer a good choice for production server as it became playground for RHEL.

sergeyvelikiy
Apr 6, 2016
2

I use it on every VPS. If you're UNIX addictive than it is must have for you.

What is CentOS?

CentOS is a community-supported, free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution. CentOS stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System.

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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about CentOS, and it has gotten 147 likes

CentOS was added to AlternativeTo by Valentin on Nov 9, 2009 and this page was last updated Jun 14, 2023.