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# CentOS Linux

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> CentOS Linux is a free operating system that can be run in any linux environment and provides new releases every 6-12 months.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 34 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 34 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: The CentOS Project
- **Founded**: 2009

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**:  (Free version available)
- **Pricing Details**: CentOS Linux is available for free
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Linux (Desktop), Linux (On-Premise)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- Data Security
- Kernels
- System Updates
- User Interface

## Support Options

- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base

## Category

- [Operating Systems](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/32777/operating-systems/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Windows 11](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/1029729/windows-11) — 4.4/5 (101 reviews)
2. [Android 11](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/1012054/android-11) — 4.6/5 (121 reviews)
3. [Ubuntu](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/1012125/ubuntu) — 4.7/5 (122 reviews)
4. [MacOS Big Sur](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/1012056/macos-big-sur) — 4.8/5 (59 reviews)
5. [iOS14](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/1012053/ios14) — 4.6/5 (53 reviews)

## Reviews

### "great server Linux release" — 5.0/5

> **Ilario** | *22 April 2025* | Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Free; can replace or be compatible with most of server Linux release
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> **Cons**: sometimes difficult to configure for basic services; not always updated as other Linux release
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> The best free Linux server release that can be used instead most famous paying versions

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### "Centos Operating System" — 4.0/5

> **Ankit** | *10 March 2024* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: It is free to use so anyone get started with it. It is flavour of linux so if a person knows linux already it very easy to switch to centos. Centos provides more security features than linux. As it is being used for hosting many servers it is go to choice to learn a os.
> 
> **Cons**: Having less community support. Having long release cycle compared to fedora, ubuntu. It is designed to be used through terminal, can'nt perform actions using the UI.
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> It is built on the red hat enterprise linux so making secure and reliable to use. Free to use so it easy is for a beginner to start using it for learning. It works with much faster speed compared to other operating systems.

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### "Free operating system for reliable web server" — 5.0/5

> **Nabin** | *14 August 2021* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: CentOS Linux is a free and open-source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It has been mainly used to host enterprise-grade web applications. It is a stable, secure, and reliable operating system that also offers a graphical user interface for personal computers. Most preferred OS by Webhosting providers.
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> **Cons**: Red Hat community is supporting CentOS 8 until the end of 2021, while support for CentOS 7 will be until 2024. This has created little uncertainty about its future. Its GUI interface for personal computers is difficult to customize.
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> CentOS Linux is a cost-effective solution for enterprise-level web servers. Very stable and secure too.

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### "Linux, but better" — 3.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *31 January 2022* | Security & Investigations | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I really like this os, have a lot of good builtin things. really good for compiling things to \`many linux\` packages
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> **Cons**: A bit old, and not really get updated that often. and the GUI is not really nice in my opinion

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### "A stable distribution for your applications and services" — 5.0/5

> **Jonathan Alexander** | *14 July 2022* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: 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
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> **Cons**: Currently I have no complaints about this distribution but they could improve the performance and distributed workload
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> I have used this Linux distribution for more than 5 years to develop applications as a development environment and as a telephony service server, say PBX, Asterix and more.

It has been very useful and its constant updates have helped it to remain stable and to be one of the best Linux distributions used by developers and computer scientists.

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