My main use case for CentOS is that I use it as an enterprise server for running multiple software applications like Apache, JBoss, and other middleware software.

I can give you a specific example of how I use CentOS as an enterprise server: multiple software as a service applications are deployed on CentOS servers, running Apache HTTP servers for web traffic, JBoss application server for application servers running Java applications, and multiple other purposes.

CentOS is the closest and best distribution other than Red Hat Enterprise Linux, making it a solid choice if you do not have the budget to spare.

In my opinion, the best features CentOS offers are that it is an easy to use Linux distribution based off Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is very solid and very well known across the industry, providing a good mix of features and reliability. CentOS is my go-to Linux distribution.

What I find most valuable about its reliability or feature set is that stability and reliability are key factors. Our staff is very knowledgeable in Linux, which is rare, and we do not rely on the community. I have access to Red Hat's knowledge base site, which is a great source of knowledge material, and it translates brilliantly to CentOS.

CentOS has positively impacted my organization in several ways: stability, reliability, and performance have improved our company cost-wise, especially moving out of paid operating systems for running distributed software. The cost is the main factor in this positive impact.

I do not find anything that can be improved in CentOS. I am a huge fan of it, and there is hardly anything that Linux in general does not already provide. I think CentOS is the best and closest thing to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which I consider the golden standard for Enterprise Linux.

CentOS is perfect as it is.

I have been using CentOS for more than ten years.

CentOS is absolutely stable.

CentOS's scalability is great, and I do not have a problem with it.

I do not know much about the customer support for CentOS, as we do not really need much support with our staff being very knowledgeable in Linux.

I previously used a mix of Microsoft and Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems, but since then, I switched almost everything to CentOS.

My experience with pricing and licensing for CentOS is that it was quite easy. The setup was not easy, but it is something that my team is very familiar with, making it easy for us. I understand that people who are not familiar with Linux may have a hard time with it.

I have seen a return on investment. My team had some time saved, but it was not significant. The money saved was significant, approximately fifteen percent of our IT budget.

Before choosing CentOS, I evaluated other options such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu. I ended up choosing CentOS since that is where my staff is more knowledgeable, making it the operating system we would be more familiar with.

Regarding cost savings, we have saved from a few hundred thousand dollars yearly to one or two million in the last years of transitioning, mostly because of moving out of other paid operating systems. I do not have any knowledge on how this budget was spent on other ends.

My advice to others looking into using CentOS is that if you are looking for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux alternative, CentOS might be the thing for you, especially regarding costs.

I love CentOS. I have a CentOS sticker on my laptop, and it is not just another tool for work; it is something that goes beyond that. Open source software is a belief that is very strong with me. I gave this review a rating of ten out of ten.

In my company, we use CentOS to work in my test environments on my laptop. I didn't implement CentOS on the enterprise server.

My company uses it like a work server, and I got access to services provided by Apache and ManageEngine, which I used to deploy solutions, especially the minor ones like Elasticsearch. I didn't use other solutions because of security reasons in my company. I use it for testing purposes related to DNS servers, directory servers, binding servers, and Hyper-V servers, which are minor cases.

CentOS is not very different from other solutions apart from its distribution since it is a free edition of Red Hat.

I find the solution's stability to be the most valuable feature of it since I have been using a virtual machine with the help of the solution since 2015, and it still works on all the laptops in my organization.

I don't think any improvements are needed in the solution since we can just use it to test Red Hat before deploying it in our IT environment. We can learn more about CentOS from Red Hat.

In the future, CentOS should provide a free or open-source version for its community, which can involve improving and testing it.

CentOS NetworkManager is an area of concern in the solution that needs improvement, and it is the same with other products from Red Hat. CentOS NetworkManager was better earlier compared to what it is nowadays. The implementation or configuration would be better if there was some new CentOS NetworkManager available.

I have been using CentOS for seven to eight years. I currently use CentOS 7. I haven't got ISO on my laptop to use CentOS 8 in my test environment.

It is a highly stable solution.

It is a scalable solution. When testing the product, I found its scalability features very stable while considering its impact on the testing phase I was involved in with the tool.

CentOS has no technical Support since it is an open-source or free edition platform. If I face any issues or I want to learn something about the product, then I would have to learn them through the online communities for the tool. In Linux, you can find every documentation you need by doing a simple Google search or on the online communities created for CentOS.

The initial setup is the same as installing an ISO file in Red Hat. The product allows me to configure the IPS and allows me for automatic configuration, making a big difference. If a person is familiar with Linux, the setup phase gets easy. If a person is familiar with Windows, installation will be hard for the first time.

Considering the use of the solution for my company's test environment, the deployment process takes only a minute or two.

There are no cons in CentOS or Red Hat products. The cons are mostly found in Microsoft products.

It is completely easy to maintain the solution. I haven't faced any issues with CentOS. For CentOS, I have a virtual environment on my laptop in a VMware workstation. If I face any issues with CentOS, it will be because of VMware workstation owing to the version or edition I use.

CentOS is a good product for testing and learning purposes. You can go with CentOS or Linux if you are into cyber security.

With CentOS, I didn't conduct or operate myself in a GUI environment for testing or learning purposes.

I rate the overall product a ten out of ten.