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At a Glance
CentOS
CentOS
Star Rating
(412)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (38.2% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed
Star Rating
(31)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.6% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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CentOS vs openSUSE Tumbleweed

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found openSUSE Tumbleweed easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with CentOS overall.

  • Reviewers felt that CentOS meets the needs of their business better than openSUSE Tumbleweed.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that openSUSE Tumbleweed is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of CentOS over openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
CentOS
No pricing available
openSUSE Tumbleweed
No pricing available
Free Trial
CentOS
No trial information available
openSUSE Tumbleweed
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
331
9.0
15
Ease of Use
8.5
332
9.0
15
Ease of Setup
8.5
209
9.6
9
Ease of Admin
8.5
200
9.0
8
Quality of Support
8.1
276
8.5
16
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
157
8.5
8
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
312
6.7
14
Features by Category
8.5
16
Not enough data
Memory Management - Operating System
8.9
15
Not enough data
Device Management - Operating System
8.3
13
Not enough data
Backup and Recovery - Operating System
8.2
12
Not enough data
Error Detection - Operating System
8.6
13
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
CentOS
CentOS
openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed
CentOS and openSUSE Tumbleweed are categorized as Operating System
Unique Categories
CentOS
CentOS is categorized as AWS Marketplace
openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
CentOS
CentOS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
31.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
38.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
30.3%
openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
53.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
32.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
14.3%
Reviewers' Industry
CentOS
CentOS
Information Technology and Services
30.5%
Computer Software
15.9%
Computer & Network Security
5.9%
Telecommunications
3.8%
Internet
3.6%
Other
40.3%
openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed
Information Technology and Services
17.9%
Computer Software
14.3%
Computer & Network Security
10.7%
Program Development
7.1%
Computer Networking
7.1%
Other
42.9%
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openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Alternatives
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Discussions
CentOS
CentOS Discussions
how to improve the customization of repositories?
1 Comment
AM
use a command like this: tcpdump -c 12 -i enp0s3 | grep "string search" You capture the traffic according to the filter set example: http, wget...Read more
How can I acheive client isolation ?
1 Comment
Robert R.
RR
When I was learning about client isolation I found this web article very helpful. I hope it will help you. ...Read more
Bolehkah ini digunakan untuk acara pembelajaran?
1 Comment
David W.
DW
Yes. You can run Moodle, or other learning management system (LMS) products on CentOS Linux, or event management software. There is a rich set of open source...Read more
openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Discussions
What is Suse tumbleweed?
1 Comment
RAJAT G.
RG
It is the distribution of opensuse containing newest stable applications with updated kernelRead more
Is openSUSE Tumbleweed good?
1 Comment
What is openSUSE Tumbleweed based on?
1 Comment
Peter G.
PG
It is a Linux distribution, based on the operating system code developed by Linus Torwalds.Read more