G2 Vendor Directory

HPE OpenVMS vs. Linux Mint

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricHPE OpenVMS

by HP Development Company

Linux Mint

by Linux Mark Institute

Overall rating4.44.5
Review count19189
Ease of use8.49.1
Ease of setup9.39.3
Quality of support8.88.6
Meets requirements8.79.1
NPS55.55555674.731183
Small Business31.6%54.9%
Mid-Market42.1%32.1%
Enterprise26.3%13.0%
Total page views146687
Total LLM citations462,110

HPE OpenVMS

HPE OpenVMS is a robust, multi-user, and multiprocessing operating system designed to deliver exceptional reliability, availability, scalability, and security. Originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for VAX systems, OpenVMS has evolved to support Alpha, Itanium, and x86-64 architectures. It is engineered to handle time-sharing, batch processing, transaction processing, and real-time applications, making it suitable for mission-critical environments.

Pros

  • Cloud Computing
  • Storage Management
  • Speed/Performance

Linux Mint

Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution that aims to provide a modern, elegant, and comfortable operating system that is both powerful and easy to use. Based on Ubuntu and Debian, it offers full multimedia support out of the box and comes bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications. The default desktop environment is Cinnamon, developed by the Linux Mint team, with MATE and Xfce available as alternatives. Linux Mint is available for x86-64 systems.

Pros

  • User-Friendly
  • Stability
  • Linux/Ubuntu OS
  • Speed/Performance
  • Ease of Use
  • Lightweight Size