Linux Mint vs. CentOS
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Linux Mint | CentOS |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 189 | 425 |
| Ease of use | 9.1 | 8.7 |
| Ease of setup | 9.3 | 8.7 |
| Quality of support | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| Meets requirements | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| NPS | 74.731183 | 63.080685 |
| Small Business | 54.9% | 31.5% |
| Mid-Market | 32.1% | 38.7% |
| Enterprise | 13.0% | 29.8% |
| Total page views | 687 | 294 |
| Total LLM citations | 2,110 | 305 |
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.
- User-Friendly
- Stability
- Linux/Ubuntu OS
- Speed/Performance
- Ease of Use
- Lightweight Size
CentOS
CentOS is a community-driven, free software project that provides a robust and reliable Linux distribution, serving as a foundational platform for open-source communities, cloud providers, hosting services, and scientific data processing. Derived from Fedora Linux, CentOS Stream offers a continuously delivered distribution that tracks just ahead of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), with major releases every three years and each maintained for five years.
- Reliability
- Stability
- RHEL Compatibility
- Ease of Use
- Community Support
- Security