Rocky Linux Pros and Cons

It is a distribution that is a good option to use instead of CentOS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am starting to get to know this distribution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rocky Linux's robust security, community-driven development, and seamless RHEL compatibility make it an exceptional open-source powerhouse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited hardware support & occasional software glitches may improve as the project matures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's an open-source OS and free to use. Many companies are now moving to use Rocky Linux in their environment. It is a game-changer and provides full support for ten years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Currently, it is free, and lots of companies are using it, but I think shortly, it will start to charge for access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For Enterprise users is free cost, Organization can save on licensing fees and reduce overall ITcosts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its has slow updates compare other linux OS, lack of User experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great company supported rebuilds of RHEL, 10 years support. Everything you can expect from Enterprise Class Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Slow release cycle. For example, Alma Linux is much faster, I would expect faster builds and testing process from the company supported Linux distribution than from the community supported one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a downstream of RHEL, and very similar to CentOS and you get enterprise OS for free(Open Source)

Started by the original founder of CentOS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its very new into Market.

Yet to be tested and widely used. Unlike CentOS which was proven.

How/how much will it get funded. Earlier Redhat was a primary funder for CentOS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is an open-source community enterprise operating system and compatible with several system architectures like x86_64, ARM64, PPC64 and s390x. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Slow significant updates, as Rocky Linux releases major updates every six months. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rocky Linux is free to use and is open source. The latest release is 9.1 and a lot of companies are adopting Rocky Linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lots of companies are looking to adopt Rocky, and in the future, they may pay for their access. Also, the UI is slow on Rocky when accessed remotely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

After red announcing discontinuing of centos . Rocky linux really is a game changer .

Providing 10 year life cycle support . It is bets open source linux left with us having thek features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rocky linux over all is very good there are although few things I would like them to inprpve and that is their manual pages . Some time ut is hard to read theough them . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its good for Red Hat Exam Preparation, aloternative of Cent OS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing to dislike, because if don't like anything in Rocky Linux, you can customize it as your wish Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.