Gentoo Linux vs Windows Server

Overview

Windows Server

Stacks532

Followers208

Votes0

Gentoo Linux

Stacks64

Followers78

Votes41

Gentoo Linux vs Windows Server : What are the differences?

What is Gentoo Linux? Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD. Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.

Thanks to a technology called Portage, Gentoo can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else—whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo a metadistribution..

What is Windows Server ? A Microsoft product and a brand name for a group of server operating systems. It is a brand name for a group of server operating systems released by Microsoft. It includes all Windows operating systems, Increase security, evolve your data center, and innovate faster with Microsoft Windows Server, the cloud-ready operating system.

Gentoo Linux and Windows Server can be categorized as "Operating Systems" tools.

MIT, Hangfire, and XMLi5 Ltd. are some of the popular companies that use Windows Server , whereas Gentoo Linux is used by Flint Innovations, Navarino, and 1000mercis group. Windows Server has a broader approval, being mentioned in 27 company stacks & 26 developers stacks; compared to Gentoo Linux, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 16 developer stacks.

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Windows Server	Gentoo Linux
It is a brand name for a group of server operating systems released by Microsoft. It includes all Windows operating systems, Increase security, evolve your data center, and innovate faster with Microsoft Windows Server, the cloud-ready operating system.	It is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need.
-	Development made easy;Cross-compilation made easy;High performance;Great support of hardware;High availability of modern packages;System consistency;Modular init system
Statistics
Stacks 532	Stacks 64
Followers 208	Followers 78
Votes 0	Votes 41
Pros & Cons
Cons 1 Not open source 1 License needed	Pros 3 OpenRC or systemd init 3 Portage package manager 3 Control 2 Extensive documentation 2 Flexibility Cons 2 No guided installation 2 Circular dependancy conflicts 2 Dated documentation 1 Compilation time 1 Vulnerabilities related to its specific toolchains
Integrations
No integrations available	Microsoft Azure Jenkins Hyper

What are some alternatives to Windows Server , Gentoo Linux?

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.

Debian

Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.

Arch Linux

A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Fedora

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.

Linux Mint

The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.

CentOS

The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.

Linux

A clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

CoreOS

It is designed for security, consistency, and reliability. Instead of installing packages via yum or apt, it uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction. A single service's code and all dependencies are packaged within a container that can be run on one or many machines.

Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.

Manjaro

It is an accessible, friendly, open-source Linux distribution and community. Based on Arch Linux, it provides all the benefits of cutting-edge software combined with a focus on getting started quickly, automated tools to require less manual intervention, and help readily available when needed.