🆚 Gentoo vs. Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Type

Operating system
Operating system

About

Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercial enterprise Linux distribution designed for hybrid cloud deployments across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

It includes Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), a mandatory access control system built into the kernel, and supports kernel live patching which applies critical security updates without rebooting the system.

Headquarters

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌Free 60-day trial
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server$383.90
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters$2,748.90

Categories

Operating Systems › Rank #13
Operating Systems › Rank #7

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system is 5 times more popular than Gentoo.
Total websites

Market share

Operating Systems

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Spain, while Gentoo is more popular in Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.
United States
Russia
Japan
Spain
Czech Republic
Germany
Austria
Canada
Italy
France

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Gentoo is more commonly used on forum, bulletin boards and games sites.
Education/Reference
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Health
Travel
Government/Military
Entertainment
Public Information
Online Shopping
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#24,288
#32,147
#90,705
#96,210
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Rank
#1,240
#1,264
#1,724
#1,760
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