We performed a comparison between Ubuntu Linux and Windows Server based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Ubuntu Linux comes out on top in this comparison. It is a secure, easy to use, and robust solution that is completely free.
"Ubuntu Linux is easy to start, and MicroK8s is easy to deploy. Plug into the back-end storage and networking is also easy. It is good to start with 3-4 nodes, but hard to scale. For production grades like 20 or 100 nodes, we go with the RedHat for on-premise."
"It's great for security and it is very safe."
"Ubuntu Linux is very easy to learn, manage, and keep updated."
"Open source with a fast OS."
"Linux-based operating system with good stability, good patching, and a straightforward setup."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that Linux has cost-effective licenses."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is a very free tool and serves as a very trustworthy product."
"There are many features I like about this solution, but one that stands out, is that it allows me to easily install new packages and to have recent packages available."
"This is a stable product."
"If everything is configured correctly this solution provides high performance. Building a Failover Cluster is comparatively much easier in Windows Server than any of the Linux-based solutions."
"The installation is not difficult. I found it to be very straightforward."
"It's quite stable."
"I have found Windows Server to be easy to use and the performance to be good."
"Windows server is easy to use."
"When we deploy this operating system, we're primarily focused on managing virtual environments. There are different parts like the directory, data storage, and CPU usage which are really useful. We also compare it to other parts like group policy, all of which are related to users. Currently, I find that users are very involved when it comes to these applications or servers on the two other links."
"We have had no problems with Windows Server and we plan to continue using it in the future."
"The solution could be more stable and secure."
"The biggest improvement, which is also applicable to Linux in general, with Ubuntu Linux is getting things standardized as to where you're going to put your configuration files and how they're going to work. Package names also need to be improved so that the package name doesn't have any match with configuration file systems and things like that. Ubuntu is still better than some of the others, such as Red Hat Linux or CentOS."
"I am really very satisfied with this solution. However, one thing that I would like to see improve, is to have better support for multiple screens with multiple resolutions. For me, that is the most important feature."
"Could be better support for graphic drivers and support from the hardware lenders."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"The vendor must provide an official support team."
"Ubuntu might work for a bigger company, but I don't think so. Again, you would have to get the right people to do it. You need somebody technical. If you have a bunch of people who aren't technical, then it is just going to be a headache trying to get a feel for it or teach them."
"Ease of use and ease of deployment could still be improved in this system."
"The product has certain shortcomings related to security capability in the area of incident response, making it the tool's component where improvements are required."
"The integration and monitoring could be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see the administration simplified."
"It can have more integration, which will be useful for the data integration process. More integration with different applications and different OS would be quite good."
"The solution could improve by making it more secure."
"It would be nice if it was more user-friendly."
"The scalability of Windows Server is okay, but it could be better."
"We have not had an issue with the stability of this solution. However, there could be some improvements."
Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 134 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 reviews. Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux, Windows 11 and CentOS. See our Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows Server report.
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