We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris and Ubuntu Linux based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Operating Systems (OS) for Business solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the ease of setup."
"Solaris Zones and Containers are my favorite features."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"Oracle Solaris is pre-installed in our environment. Thus, it is simple to customize."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Solaris is the incremental backup that happens in the system."
"It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"The backup capabilities are quite good."
"It is stable and modern."
"I find the Linux community very valuable and the fact it is open source. So it's free and I use it without any problems."
"The solution is scalable."
"Some of the main features of this solution are it is less prone to viruses since most viruses are written for Microsoft software, and it is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the pseudo-terminal and it is the most open-sourced operating system that can be used."
"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."
"Windows needs a refresh option to refresh its screen, but Ubuntu doesn't need that. It refreshes automatically and works well."
"Open source with a fast OS."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure and better documented. So Oracle could learn from them when it comes to security and documentation."
"When we switch over to Solaris it was not easy because we had some troubles with the performance. Solaris is from Oracle and you would expect that it would run flawlessly, but we had some issues in sizing the previous Linux environment to the Solaris environment."
"I don't want to receive any updates on Oracle"
"The challenge arises from the differences in commands and configurations compared to more common systems like Linux."
"More monitoring tools could be included in the product."
"Oracle customer service is slow at times."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"The config file can be changed in many ways, but with other solutions, there is only one way to configure the system."
"The solution is a little complicated to customize and could be made easier."
"I think Ubuntu's performance is fine and so is its user interface. However, the latter is not as fancy as Microsoft Windows. It could be a bit fancier and easier to use."
"I find the solution could be easier to use, more flexible, user-friendly, and have a better UI."
"The solution could be better integrated with Microsoft."
"Management monitoring and interface could be better."
"The solution must provide more integrations."
"The product is difficult to use sometimes."
Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 48 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Oracle Solaris is rated 8.6, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise and CentOS, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Windows 10. See our Oracle Solaris vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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