We performed a comparison between SUSE Linux Enterprise and Ubuntu Linux 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 has an edge in this comparison. Unlike SUSE Linux Enterprise, it has a proven ROI.
"The operating system is efficient in terms of security."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is scalable."
"It is a stable platform."
"The main feature is that Linux is flexible to work with for most web-based applications."
"Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our HBAs and hardware specific components."
"The initial setup for most modern Linux distributions is normally straightforward. Most of the common distributions use an ncurses or GUI install."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is stable."
"YaST simplifies the server management of SUSE allowing for a centralized utility to control most of the server functions."
"Ubuntu Linux's most valuable feature is its open-source nature."
"The solution has a very good graphical user interface."
"It's offered as open-source, and therefore does not cost anything to use."
"Ubuntu is rather stable, simple to deploy, stable, and well supported by an open-source community."
"It is scalable. I can customize it based on what I want to do."
"It has a good support system for loading databases."
"The most valuable feature of Ubuntu Linux is the price because we don't need to pay as it is used for selling equipment."
"There's ample documentation available for most features, and I find it straightforward to use."
"I have not been overly impressed with their technical support."
"The interface could improve."
"SUSE could make more APIs available."
"I don't like the frequency of updates, especially if they're only from the vendor."
"The platform doesn't support certain APMs."
"In the next release it would be nice to see more integration and better automation of processses."
"They should improve their educational portal."
"Red Hat has more packages that are available than SUSE does. I'd love to see more projects based on SUSE."
"When installing software, an online interface has to be used and commands written to run the installation. The solution could be improved if it was possible to click twice in an icon for the installation process to begin."
"The repository needs to be kept up to date all of the time."
"Could be even more light weight than it currently is."
"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."
"Its interface could be improved and made richer."
"The stability definitely can be improved. When we are implementing patches and new releases, it tends to fail."
"The ZFS needs improvement. They do an implementation of the ZFS storage that needs improvement."
"Linux does not provide a user-friendly interface."
SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 26 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 8.4, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". 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". SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with openSUSE Leap, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux, CentOS and Rocky Linux, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS. See our SUSE Linux Enterprise vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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