We performed a comparison between Flatcar Container Linux and Ubuntu Linux based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Canonical, Oracle and others in Operating Systems (OS) for Business."Flatcar's support is good. The version I am using is stable and allows us to make needed changes."
"Ubuntu is good for machine learning. It's also a good option for any type of application, like multimedia and movies."
"It is scalable. I can customize it based on what I want to do."
"Linux-based operating system with good stability, good patching, and a straightforward setup."
"Ubuntu Linux has the advantage of performance. It runs very quickly."
"Ubuntu Linux is more secure and has additional security features than some other operating systems."
"Stable and scalable Linux operating system that can test and run virtual machines."
"There is value in the long-time supported distribution LPS."
"What I like best is the way in which packages are managed."
"The development teams could sharpen their skills. They should offer applications on the net."
"It can be improved in terms of user-friendliness for inexperienced users. It also has a lot of scope for improvement in terms of deployment. It is kind of hard for inexperienced users, and the learning curve is very steep. There is not really good documentation for new professionals. Even we are using network servers to install it."
"Limited application support compared with Windows and MacOS."
"The solution could be more user-friendly, as I use Mac on a day to day basis."
"After only a week of using the solution, we haven't really found any limitations or missing features."
"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."
"The user interface could be improved."
"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."
"On the gaming side, things are happening but there are some games that should be ported to Ubuntu."
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Flatcar Container Linux is ranked 14th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Flatcar Container Linux is rated 8.0, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Flatcar Container Linux writes "The solution is stable and allows us to make needed changes". 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". Flatcar Container Linux is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Amazon FreeRTOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Windows 11.
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