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."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Ubuntu Linux is the price because we don't need to pay as it is used for selling equipment."
"One of the most valuable features of Ubuntu Linux is how easy it is to manage. We have some monitoring solutions, so those applications are running on top of Ubuntu. So far, the applications are running in a way that's very stable, compared to other Linux versions and flavors. In terms of redundancy and the command line, it's very easy to manage."
"Ubuntu has a good interface, it is easier to use than other distribution such as CentOS or Red Hat. It's suitable for beginners who want to start learning Linux. It has a simple interface and it's easy to use."
"It is open-source, secure, and easy to use."
"The solution provides good security."
"The solution is very stable, it does not need to restart to maintain stability."
"I like this product much better than some other similar solutions."
"The development teams could sharpen their skills. They should offer applications on the net."
"A problem we have encountered when installing the package is that certain packages are not available, which requires downloading of them on our part."
"It would be nice to see more compatibility with certain Microsoft solutions, such as OneDrive."
"The ZFS needs improvement. They do an implementation of the ZFS storage that needs improvement."
"We'd like to have a bit more of a friendly user interface."
"The solution should have more personal use applications for this platform."
"Ubuntu should create some specific features, like Red Hat. Red Hat has provided many features for open-source, like FreeIPA."
"The installation of Ubuntu is somewhat complicated, requires better documentation."
"The solution must provide more integrations."
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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