We compared Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL and Ubuntu Linux based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Ubuntu Linux seems to be the slightly superior solution because it is easier to use and cheaper to purchase.
"The most valuable feature is the package management. It helps a lot. I also like the support."
"We also use Ansible. Ansible is a wonderful tool for automation. We use it to automate our patching. We use Ansible to get playbooks to take care of anything that's manual."
"The flexible and extensive system makes it easy to cluster, check redundancies, and perform data backups."
"The technical support is very helpful."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a reliable operating system that can run for long periods of time without any issues."
"While using it, we encountered far fewer complexities, and the entire process is much smoother and streamlined."
"We have support. If we have any issues with the distro, we can call their support team."
"Everything is just stable and works well."
"There are many good automation features in Ubuntu."
"It is a widely used and stable solution. Community members can offer support and technical guidance."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The integration with other solutions like Apache is valuable."
"The most valuable feature is that it's developer-friendly and easily accessible. Like any other Linux operating system, you have access to open sources, all the necessary tooling, and anything that helps developers do their work. I'm no Linux guru, but Ubuntu offers packages that I find easy to use. There are other options for people who are very skilled with Linux, but this solution has the perfect balance of having enough technical requirements to meet your needs while still being usable. It doesn't require you to be so technically proficient that you need to recompile kernels or anything like that. It's a Linux operating system for normal people."
"I like its computation speed compared to Windows and other similar features."
"Some of the highlighted valuable features are that is based on Linux, configurable, functional, and robust."
"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."
"Could include additional security fefatures."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward but can be tedious at times because of the compliance things that we have to implement."
"The knowledge base provided by Red Hat exists, but I find it difficult to navigate. The information seems scattered and hard to find."
"We need to have more flexibility on the developed versions. Not everybody is ready to subscribe to enterprise versions. They would like to test the tool without subscriptions."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's monitoring could be improved. I would like additional monitoring features, like a greater ability to monitor services and workloads running. Satellite can provide centralized monitoring of subscriptions and deployments. You can build a monitoring console, but there is no native monitoring."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's documentation could be improved."
"A one-click package for hardening all files would significantly improve efficiency compared to the current manual process, especially considering the hundreds of files we've processed over the years."
"I'm not sure how the support is being changed in terms of needing to pay for it. That's an area that can be improved. They should offer support without charging users for it."
"We use and have previously used Windows 10 which is a lot better."
"In general, Windows is easier to use and friendlier to deal with than Ubuntu."
"After only a week of using the solution, we haven't really found any limitations or missing features."
"Ubuntu Linux could improve by having more out-of-the-box functionality for common plug-and-play devices, such as printers. It's sometimes more difficult to plug-and-play printers with Ubuntu Linux. You need to work a bit and make some drivers work. They need to work a bit on plug-and-play devices."
"The performance of this product could still be improved, as it's always good to improve on the performance of any product, no matter how satisfied you are with it."
"If the user interface were further improved then it would be better because more people would be able to use it."
"The product must enable automation using AI."
"The solution could be better integrated with Microsoft."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". 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". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Windows Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows 10, CentOS and Oracle Linux, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and CentOS. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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