We performed a comparison between Oracle Linux and Ubuntu Linux based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Ubuntu Linux comes out on top in this comparison. It is easy to install, scalable, and performs well. Above all, it is secure. While Oracle Linux is relatively low-cost, Ubuntu Linux is open source and free of charge. Ubuntu Linux does not have official technical support, but users are very satisfied with the available online community support.
"Overall Oracle Linux is very good."
"The product can scale."
"The stability of Oracle Linux is good."
"The performance is good and the solution has been stable."
"We use Oracle Linux to test our software, and we also recommend Oracle Linux to our customers."
"The most valuable feature is the binary compatibility i.e. that Oracle Linux is 100% compatible with Red Hat Linux."
"Oracle is well-known for its strong security measures. I have a great deal of confidence in the security of the Oracle DB, including its ability to monitor changes made to the database."
"It has a good amount of mount points."
"You can scale the solution quite well."
"Ubuntu Linux has good security features and a lot of software compatibility."
"There is a lot of freedom and flexibility to install it really quickly. It is just very powerful in the sense that it doesn't take up as many resources to run as some of the other operating systems. It is open source, so it is free. There is no licensing fee. There is flexibility and freedom to do whatever you need to do. If you are familiar with the command line, you can jump on the command line and configure almost any part of the operating system that you want. If you are not comfortable with the command line, the graphical user interface has really improved ever since I started using Linux back in high school. It is really very simple to manage your settings and other things. You can also try out multiple desktop environments. As a matter of fact, on one of my laptops, I have installed five different desktop environments, and I can switch between them. If you don't like one, you can easily just install another one with a few commands, and you have got a whole new desktop right there, whereas, in Microsoft Windows or a Mac, you are just stuck with whatever they give you, and you have to wait until they sell you something else."
"I like its computation speed compared to Windows and other similar features."
"There are several manuals online that are free and available to help you."
"Ubuntu Linux is more secure and has additional security features than some other operating systems."
"The solution is easy to use"
"It is scalable. I can customize it based on what I want to do."
"It is not a user-friendly solution."
"They should improve in the area of entertainment applications for the average user."
"It would be ideal if they added a faster implementation of the security fixes, if possible."
"The solution could be less costly."
"For usability, the GUI options during the initial setup could be included with advanced functionalities that are now currently only possible on the CLI."
"The licensing price could be better."
"The installation documentation needs to be improved"
"Technical support slow to respond."
"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."
"It should be easier and lighter. I am more experienced in working with CentOS, and I find CentOS much easier to use than Ubuntu. Ubuntu is more complicated than CentOS. Ubuntu is also heavier for hardware than centOS."
"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."
"The product must provide integrated security solutions."
"On the desktop edition, we'd like more themes."
"After only a week of using the solution, we haven't really found any limitations or missing features."
"When you upgrade the core of this operating system, it can crash. This is the only problem I had. It needs more stable upgrades."
"It would be nice to see more compatibility with certain Microsoft solutions, such as OneDrive."
Oracle Linux is ranked 3rd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 108 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Oracle Linux is rated 8.4, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Linux writes "The operational system is the best and is packed with free features like CapsLive". 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 Linux is most compared with CentOS, Rocky Linux, Oracle Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS. See our Oracle Linux vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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Ubunto Linux is a complete Linux operating system that is freely available with both community and professional support. This solution is suitable for both desktop and server use. It has a very appealing GUI that makes it very easy for users coming from a Windows ecosystem to understand. Ubuntu Linux makes for a really great, soft introduction to Linux.
Ubuntu Linux has some very demanding system requirements, though. There are many software applications that Ubuntu Linux does not support, which makes some collaborations difficult. It also has some reliability issues and can be a bit buggy.
Oracle Linux is flexible, robust, reliable, and scales easily. Of the many offered features, we like Ksplice best, as it allows us to update the Kernal without a reboot. Oracle Linux offers regular updates and patches which help support great security.
The GUI on Oracle Linux is not very attractive. The download speed is not good, and they could also improve their server capacity. Oracle Linux needs better integrations. It only works with Oracle products. It can also be a bit expensive to use.
Conclusion:
Ubunto is an African word that means “humanity to others” and also represents the expression “I am who I am because of who we all are.” Ubuntu Linux takes this meaning very seriously. It is free (they plan to keep it that way forever) and is very user-friendly, especially when compared to other Linux distributions, and offers excellent community support. If you are new to the Linux ecosystem, Ubunto Linux is a great place to start.
Oracle Linux is very flexible and secure and is the best choice for enterprises already running on Oracle or planning to migrate to Oracle solutions.