We performed a comparison between Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows 11 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Operating Systems (OS) for Business solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Technical support is pretty good. It's one of the main reasons we chose Red Hat over competitors."
"It's been great since we have it. It's been reliable and fast."
"Compared to any other product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a stable backported solution for a long time."
"Aside from security, the advantage of Red Hat as compared to the other distributions is the availability of support and patching. When you have an enterprise subscription with Red Hat, you get support and patching."
"The most valuable feature is the package management. It helps a lot. I also like the support."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a reliable operating system that can run for long periods of time without any issues."
"The containerized platform will help us use ROSA."
"Automation is the most valuable feature. I don't like having to solve a problem more than once. If I can just whip up some code to take care of deploying something, responding to something, etc., then that is what I prefer. It is a lot easier out-of-the-box to do than it is with Windows. With Windows, there is always the process of bootstrapping into being able to have the automation framework available, then making the automation framework work."
"I like the tool's Office software."
"It has helped with analytics."
"Windows 11 has nice icons and colors."
"It supports a lot of features compared to other operating systems."
"The search bar and graphic user interface (GUI) are my most valuable features."
"Windows 11 is more user-friendly in GUI (Graphical User Interface) and offers a wide range of settings and preferences."
"The tool's integrated antivirus program, Microsoft Defender, is enough for my purpose."
"I use the tool for work which includes emails, using the internet, etc."
"A lot of improvement is required to get security compliance, especially with the privacy of the data, managing it, and storing it."
"There is potential for improvement when it comes to ease of use. It has become easier to use over the years but could be better still. Linux, in general, has never been a simple solution. It's usually a more complex solution than something like Windows. If there is a downside, it's that it is more complex than some of the other solutions."
"I also want the co-pilot to provide more granular control and more features in the GUI, so we can have one configuration from the GUI itself. It would be helpful to have a feature similar to the one in Windows where we can manage all the net flows from one console in a single pane of glass and install it on-premises like an admin center. It would be great if Red Hat had some kind of admin center to manage all the RHEL boxes without using an additional product like Satellite or something, we could use the co-pilot on all the systems to monitor the dashboard."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward but can be tedious at times because of the compliance things that we have to implement."
"Red Hat can be tricky at times, but all operating systems are. The moves to systemd and NetworkManager haven't made the product more user-friendly. Let's put it that way. The network management they had before was easier and somewhat more reliable than NetworkManager, which Red Hat forces us to use now."
"It could be simplified. I'd like to see them introduce PDFs or documents to better explain technicalities to new users."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a little expensive for some customers who don't have the budget. It depends on the client. They can save money by not purchasing some of the added packages and services. If the client has a budget of $10 million, we can go for the whole bundle."
"When we initially began working with containers, we encountered some challenges with compatibility."
"Windows 11 needs to improve its pricing."
"The solution must improve its aesthetics."
"The solution’s pricing could be cheaper."
"I didn't find any reliable reviews for applications in the Microsoft Store."
"Whenever there is an update, a black screen appears which is due to patches being installed in the background."
"The product's price, performance, and implementation accessibility need improvement."
"Windows 11's pricing needs improvement. Additionally, its integration capabilities with other systems could be better."
"Sometimes, I experience slowness in Windows 11, and its speed could be improved."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while Windows 11 is ranked 10th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 39 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while Windows 11 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 Windows 11 writes "An easy-to-use solution that can be used for desktop computing". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows 10 and VMware vSphere, whereas Windows 11 is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. Windows 11 report.
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