We performed a comparison between Ubuntu Linux and Windows Server based on our users’ reviews in five 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 a secure, easy to use, and robust solution that is completely free.
"They have provided a new interface, which is great."
"What makes Ubuntu easy to use is the large set of applications and the interface. The graphical interface is user friendly."
"Ubuntu Linux has good security features and a lot of software compatibility."
"The feature that I most like in Ubuntu is that it is really easy to use. Ubuntu is very easy to use and comes with many available packages. I think that Ubuntu is a good solution for the small business or a small lab."
"The solution has high fantastic performance."
"I feel the graphical interface to be very user friendly, as is first time installation."
"The most valuable features are the pseudo-terminal and it is the most open-sourced operating system that can be used."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Hyper-V Live Migration for Critical applications."
"The product can scale."
"The product is scalable."
"Very easy to configure."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features are the ease of access and maintaining the solution."
"The most valuable feature is Active Directory."
"The solution is very easy to use and very easy to onboard."
"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."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say management and storage. Mostly, the storage mechanism."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The solution could improve by having better integration."
"On the gaming side, things are happening but there are some games that should be ported to Ubuntu."
"The product is difficult to use sometimes."
"There is a large open-sourced community that is helpful. I had a lot of problems when starting out and there was plenty of assistance throughout the community. Since everyone is helping for free the support could be better."
"Ease of use and ease of deployment could still be improved in this system."
"The cost to use the solution is quite high."
"Windows Server could improve its integration with cloud and hybrid environments to better adapt to modern computing needs."
"The solution needs container compatibility."
"The platform's user interface needs improvement."
"If the service could be better integrated with the Azure Cloud, I think it would be a plus for Windows."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The stability could be improved."
"The solution's licensing cost is expensive and could be improved."
Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 134 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 reviews. Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux, Windows 11 and CentOS. See our Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows Server report.
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