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.
"The main feature of the solution is it has a command-line editor."
"The GUI is user-friendly."
"It's faster than Windows."
"The tools we are using for this project are compatible with this solution."
"The most valuable features are the pseudo-terminal and it is the most open-sourced operating system that can be used."
"Ubuntu is very easy to use and you can manage it on your own."
"Ubuntu Linux is flexible because it has a lot of new features, so you can use it without any problems."
"We can easily customize the NTS Client code."
"This is quite a stable product."
"If everything is configured correctly this solution provides high performance. Building a Failover Cluster is comparatively much easier in Windows Server than any of the Linux-based solutions."
"Within 10 or 15 minutes, you can build a single Windows Server and put it on production."
"The tool supports many applications."
"The product offers in-house servers. It helps us update them and check any technical issues easily."
"The most valuable feature is Active Directory."
"The solution is easy to use. We are satisfied with its performance."
"The main features that we are using are active directory, domain, and DNS."
"It could be better for working with software at a high resolution."
"The product could be compatible with Microsoft."
"The repository needs to be kept up to date all of the time."
"Ubuntu could add some additional hardware support."
"The solution has a bit of a learning curve. It's not too high, however, you do need to understand the solution to deploy it and work with it effectively."
"There are certain shortcomings related to the product's frequency of updates. From an improvement perspective, my company expects the solution to offer less frequent updates."
"The product must provide integrated security solutions."
"When installing software, an online interface has to be used and commands written to run the installation. The solution could be improved if it was possible to click twice in an icon for the installation process to begin."
"There are lots of improvements that can be brought by Microsoft, although for us Windows Server works mostly as expected. For how we're using Windows Server, security is a top priority, so when talking security, it can always be improved upon, no matter what."
"It can have more integration, which will be useful for the data integration process. More integration with different applications and different OS would be quite good."
"I believe the solution needs to be more secure in the future."
"It would help if there was a possibility to postpone some updates. If some are not required, it could speed up the process of starting up the operating system. Sometimes big workloads related to services are running directly on the system itself and not the application. This is what I have noticed"
"The solution could have better security features."
"We have not had an issue with the stability of this solution. However, there could be some improvements."
"The reporting, event logging, and event management functionalities need to be improved."
"The only thing that could be improved is the price."
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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