We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris, Ubuntu Linux, and Windows Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Canonical, Oracle and others in Operating Systems (OS) for Business."The product's most valuable feature is partitioning resources and optimizing hardware utilization effectively."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"The ability to manipulate the zones and the files within the zones from a global OS provides us flexibility that no other virtualization can match."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"Solaris Zones and Containers are my favorite features."
"This product is stable, has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support."
"Solaris' best feature is its stability."
"We like that the virtualization is built in, so you don't have to spend extra money on buying licenses for a hypervisor."
"Ubuntu Linux is flexible because it has a lot of new features, so you can use it without any problems."
"There is value in the long-time supported distribution LPS."
"What makes Ubuntu easy to use is the large set of applications and the interface. The graphical interface is user friendly."
"The tool is stable. It can automate the updates like Microsoft."
"RTO with the use of templating support for VMware for fast deployment of recovery or new systems, with the least amount work needed on custom settings, within application installed from install repositories. Shorter overall time with the vetted packages. Normally install and go."
"Ubuntu is rather stable, simple to deploy, stable, and well supported by an open-source community."
"They have provided a new interface, which is great."
"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."
"I like its simplicity."
"The solution is very easy to configure."
"This is a stable product and we plan to continue using it in the future."
"We haven't had any issues with the server whatsoever. It's been very reliable."
"It's very easy and user-friendly compared to any other operating system."
"I would say Microsoft operating systems are more stable correctly than they were before, they have made some improvements over the years."
"It is very stable and easy to install."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Hyper-V Live Migration for Critical applications."
"It is not easy to use. It doesn't have a user-friendly interface. It should be easy to use. We are planning to move from Solaris to Linux because Linux is more flexible and user-friendly. Its installation should also be easier. Solaris also needs specific hardware to work well, which is another reason why we are moving to Linux. It should be more flexible in terms of hardware. It should have better integration with other hardware platforms."
"The challenge arises from the differences in commands and configurations compared to more common systems like Linux."
"There is an issue where Solaris doesn't give the correct figures for memory use when checked."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"The primary drawback with this product is the lack of version updates."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure and better documented. So Oracle could learn from them when it comes to security and documentation."
"I don't want to receive any updates on Oracle"
"On the desktop edition, we'd like more themes."
"The solution should have more personal use applications for this platform."
"The vendor must provide an official support team."
"The stability definitely can be improved. When we are implementing patches and new releases, it tends to fail."
"The solution is not user-friendly in comparison with Windows."
"I would like to see the group policies and the GUI improved in the next release."
"Ubuntu could be improved with more container integration and orchestration of those containers. We are looking to have more cloud-based solutions, like Docker, and container-based solutions, or Kubernetes-based solutions integrated with Ubuntu. Instead of going for VMs, we would like to have more container-based solutions on top of Ubuntu."
"They can keep improving the solution's ability to be adopted by users by adding features, such as better tutorials and integration into the system."
"The solution could improve by having more integration and some of the new features that are being released in Windows 11."
"It would be nice if the solution was a bit cheaper. The product is a little pricey."
"Often, we get updates that affect productivity."
"There's always room for improvement. However, I'm not in the main IT department, and therefore, I'm not as close to the product as others on my team."
"Resolving problems in the Windows environment should be improved."
"If the service could be better integrated with the Azure Cloud, I think it would be a plus for Windows."
"Stability-wise, there is room for improvement."
"The solution needs more integration capabilities."
