We performed a comparison between Flatcar Container Linux and Ubuntu Linux 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."Flatcar's support is good. The version I am using is stable and allows us to make needed changes."
"It has improved our ability to carry out maintenance without downtime as migrating services between server environments is largely seamless."
"There are many features I like about this solution, but one that stands out, is that it allows me to easily install new packages and to have recent packages available."
"If there is a virus going into the network, it has to pass through an Ubuntu server, which can't be infected by the virus. So, there are less viruses on our systems."
"Doesn't require significant manual configuration."
"The trifecta comprising the solution's most valuable features consists of its stability, security and performance."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is a very free tool and serves as a very trustworthy product."
"The solution provides good security."
"The most valuable feature is the user interface."
"The development teams could sharpen their skills. They should offer applications on the net."
"Linux does not provide a user-friendly interface."
"There are some drivers that are not there encoded, however, I thought that was pretty normal. They could be more comprehensive."
"More security features are needed to protect the current file system to prevent attacks."
"The installation of Ubuntu is somewhat complicated, requires better documentation."
"Ubuntu Linux needs to improve its stability. I would like it to show the battery percentage at the screen top."
"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."
"After only a week of using the solution, we haven't really found any limitations or missing features."
"Lacks the ability for disk expansion."
Flatcar Container Linux is ranked 14th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 1 review while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Flatcar Container Linux is rated 8.0, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Flatcar Container Linux writes "The solution is stable and allows us to make needed changes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "Open-source with a great support community and seamless updating". Flatcar Container Linux is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Amazon FreeRTOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Windows 11.
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