We compared Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL and Ubuntu Linux based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Ubuntu Linux seems to be the slightly superior solution because it is easier to use and cheaper to purchase.
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has good support and doesn't have many outages due to the OS."
"I like its user-friendliness for the admins administering the servers and the ease of doing fix packs on the servers and upgrades with the Red Hat software. It saves time and cost because we don't need to have expensive hires to do the work. We can do it ourselves a lot of times. It's a pretty straightforward, easy-to-learn, and user-friendly operating system."
"It is compatible with most Java microservices applications."
"With regard to security, most companies are moving towards the black box approach and Red Hat. It's much more secure compared to the other vendors."
"The most valuable feature is the Identity Management. You pay almost the same subscription cost for normal RHEL and you get the central Identity Management. You would need to pay much more if you were using other applications or products like Active Directory from Microsoft."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Technical support is pretty good. It's one of the main reasons we chose Red Hat over competitors."
"Its scalability and ease of setup and configuration are most valuable. When we have a hardware failure, we just save the configuration files, and in about half an hour, we have another server running with the same configuration. It is really easy to replace servers. This is the best feature."
"The main distinguishing feature between Ubuntu and other Linux distribution is that Ubuntu has excelled at user-friendliness. It's very easy to use."
"You can do everything you need to do with a browser."
"The product is easy to use."
"The integration with other applications, like Chrome or Firefox, works excellent for users navigating and test browsing."
"Ubuntu Linux is more secure and has additional security features than some other operating systems."
"Open source with a fast OS."
"The most valuable features are that it's free and that it is simple to use."
"There are several manuals online that are free and available to help you."
"It could be a bit more user-friendly. It could also be cheaper."
"The solution should be made more secure."
"I agree that, when first downloading it, it makes sense that I have to provide my information. But when I want to update, it shouldn't be necessary. Sometimes, I'm just doing a proof of concept and once I'm finished, the server is gone... If Red Hat would remove that requirement, that would be great."
"Its user interface could be better for people who want to use the GUI. They can provide a better user interface with more features."
"The product should be made available on Oracle Cloud."
"The high cost of Red Hat Enterprise Linux has room for improvement."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward but can be tedious at times because of the compliance things that we have to implement."
"If they can make the integration with Ansible easier, that would be ideal."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Similar to Windows 10, I would like the ability to manage it on Azure or integrate it with Azure."
"On the gaming side, things are happening but there are some games that should be ported to Ubuntu."
"The config file can be changed in many ways, but with other solutions, there is only one way to configure the system."
"The only improvement I would suggest is to switching back to Aptitude. They switched a lot of the packages that used to be running in Aptitude to Snap. I don't find them as usable when they are in Snap. The most obvious instance of this is that it's caused me to have issues with Chrome. Starting Chrome took a couple of seconds before it was up and running, which wasn't pleasant. Back when it used to run packaging in Aptitude, I didn't have this problem. I know they're familiar with these issues because a lot of other people have experienced them too."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in the GUI aspect of the product."
"The support team is not good and needs to be improved. The user community is excellent and helpful, but some questions are unanswered. Also, stability and scalability could be improved."
"If the user interface were further improved then it would be better because more people would be able to use it."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while Ubuntu Linux 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 Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Windows Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows 10, CentOS and Oracle Linux, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and CentOS. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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