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 knowledge base they offer has proven to be quite efficient and we haven't encountered any significant challenges."
"The GUI for network adapters and built-in tools provided by RHEL, such as the Mozilla browser, have been valuable. Since they come built-in, it saves the time of having to install them, and you have everything necessary with the installation itself."
"The updates are the most valuable feature."
"The AppStream feature provides access to up-to-date languages and tools in a way that interoperates with third-party source code. It makes it a lot easier to maintain that, as well as keeps our developers happy by having newer versions of development languages available."
"I find the satellite feature the most valuable. It allows us to manage disconnected workstations, keeping their patching, software updates, and bug fixes up to date."
"The most valuable features are ease of support and the ability to run a read-only course on the operating system."
"From a security perspective, the most valuable feature is SELinux. SELinux provides good security. It's doing a good job of protecting my real estate."
"The most valuable features are the specification and technical guides, they are most important the security."
"Some of the main features of this solution are it is less prone to viruses since most viruses are written for Microsoft software, and it is easy to use."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The solution has high fantastic performance."
"The integration with other solutions like Apache is valuable."
"Open source with a fast OS."
"The solution has a very good graphical user interface."
"Ubuntu Linux's most valuable feature is its open-source nature."
"It keeps you secure from virus and malware attacks."
"Red Hat can be tricky at times, but all operating systems are. The moves to systemd and NetworkManager haven't made the product more user-friendly. Let's put it that way. The network management they had before was easier and somewhat more reliable than NetworkManager, which Red Hat forces us to use now."
"There was a reduction in the amount of detail provided in backlog messages between Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions six and seven, compared to versions eight and nine."
"I really think that the upgrade policies between the major versions, like from from RHEL 5 to RHEL 6, should be much easier, similar to what is in place for upgrading from RHEL 6 to RHEL 6.8."
"Scaling can be complicated and has room for improvement."
"The high cost of Red Hat Enterprise Linux has room for improvement."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's monitoring could be improved. I would like additional monitoring features, like a greater ability to monitor services and workloads running. Satellite can provide centralized monitoring of subscriptions and deployments. You can build a monitoring console, but there is no native monitoring."
"If they can make the integration with Ansible easier, that would be ideal."
"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 solution could be more user-friendly, as I use Mac on a day to day basis."
"They aren't as user-friendly as Microsoft. The solution can use a better UI."
"The product could be compatible with Microsoft."
"The product could be easier to manage."
"The biggest improvement, which is also applicable to Linux in general, with Ubuntu Linux is getting things standardized as to where you're going to put your configuration files and how they're going to work. Package names also need to be improved so that the package name doesn't have any match with configuration file systems and things like that. Ubuntu is still better than some of the others, such as Red Hat Linux or CentOS."
"It is an open-source tool, and it doesn't have any support. If there is an issue with the implementation of a feature, such as clustering, I am not sure how to resolve it and get support for it. The stability of the vendor packages also impacts the stability of this solution. When vendor packages are unstable, or any packages are broken, they also impact Ubuntu Linux. It is very hard to resolve an issue related to unstable vendor packages."
"For a broken Ubuntu system, you must do a new installation. There is no existing repair option."
"Ubuntu Linux needs to improve its stability. I would like it to show the battery percentage at the screen top."
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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 "Open-source with a great support community and seamless updating". 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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