Ubuntu Linux Primary Use Case

AtulChaurasia - PeerSpot reviewer
Operational Technical Security at Metro Bank

We can use the solution for browsing. We can also use it as a server and deploy and configure it as a file or web server. The use case depends on the user. I use it to deploy something which I want to test out. If I have to test out ELK Stack, I might use Ubuntu because it’s free.

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ND
System Administrator at Figment Design Laboratories

I currently have the Ubuntu server edition installed across 200 Dell Servers running various projects, applications, and virtualization technologies. I have 70 Ubuntu Desktop editions running throughout my office, we have made a switch from Windows and will not be going back as the stability is incredible on an Ubuntu setup.

The installation is quickly done, the software is easily installed, and deployment can be automated across the workstation and server estates.

My support team also feels far more in control of their destiny when it comes to developing minor tools on the fly for their needs. 

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Bahattin Yetismis - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at BE1 consultancy

We use the solution as a backend production server. We run our Docker containers on Ubuntu. We mainly use it for automotive charging software.

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Ubuntu Linux
March 2024
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JR
Principal Cloud Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use Ubuntu Linux for deployments, infrastructure tasks, and for our developers. It is currently both on-prem and in the cloud. On-prem, there are a handful of machines and approximately 15 virtual machines in the cloud.

Most of the machines are somewhat tied to development purposes. We use it to host GitLab and an artifact repository. We also use it for mail relay to address some shortcomings in the exchange that we experience.

Ubuntu Linux is also used for Kubernetes and Docker development and production tasks. Most of the use cases of Ubuntu Linux are infrastructure related, with approximately 10 to 15 developers who also use it as a desktop.

For total number of users, there are 150 developers working with this solution and many more that use more specific services that are hosted on Ubuntu.

We plan to deploy a major application which will cater to all our testing and quality assurance people, which runs on Ubuntu on Linux.

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DG
Technician / Network & Systems Administrator, ITAS Program at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is mainly a LAMP server with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and other things for the students to do their web development stuff. It's all done up with LDAP capabilities of getting into it. The web server side is open to the internet, so they can sit at home, VPN in, and do all their work. They can actually see what the public-facing side ends up looking like. Then we've got our main learning management system because we do our own self-hosted Moodle instance kind of thing. It's all running on a Linux server and doing well. Our DNS servers and things like that are all separate. Two of them are internet-facing, and one of them is internal.

I am very close to its latest version. I try and stick to using the long-term release versions, like every second year when they release the new long-term release one. So, I have some servers that are actually on 20.04, but I've got a web server at home that's on 16.04. I've got Nextcloud and things like that on that server, so I'm afraid to do a full load upgrade on it because I don't want to break anything. That's why I wish I had it set up as a virtual machine that I could take a snapshot of and blow it up and go, "Oh, okay. I'll revert." We can't do that with the hardware box.

In terms of its deployment, at work, I do everything on-premises in VMware vSphere itself. I work with the IT program at the university. It is an Applied Systems one, so it is a two-year diploma program. I've got a whole bunch of different servers set up for them, and it is a mix. Our domain itself is with Active Directory, and everything is Windows, and then just about everything else is running on Linux servers. Our VPN is also Windows because it makes it simpler for users to connect easily. You don't have to download keys and install them and then be able to talk to OpenVPN properly.

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Radek Skrivanek - PeerSpot reviewer
Department Leader: Project Leadership Production Compact at SKODA AUTO a.s.

We use the solution as a file server. We also run some applications.

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ID
CTO at GreenWeb

I use Ubuntu Linux for server administration and to manage network traffic. I set up a Linux server and router with all traffic through ease. I could limit the band rate limits of users in university. These are the main use cases. I also used Ubuntu with ZoneMinder Software. It's open-source software and we use about 700 CCTV cameras, which are IP-based. We deployed this on our servers for use on our own two operating systems. Other use cases include using it with the base cloud. I set up an openness patch on the Ubuntu Operating System. I'm familiar with Bash Scripting, Python Scripting, and the system programming in C and C++, but C and C++ programming languages are not my recent activities. Most of my working system is Linux Scripting or with Python. Actually, I'm recently working with Ansible to automate my jobs and my Linux experiences. Ubuntu provides for all of these activities. I also used it for OpenStack.We are hosting providers and a service company. Half of our services are based on CentOS, but they are going to migrate to Ubuntu as they are using services that Ubuntu provides. We are going to use Ansible to manage Ubuntu servers using the provided automation. We have been deploying OpenStack in an industrial IT company in Iran and now we are going to add special storage as a block device for our private cloud in Iran.

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Naresh Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Solutions Architect at OORWIN LABS INC

We use Ubuntu Linux to manage various services, such as installing software like Python, PHP, and other server-side applications. Additionally, we install .NET and web applications using PHP, NGINX, and MySQL.

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Madhurya Dutta - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Associate at GNRC Hospitals

I use Ubuntu Linux as my primary operating system on my personal device.

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KS
Technical Manager at LTIMINDTREE

We can use the solution for building microservice applications.

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EV
IT manager at Koleksiyon

SAP connects with Ubuntu Linux, which supports PostgreSQL, which helps connect and authenticate libraries. You can use the tool to get a printout of a picture on the backside of the paper, which may consist of a depiction of production if you send it to a printer via Linux platform.

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PeterKrall - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelance Software Engineer + Director of a company at Peter Krall Consulting

I have used the solution for creating databases. 

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KS
Computer Manager at a university with 10,001+ employees

I'm using it for a file server and for MySQL servers. Those are my primary uses.

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Shehzad Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security and Compliance Officer at Carnation

The solution is used for sandboxing and testing. We also have our production servers in Linux sometimes.

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Olivier Stas - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager at Licent

We use Ubuntu Linux in development environments, specifically for testing purposes, as it can be a versatile alternative to Windows in various scenarios.

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Juan Jose Anaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at SAPEC

We manufacture special telecommunication equipment, and we use Ubuntu Linux to develop our system and design our equipment.

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David-Henderson - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber security consultant at ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY

I was given a laptop with a dead SSD, so I replaced it. However, I couldn't reinstall Windows because I didn't have the original license key. I opted for Ubuntu Linux, which worked. 

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CW
Lead Desktop Support Technician at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

I'm not doing coding with Ubuntu or the whole shorthand thing. I use the browser and stuff like that. I use it the way it's intended. If I download an ISO or particular distro, I use it, and if I don't like it, I find another one.

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Johan Wentzel - PeerSpot reviewer
Forensic Technology Manager at Baker Tilly

I am using this solution as an operating system.

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Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Integrity

I built some application servers on it, like Wi-Fi. I also use it for configurations of servers. 

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NP
Sr. System and Storage Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees

We primarily use the solution for web applications.

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MF
Sales engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd

I use the solution because my Sophos Anti-Virus is installed in it.

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MA
Lead DevOps Engineer at Etisalat

We primarily use Ubuntu to run and manage our monitoring solutions and applications. 

This solution is deployed on-premises. 

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RK
Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We are primarily using the solution for programming. 

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MA
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I don't use Ubuntu very much, but I have been testing it for approximately ten years. 

There are some that are running their data centers off of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu Linux can be used for anything. Anything that you can do on Windows, you can do in Ubuntu. For example Microsoft Office, Microsoft is really famous for, their Windows platforms, and Office suite. 

In the past, the open-source community had alternative software such as Open Office or even another project called Libre Office. These open-source solutions provided an office suite similar to Microsoft Office. However, with the new Office 365, you don't need Windows to work on Office these days. Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel are all web-based. You can run Ubuntu and open your Firefox browser and use it.

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FA
IT Assistant at Hotel 2 Fevrier

We used this solution to do an integration between one of our PMS, property management systems. We integrated Opera and a cloud-based system. We use it as an interface between the Opera system, which is on a Windows server, and cloud bases system.

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DD
Director & CTO at TechnoInfotech

The solution provides digital use for end users. I'm the director of the company and we are customers of Ubuntu. 

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JW
System Administrator at Maxar Technologies

We use Ubuntu Linux for software development to create a desktop environment for our developers, and we also have some VMs running Ubuntu-based services. 

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Narender Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at iLenSys Technologies Pvt Ltd

Ubuntu Linux is primarily used for applications. 

We use phpMyAdmin and an ISO Index, both of which run on Ubuntu Linux.

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Sushrit Moundekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at InfoCepts

We use Ubuntu Linux as an operating system for the installations we do on any of the servers. It's an open-source solution that is easy to customize.

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Franco PaoloCarranza - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and CEO at Applied Labs

We started with Ubuntu Linux as our initial path to start developing our own software. If a customer wants us to manage a different technology for them, we can do that. For now, for new projects that are made from scratch, we use our own technologies, and those are built over Linux.

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MK
Director at SafeSquid Labs

We are using this solution in my organization as a software development platform.

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Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Solution Architect at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

Ubuntu is a Linux operating system and one of the applications that it hosts is my SQL database.

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RM
Director, CTO, Co-Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I have used versions 16, 18 and 20, mainly the first two. 

We mostly use the solution for development purposes and also test it on products before and after their release. 

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MdZaman - PeerSpot reviewer
IT manager at a agriculture with 10,001+ employees

We use the latest version of the solution.

It is useful for running our personal applications. 

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OP
Senior architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We mostly use the Ubuntu 14 version, although this varies from one customer to the next. We always utilize the latest stable version when embarking on a new project. 

We use the solution for application development and integration. We employ it as an e-commerce solution or when writing a connector between two systems, such as for website development. 

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OK
Solution Architect at KIAN company

I'm responsible for building and providing container environments, and, therefore, I need to install and configure Kubernetes clusters on Linux operating systems. We use Ubuntu as a base operating system for the Kubernetes cluster and container environments.

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SG
Linux System Engineer at Graviton Research Capital LLP

We use the product for end-user applications and site management across workstations and servers within our environment.

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RS
Lead Linux Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I support a group that works with artificial intelligence. I install the machines for them and they do the customization. Some use Python, some use Java, some use other languages. They install their own IDs, their own products, their own systems and I deal with the operating system and support it. I'm a lead Linux administrator.

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HF
Researcher (telecommunication networks, smart cities and IoT) at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are at a University and use this solution for teaching and research.

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VamsiKrishna2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Trainee at Eidiko

We have 250 to 300 users in our organization working with Ubuntu, including about 50 engineers.

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ZG
Senior System Administrator at Debre Markos University

We are using Ubuntu Linux for many purposes, such as running applications for our server.

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LC
Programma / Project Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We primarily use the solution for data storage. 

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BR
Unix Admin at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

I use this solution on my desktop.

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IS
Co-Founder at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

My primary use case is for office work and developing software. 

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AO
Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use this solution for our NFS environment. I'm a system administrator and we're customers of Ubuntu Linux. 

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JC
Assistant Researcher at CNRS

I primarily used Ubuntu Linux as a DNS server. I was running other types of servers, as well.

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Ammar  Mostafa - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Consultant at SecuriCIP

We configured it as a third-party log collector, receiving Postfix gateway logs. Additionally, we removed the on-site and electric agents. I use it for a unified firewall solution and have installed an identification package and other similar tools.

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PM
Works at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

The use case for Ubuntu is not the information system production environment for the operating system. It is used to run applications.

We are not utilizing Ubuntu in critical applications.

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DI
Lead Technical Instructor at codehub

It can be used to write an application that is for all kinds of users to operate as an independent application.

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SA
Manager at global trading

We use this solution for testing virtual servers and kernel-based programming.

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TS
Founder at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees

We are planning to use the solution for hosting, but we haven't yet started anything. It is still in the testing phase.

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VB
Information Technology System Administrator at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees

We use the solution as a desktop appliance.

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PA
Project Manager at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

There are no specific uses beyond it being an operating system.

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EJ
IP/MPLS Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We primarily use it for our personal applications. We use it in our day-to-day work. 

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Syed Masood - PeerSpot reviewer
Web Developer at doodleblue

It's very helpful for development. I'm a software developer. Linux is very easy to install a couple of things from the terminal. We can do most of the things from the terminal. It's very useful, in terms of their application in the cloud server. We can install it in the server, in our community server. If I do something in my local machine in the terminal, I can do the same thing in the cloud server. That's why I'm using Linux Ubuntu.

A few years ago, maybe two years ago, we were affected by some kind of encryption virus, a malware virus. It affected most of the Windows system due to the fact that our system was connected with some LAN connection. However, the Linux-based systems were not affected as it's a different OS. In our office, we just removed the Windows thing and put everything over on the Linux OS. 

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BK
Associate Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

We are using Ubuntu Linux for running applications.

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Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Integrity

I utilize the solution for running my personal applications.

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MS
Head of Technical Support at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees

We use the solution for our Linux servers. 

We use it for file transfer and remote desktop connections.

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TM
Systems Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees

Ubuntu is mainly required for work services, your domain name services, and internet public-facing services.

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SM
System Administrator at j5 Software South Africa

We're using Ubuntu in a number of different ways and I even have a server for the main controller that's running Ubuntu so that people can authenticate and do various other things internally. I started using Linux a very long time ago and it wasn't Ubuntu. Ubuntu just happened to be the friendliest, nicest solution out there. It is also the easiest to sell to other people. 

One of the things I like about this solution is that you can leave it without having to boot into a rescue mode at one of your servers. You don't have to change permissions or go through nightmarish scenarios to solve technical issues. 

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JB
Consultor at Scitum
  • Surprised with the better use of resources for old machines.
  • The GUI is easy and friendly.
  • The environment was a test machine with Intel i586 (recommended).
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PB
System Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I use this product on my desktop, it's a basic system for developing applications. Our company is based in the Czech Republic. I'm a systems architect and customer of Ubuntu. 

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BP
Founder at Element Flux

I use it for everything. I literally use it for any activity that I would do on a computer. I use it for writing code, browsing the web, shopping, and streaming videos and music. I also use it for graphics editing and testing.

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HT
System Administrator and DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We run our personal applications or non-mission-critical applications on Ubuntu Linux to cut the cost. 

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MF
Infrastructure Security Architect at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

I use Ubuntu Linux just for testing, e.g. as a workstation. I also use it for running some applications.

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RM
Senior Director IP led Services (PES) at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use the solution in the company where I work as an operating system. Whenever you are doing some serious development, you deploy this solution on a Unix platform.

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MR
Co-Founder- Operation & Digital technology transformation at Cloudtreez

I primarily use it in my day to day work to test my products. There are a lot of open-source tools on the market, and I need this product to have something to deploy them on.

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BB
System Manager at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our primary use case is to have as an operating system, to install some applications.

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CN
Senior Cloud Architect and Team Lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

Ubuntu Linux is an operating system and we use it for day-to-day operations.

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SAMUELMWANGI - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Calidad Systems Limited

We use Ubuntu Linux to run applications and host our Oracle databases.

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SA
Director, EPS at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am using it for my personal use. I am mainly using it for some experimental things. 

I am using its latest version.

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HG
Technical Content Writer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

We primarily use the solution for running some applications and for various apps or software. It provides integration with operating systems.

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DB
MIS Specialist at a agriculture with 201-500 employees

We are using Ubuntu Linux as a file management solution.

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NU
Vice President SOC Monitoring at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

I am using it for my personal use on my personal laptop.

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GM
IT Infra Head at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use this solution to install multiple applications in our environment.

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MW
Project Manager at Realnux

We are a solution provider and we recommend this product to our customers. We also use it internally.

Ubuntu provides us with a computer server, allowing us to combine our software code and different projects to produce graphics.

This operating system is suitable for cloud computing.

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LD
Director Lean Infrastructure at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I'm a customer of Ubuntu Linux and work as director lead infrastructure. 

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JV
Cyber Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I use this solution for running our personal applications and our day-to-day personal use. We install it on our laptops.

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SH
IT Security Specialist & Data Protection Officer at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees

I use Ubuntu for running personal applications.

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Ognian Dantchev - PeerSpot reviewer
Machine Learning Engineer at ALSO Finland Oy

Machine learning -- create models with Anaconda

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DK
Information Technology Manager and ISMS Auditor at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

We use the solution for business use and running applications.

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MH
Solution Architect / Head of DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Ubuntu is a Linux OS. The solution is primarily used for web servers and web traffic.

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CA
Owner and business consultant at networks srl

I am using it for quite a lot of things. I teach at a university where we use it for radiation protection computations. On the networking side, I use it for both workstations and firewalls. I always use its latest version.

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it_user1165362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Product Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We primarily use the solution as an operating system.

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HQ
Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I used it before on my laptop, and I was quite happy with it. I had to change back to Windows 8 when we got a new product which is not supported by Linux. To show our product to our customers, I had to go back to Windows. 

I still have an older laptop which is using the Ubuntu version on it. I am still quite happy with it. I have not had so many compatibility problems between Ubuntu and Windows as I have had with Mac.

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CR
Developer / Team Lead at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We are using Ubuntu Linux for testing some VMs.

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NT
Data & AI expert at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I use the solution as a hosting system, processing machine for my machine learning model, and for running applications.

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FK
Managing Partner at Veribir Ltd

We are using Ubuntu Linux to run applications.

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HP
Computer engineering student at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

I have been using this solution for personal use and when I was in college to do some assignments. I typically install it on virtual machines.

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MP
Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

We are using this solution for one of our projects where it requires an open-source toolchain for web application development.

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MC
CEO at SoniqSoft JRMM sp. z o.o. s.k.

It is used for everything. We use it for our mail server and cloud solution server. You can also use it as an Active Directory (AD) Server instead of a Windows Server.

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HG
Director of Linux Platform Software Institute at a consumer goods company with 51-200 employees

The primary use case for Ubuntu is as a Linux operating system.  

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MB
Solution Architect, IT Consultant at Merdasco - Rayan Merdas Data Prosseccing

Some of my customers use Red Hat, some of them use Debian, and some of them use Ubuntu. Ubuntu is popular for ordinary customers and some of our clients use Ubuntu. I have experience with most main distributions, such as SUSE, Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS, and Debian. 

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IR
Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I am using it for the desktop system. I have its latest version.

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KB
Systems Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have installed Ubuntu Desktop on my personal laptop. 

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TL
Head of Security at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

We use the solution for internal application deployment.

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LE
Head, Information Systems and Technology at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We pretty much use it to run everything that we have at the moment.

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AP
Information Technology Infrastructure Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We use Ubuntu Linux as an operating system for daily use. We use it for many purposes, for example, supporting, developing, configuring, and scripting.

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ZB
Executive Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is useful for web servers, email servers, and file servers. I am using its latest version.

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CL
Cloud Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We mainly use this solution for application-related uses. We use it as our main Linux platform of choice. 

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HM
Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use the solution to run our business applications.

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MG
Partner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I provide products for my customers. There are no limits to this solution.

Customers can use it for almost all applications and they can use it for their own systems.

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FE
Senior System Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

I used Ubuntu Linux for my desktop and for web servers.

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SB
ITOM Solution Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I use Ubuntu mostly for private purposes.

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RN
Lead Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Our primary use case is for implementing anything that's open source, like a network monitoring tool or anything connected to network, security or vulnerability scanning. It can all be done with Linux. 

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Buyer's Guide
Ubuntu Linux
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Ubuntu Linux. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
767,319 professionals have used our research since 2012.