Ubuntu Linux Stability

AtulChaurasia - PeerSpot reviewer
Operational Technical Security at Metro Bank

I rate the tool’s stability a nine out of ten.

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ND
System Administrator at Figment Design Laboratories

I have 200 real servers running Ubuntu with close to 1400 containers/VMs running the same operating system and it's supported all by two people since there are so many well-thought-out tools and bugs/issues that have been ironed out.

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

The product is stable.

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Ubuntu Linux
March 2024
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DG
Technician / Network & Systems Administrator, ITAS Program at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Its stability is great. You turn it on, and it runs. I do have a couple of these that do automatic updates for the important stuff. I just get an email telling me that this is being updated so that I can check and make sure everything is okay, which is always the case, but it is worth checking anyway. You can back out of the updates fairly easily, unlike Windows that magically does things. I don't mind that in general, but you never really know what it is doing. It just says, "Oh, here are your updates. You've got these six things." You can't pick just one to update. You've just got to say, "Yeah, go ahead and update," and then hope it doesn't blow up in the meantime.

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

I rate the tool’s stability a nine out of ten.

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ID
CTO at GreenWeb

The stability of Ubuntu is good. The most important aspect is that you can use the LTS versions of Ubuntu. We can have upgrades of software for many years and obtain support from Ubuntu. Stability is important for a Linux administrator In general Ubuntu or even CentOS does not have any problems with stability and you can use it for many years. I have used it for 3 or 4 years continuously and I did not encounter a serious issue at that time.

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

We haven't experienced any downtime till today. I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.

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Madhurya Dutta - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Associate at GNRC Hospitals

Ubuntu Linux have two types of releases. The first one is LTS (Long Term Support), and they also release short-term support versions every nine months. I mostly prefer the LTS version because they are the most stable.

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KS
Technical Manager at LTIMINDTREE

The tool is stable.

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EV
IT manager at Koleksiyon

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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

It is a stable solution. 

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

The stability is mostly pretty good. The only issue with stability was with power knocking out, and therefore I put a UPS on it. That seemed to solve any issues going forward. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's quite good now.

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

The product is quite stable. I rate the stability a nine out of ten.

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Olivier Stas - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager at Licent

I rate the platform's stability a ten out of ten.

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Juan Jose Anaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at SAPEC

Ubuntu Linux is a very stable solution.

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MK
It at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The tool is stable.

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GR
Embedded Engineer at a engineering company with 11-50 employees

Ubuntu Linux is a stable solution.

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

I rate Ubuntu Linux's stability a nine out of ten. 

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

Ubuntu Linux is stable. It's now on the 16th edition I think, which just recently came out. I have a paid education license. 

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Johan Wentzel - PeerSpot reviewer
Forensic Technology Manager at Baker Tilly

The solution is stable.

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Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Integrity

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. 

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

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance is good. It's reliable. 

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MF
Sales engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten.

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MA
Lead DevOps Engineer at Etisalat

Ubuntu Linux is very stable, compared to other Linux versions. We are satisfied with the performance. 

We have five support engineers to maintain this solution. 

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

The stability of the product has been good. There are no bugs or glitches. The performance is good. It doesn't crash or freeze on us. 

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

Stability is a broad topic. Ubuntu is stable. 

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FA
IT Assistant at Hotel 2 Fevrier

The solution is stable and performing very well. When we an issue once and there was no need to restart it completely, you just needed to log in, see the log file, and fix the issue, it is very simple. It is more scalable than Windows systems. With Windows systems, most of the time you need to restart the whole computer, or the whole server, to fix the issue. With this solution, you do not.

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DD
Director & CTO at TechnoInfotech

This is a stable solution. 

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JW
System Administrator at Maxar Technologies

For desktop usage, we find Ubuntu is quite stable. We seldom have a problem with it even running on laptops. I think it's one of the better Linux distributions for running on laptops, and it supports various kinds of laptop hardware. 

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

Ubuntu Linux is a stable solution. It is stable enough.

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SK
Founder at a non-profit with 1-10 employees

We find that the stability isn't that great. They have opted to keep adding new features and functionalities, and due to the fact that it's always evolving, it's not as stable as a solution that is pretty static.

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Sushrit Moundekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at InfoCepts

Ubuntu Linux is a stable solution.

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Chairul Manalu - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer (Devops) at PT.Prima Sarana Solusi

The tool could be more stable.

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MK
Director at SafeSquid Labs

The solution is stable.

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

When it comes to the stability of Ubuntu Linux versus that of Windows, the former, in respect of developer machines, is less energy consuming, which translates into a longer shelf life. 

The stability is one of the reasons that we use the solution. 

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

The solution is stable. 

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

The solution is stable. Windows crashes all the time. Ubuntu Linux is definitely stable by comparison. 

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OK
Solution Architect at KIAN company

I work with simple environments like a laboratory, and it is stable because there are no huge workloads on that server.

In general, I think Ubuntu servers are very stable for providing cloud native applications.

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SG
Linux System Engineer at Graviton Research Capital LLP

The stability is better than that of other open-source platforms.

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

The solution is stable, no bugs or glitches. 

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

This solution is stable. We use it on our laptops and we deploy it in our virtual machines. We are pleased with it.

We plan to keep using this product.

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VamsiKrishna2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Trainee at Eidiko

Ubuntu is stable. 

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ZG
Senior System Administrator at Debre Markos University

I have found Ubuntu Linux to be stable.

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

The stability is very good. We have found that there aren't any bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

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

The stability of this solution is ok. The previous version of this solution had some glitches. When I locked the system, I would come back and it would not unlock. I had to remotely log in and kill something before it would unlock. After the update it was ok.

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

This solution is stable. 

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

The solution is stable. 

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JC
Assistant Researcher at CNRS

All Linux systems, including Ubuntu, are stable.

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SN
Senior Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
AS
Security Expert at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We have encountered stability issues. I find it less stable when I am using Ubuntu as a virtual machine.

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Ammar  Mostafa - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Consultant at SecuriCIP

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

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

Ubuntu Linux is a stable solution.

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DI
Lead Technical Instructor at codehub

I have never had problems with stability.

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SA
Manager at global trading

The solution is stable.

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

Ubuntu provides quite a stable environment.

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SF
Executive Director at Dynamic Tomorrow

Ubuntu Linus has always been very stable for us.

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

The solution is stable, although I feel Debian, which I use with KDE, to have a more stable operating system than Ubuntu Linux. 

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

I have no issues with the stability of this solution.

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it_user6186 - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Analyst and Advisory Consultant at Server StorageIO - www.storageio.com

Yes, on the other hand, deploy in a controlled environment, stay within the “box”, and it works well.

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

The solution is quite stable. Its performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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Syed Masood - PeerSpot reviewer
Web Developer at doodleblue

The solution is stable and does not get infected with viruses. It's very resilient and the performance is good. I haven't dealt with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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

The solution is bug-free and stable.

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Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Integrity

The solution is stable. 

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

It's a stable solution.

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SM
System Administrator at j5 Software South Africa

The solution is very stable and the long term support releases have been great. It is always a very good idea to read what's happening and not to switch over too quick. We have products that we put out that we build, so we also have to make sure that all the libraries around that product are going to be working the same before we even start to use it. So the stability is fantastic. We've been very happy about the long term support release and we've hardly had any problems at all.

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PB
System Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable. 

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BP
Founder at Element Flux

It seems to be really stable for me. The cool thing is that it is a journaled system versus Windows in which a lot of things are written into memory. They've improved on this quite a bit. If your computer crashes in the middle of updates or something like that, you can still easily access and go back to maybe what it was before you tried the update. Another thing that is really cool is that you can upgrade an entire distribution version. You can upgrade from version 18.04 to 20.04.

A lot of web servers are probably running on some version of Linux, such as CentOS, and these web servers sometimes can go on for years without the need to be restarted. They are very resilient.

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

It is stable. I didn't face any issues.

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ES
System Engineer at a non-profit with 201-500 employees

Stability of our systems has only improved since moving from CentOS to Ubuntu LTS.

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it_user241842 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Developer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It is rocksolid!

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

From a stability perspective, Ubuntu Linux is quite stable. This is the reason I'm using it at home, e.g. for the lab. When I deploy it, it's quite stable, and I don't need to do anything else.

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

The solution is stable.

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

The stability is good. Whatever I've needed to maintain, I've been able to on Unbuntu. It doesn't crash or freeze and it's not buggy. I find it to be reliable.

That said, they do have to look at their security measures and maybe tighten those up a bit.

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it_user302112 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Not with Ubuntu itself, but some software being packaged by the community for Ubuntu is not built with optimum parameters. E.g. I had many struggles with the libvirt/KVM builds for Ubuntu.

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AP
Senior Engineer - Cloud and datacenter at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is very stable and there are supports for the newer drivers, or support from the community and from the Ubuntu on help documents.

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SAMUELMWANGI - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Calidad Systems Limited

The solution is stable.

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it_user697008 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and CEO at a tech services company

There were no stability issues.

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

It is stable.

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

The stability is good overall. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. The performance is good.

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DB
MIS Specialist at a agriculture with 201-500 employees

Ubuntu Linux could be more stable.

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

It is stable.

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

It's a stable solution.

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AJ
Human Resources Manager at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This solution is stable. It runs smoothly in our environment and we have not been faced with any issues using it.

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

I think it's very stable. 

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it_user265317 - PeerSpot reviewer
Informatico aziendale at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

No. Linux in general is a very stable OS. I use only the LTS releases of Ubuntu that are more stable than the others.

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

Ubuntu Linux is a stable operating system.

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

Ubuntu isn't as stable as some solutions.

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

Ubuntu's performance and stability have always been good.

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

The solution could be more stable and secure.

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

The stability of the solution is very good. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable. 

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CA
Owner and business consultant at networks srl

If it is administered properly, it is stable. If there are administration issues, they are kind of hard to resolve for inexperienced users.

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AA
Operations Manager at a retailer with 201-500 employees

The stability, so far, has been good. We haven't had any issues with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze on us. It's been very reliable so far.

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

The solution is stable. It's reliable. We don't seem to have any issues with bugs and glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze


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

It is very stable. Previously, I never had a problem. 

Though, I have a problem now. I tried to install Microsoft SQL Server on a new Ubuntu machine, and it is not working at 100 percent. This is following Microsoft's install instructions, not Ubuntu's.

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

Ubuntu Linux is a stable system.

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

The solution is very stable, it does not need to restart to maintain stability. 

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FK
Managing Partner at Veribir Ltd

Ubuntu Linux is a highly stable solution. We have not had any problems at all.

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

The solution is stable.

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

The solution could be more stable.

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

It is stable.

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

The product is stable. We do not have problems with downtime.  

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FK
IT Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We are three senior engineers and four junior engineer doing the maintenance.

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

Because of some cutting edge packages, I think stability is good. Sometimes you need software that is not in the main repositories. Ubuntu tries to involve new software in their repositories.

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it_user69474 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is very stable. For all those years, I never had any problems.

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

Ubuntu is very stable, I have zero issues.

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

The solution is stable, it is based on 20 years of history.

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

In terms of stability, it has been very stable.

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YZ
IT Manager at TMSoft ltd

The solution is stable. 

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

Ubuntu Linux is stable.

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

It is stable.

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it_user220236 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate System Administrator at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I did not encounter any issues with scalability.

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

The solution is definitely stable. 

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

It is stable to an extent. Microsoft and Apple are more stable.

The stability definitely can be improved. When we are implementing patches and new releases, it tends to fail.

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

Ubuntu Linux is stable and I plan to continue using it.

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ZS
IT Specialist at a tech services company

This solution is stable.

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

Ubuntu is a stable solution. 

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JS
Manager Operations at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Ubuntu is stable but when you running with 1,000 people or more, you have to go with a high-speed directory, and we don't have the same control thatwe have with Windows.

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it_user239649 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
HS
Works

I find the solution stable.

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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.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.