Ubuntu Reviews & Insights

Score8.7 out of 10

298 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Ubuntu Linux are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Efficient and Resourceful: Users have consistently praised Ubuntu Linux for its efficiency and resourcefulness, allowing them to extend the life of aging hardware and meet smaller demands such as word processing and web browsing. Several users have stated that Ubuntu has helped them save money by eliminating the need for expensive hardware upgrades.

Large Support Community: The vast user base of Ubuntu has resulted in a large support community that is easily accessible. Many users appreciate the convenience of being able to gather information and find solutions to their requirements through web searches. This active support community has been a valuable resource for troubleshooting issues and finding answers quickly.

Stability and Reliability: Ubuntu Linux is highly regarded for its stability and reliability, with many users noting that they rarely encounter bugs or issues. This consistent performance has provided peace of mind to users, particularly those working on professional projects that require a stable environment.

Reviews

47 Reviews

The Most Suitable Environment for Backend Developers Ubuntu

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 2, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Ubuntu in our company to publish our website, manage our database and as a development environment. Ubuntu is a great Linux distribution that allows you to take advantage of the capabilities of the Linux operating system. When it is running at full capacity when we need it from time to time, its performance is ahead of many of its competitors.

Pros

Friendly UI
Package Management
LTS (Long-term Support)
Cloud and Server Integration

Cons

Hardware Compatibility
Power Management Tuning
No built-in rollback

Likelihood to Recommend

Ubuntu is very easy to use for basic server tasks. You can install a web server like Nginx or Apache and a database like MySQL or PostgreSQL with simple commands and get automatic updates and security patches. This makes Ubuntu a reliable platform for hosting websites or backend services. However, if you need to run many security or penetration testing tools, a security focused system like Kali Linux usually works better without extra setup.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Powerful Opensource Operating System

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 26, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

All of our server side and some of our development machines are running on Ubuntu only. It really provides support to lot of products, languages and tools. The product is open source and their community is very huge which is really helpful incase of any issue, bugs, support and deployment related issue.

Pros

All our aws machines are running using Ubuntu OS only.
We use Ubuntu with whenever we need to perform any machine learning model training as it is more compatible with CUDA
Some of our python based development strictly needs Linux OS and we're using Ubuntu there also

Cons

there is lot of versioning that we need to manage while installing on ubuntu
With new version UI is consuming lot of resources, that must be addressed by developers
there must be an option of customizing what we need and what we not while installing Ubuntu, it's like something between current installation methods provided.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you're good with command line then you must use it. If your deployment budget is economical then go for it. Ubuntu can actually help you in learning a lot of new things and provides support for lot of tools that can be used to make life easy.

Ranu Singh

Software Engineer in Engineering at Kainoos (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

If it didn't have Snap, I would love it.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

June 25, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have many servers and a few workstations running Ubuntu. We wanted a nice alternative to Windows and something that was more robust and compatible for our web hosting needs. Additionally, we needed to have our chosen server system work with our tooling (Laravel Forge) and that made Ubuntu the clear choice.

Pros

Laravel Forge integration
Easy install/updates
User friendly interface
Decent software selection

Cons

Snap integration causes more problems than it solves, especially on servers
Container virtualization is weaker than I would like
Continues trying their own thing rather than supporting the upstream community

Likelihood to Recommend

It really depends on the use case, but for us, we found Ubuntu to work really well as a PHP, RDBMS, Load Balancer, NGINX server for our web hosting clients. We've also found it works ok as an SFTP endpoint.

Joseph Brower

Owner and Lead Developer in Information Technology at Binary Cocoa (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

17 years of experience

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Ubuntu Linux Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

January 17, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Ubuntu Linux both client side (for personal use) and server side (in my organization). I find the operating system very user-friendly and in some way comparable to a Windows operating system on the graphical side. For ealry Linux beginners it is a great alternative, as it offers a well-structured GUI as well as a fully-customizable Command Terminal. It is stable and uses apt as a packet manager (since it's a Debian-based distribution).

Pros

Graphics
Commands
Stability

Cons

update management
customization
product serving

Likelihood to Recommend

It isn't every day you speak about these things in the office with colleagues, however I'd strongly recommend this OS to colleagues or early Linux beginners to learn and understand how the Linux world works. Mastering this operating system in its integrity and tools with the help of its stability and easy comprehension of the latter is a great first step.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Ubuntu, the better operative system.

Rating: 9 out of 10

November 17, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Linux is the better operative system for use in applications of artificial intelligence, programming, robotics, embedded systems, and other educational and research topics. It has any issues when used on laptops that have hardware components so recently, this is because the operating system doesn't have native drivers.

Pros

Boost the old devices can be laptops and desktops.
Improves the speed of communication through distributed computing.
Robotics
University education
Software development

Cons

Not very useful for specific programs (Labview, Proteus)
Some drivers do not exist in Linux.

Likelihood to Recommend

Linux is so appropriate to work in software development, robotics, programming, education, and for use in the daily routine.

Verified User

Professional in Engineering (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

A review of Ubuntu Linux from a Software Developer's perspective

Rating: 7 out of 10

May 25, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a software solution developer and provider firm, when we initially tried to switch our major workload to Linux, there were a lot of options available, but as per the need, we wanted a system which was lightweight, have wide software and hardware support and also a good user base. After a lot of research, we settled for Ubuntu, which I would say, was our best choice so far.

It's still very good, have support for many languages and also Web Development, right out of the box, which makes it so much better, plus it's also understandable and easy to work with for the user, who's using Linux for the first time. Till today, I'll recommend Ubuntu to someone without thinking twice.

Pros

Management of Resources
Security of the Systems
Stable and reliable system
Not so buggy
Works across all configurations.

Cons

More software support
Better hardware support
Better UI

Likelihood to Recommend

Well, if you're looking for a development environment for Software Development, Android Development, Web Applications etc, you can go 100% with the Ubuntu Linux, but if you want to be a Graphic designer, Video Editor, animator, Game developer etc, I would say not to go fully with Ubuntu, that's not because Ubuntu is not great in these tasks, but the lack of support of some proprietary software on the Ubuntu Linux, which makes is harder for a newcomer to work on the Ubuntu Linux.

Subhan Raj

CTO (Chief Technical Officer) in Information Technology at SIBIN Tech Solutions (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

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My Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

January 2, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Possible alternative for CentOS Distribution.

Pros

Virtualization
Stability
Support
Patch Management

Cons

Upgrade Experience
User Desktop Experience
Cloud Services

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited in Web Services, FTP, Virtualization...Less appropriate in Graphic User Experience.

Andjelko Borisavljevic

Compute Service Support Engineer in Information Technology at Euronet Worldwide (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

13 years of experience

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Ubuntu Linux - simple because it simply works

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 10, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it specifically for test automation of front and backend systems. I'm using it by harnessing an AWS AMI to spin up EC2 instances dynamically for test running. So, Ubuntu [Linux] is just a headless way for me to deploy dependencies to the image and then execute the automated tests.

Pros

Fast
Lightweight
Easy
Great Support

Cons

File management is clunky
Side dock is odd
Launcher is a weird combination of functionalities

Likelihood to Recommend

Ubuntu Linux works great for a lightweight, easy-to-learn and stand up distro of Linux. You really can't go wrong, and Canonical really supports this distro well with two channels: LTS (long-term support) and the more recent channel if you are more daring. I recommend LTS for all scenarios as it has been much more thoroughly tested for compatibility.

Verified User

Manager in Engineering (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

12 years of experience

Most intuitive and easy to use Linux Distro

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 21, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We need a Linux based OS for our Machine Learning Engineering needs and Ubuntu is one of the most mature ones out there. Also, it is supported by our IT, hence we use that. For our organization, it is important that the OS has wide community support. Ubuntu supports almost all of the Machine Learning packages that we may need and is therefore the perfect OS for us.

Pros

Intuitive GUI.
Good community support.
Free and Open Source.

Cons

App store search barely works.
Popular middleware such as cPanel not supported.
There is no support for using wireless headphones with microphone i.e. either the headphone or the microphone works at a time.

Likelihood to Recommend

When suited:

When you need a Linux based OS that respects your privacy.
For ML engineers.
For an easy to use interface.

When not suited:

For non power users go for windows e.g. for Business Analysts, Managers, etc.
If you extensively use Microsoft office go for Windows.
If you are a gamer, go for Windows.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Ubuntu Pros and Cons

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 12, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In most of our virtual machines and servers we generally use Ubuntu Linux to address specific system requirements for clouds as well to carry out various POCs running in the organization. Various clients associated with our company prefer Ubuntu as their OS to work on. Our own organisation's cloud based applications are deployed on Ubuntu servers as well.

Pros

Ease of use and flexibility.
Safe to work with.
Ease of availability of Debian packages to support its functionality.
Community support.

Cons

GUI not supportive as Windows.
No dedicated support to contact through if any client needs it.
Not much suitable for beginners to use.

Likelihood to Recommend

Best cases I see for Ubuntu is to manage cloud applications with its architecture. It is easy to implement on Linux based systems and is more safe and reliable in case of process management and virus attacks.
On the contrary it is not suitable to use for beginners who are familiar to work in a good GUI environment.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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