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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.

Ubuntu Reviews

9 Reviews
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My Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

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.
AB
Andjelko Borisavljevic
Compute Service Support Engineer in Information Technology at Euronet Worldwide (Information Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
13 years of experience
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Most intuitive and easy to use Linux Distro

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

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.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (Computer Software company, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
2 years of experience

Open source and highly customizable

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The whole engineering team at my organization uses Ubuntu Linux. We use it for automated deployments of our applications. All our client apps are currently live on Ubuntu machines.
It addresses many problems that come with a windows machine. Ubuntu Linux comes with many inline software and thus saves time to install everything.

Pros

  • First and foremost Ubuntu is free. It's perfect for small startups like the company I work for where software cost is limited
  • It is completely customizable meaning each Ubuntu environment can have its own set of installs with any configuration that can be easily personalized
  • Ubuntu is developer friendly. We use Python and virtual environment, nothing needs to be installed. It has in-built support for most programming languages and any additional software update or install is also very simple.
  • Ubuntu is very secure and doesn't need any antivirus software

Cons

  • Ubuntu doesn't have good support for new games. It's graphic quality is not that great.
  • Ubuntu needs to be installed manually. One needs to have good knowledge of how to run installs and basic Linux commands to install Ubuntu. It doesn't come pre installed in existing PCs and laptops
  • There's no driver support and you can't play Mp3 audio files as it is on Ubuntu. You need to install additional software

Likelihood to Recommend

Ubuntu is well suited for development and it's open source. It doesn't have any install cost and most of the programming languages have support in Ubuntu which makes it ideal for development.
It's lack of support for drivers makes it less suited
VU
Verified User
Employee in Engineering (Internet company, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
4 years of experience

Ubuntu - An elegant Operating System, easy to install and use, extremely secure and customizable!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Ubuntu Linux I use is actually its variant with KDE, Kubuntu. I use it in the company for any job, but mainly in geoprocessing and consulting on Web Apps. The main problem that Ubuntu [Linux] solves in my organization is financial - the fact that I can use an operating system of excellent quality, solidity and security without paying for it.

Pros

  • Ease of updating the system and the applications installed on it.
  • Variety of high quality applications available, mostly open source and free software.
  • Great security, which allows tranquility in the use of professional projects, even the most sensitive ones.
  • Thousands of sites on the Internet with tutorials, problem solving (even the most unusual and specific) and technical analysis that turn intensive use into a truly fluid and pleasurable experience.

Cons

  • More agreements with large companies and governments to publicize the system.
  • More hardware options (mainly notebooks and smartphones) with the system pre-installed at the factory.
  • Greater support for anti-software piracy laws.

Likelihood to Recommend

Scenario 1 well suited: Companies that need to save on software expenses, especially micro and small.
Scenario 2 well suited: Companies that are more concerned with security in Information Technology, with large amounts of sensitive data.
Scenario 3 well suited: Beginners in software development / programming, who want a steeper and more demanding learning curve.

Less appropriate scenario 1: Gamers, especially professionals, who need to run the most modern and most demanding games with graphics cards.

ME
Mauricio E Gleizer
CEO in Information Technology at GISMarxev (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
16 years of experience
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Good all-around server OS with a solid feature set.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Ubuntu as the primary operating system for all our servers. We deployed approximately 50 Virtual Machines across our virtualization strategy and used about 95% Ubuntu virtual machines. It was fairly light weight but also very well supported across the server community. Furthermore, all those in charge with administering the servers were fairly well versed in Ubuntu or Ubuntu-similar distributions.

Pros

  • Lightweight for server contexts
  • Frequent updates
  • Long Term Support reduces administrative overhead

Cons

  • Image files can be a bit large
  • Desktop UI is quite ugly
  • Has a bit of bloat, not a minimal distribution

Likelihood to Recommend

For an all purpose server, Ubuntu works quite well and includes all the common packages out of the gate. It is easy to set up and most system administrators are already knowledgable on how to use it. However, it's not a "lightweight" OS by any definition, with a large amount of packages going unused on the majority of VM's. If you're looking for a very lightweight, resource-nimble OS, look elsewhere.
VU
Verified User
C-Level Executive in Engineering (Computer Software company, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
8 years of experience

Great OS replacement, still needs some tweaking to be perfect

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ubuntu is being rolled out in our organization as the go-to development environment due to the ease of use of the APT package manager and the stability of the LTS releases. We find that it constantly gets updates and that support is widely available on the internet for all of the applications that we use to produce our products.

Pros

  • Great package support.
  • Stable.
  • Support for the OS is easy to find online.

Cons

  • Proprietary drivers can be troublesome at times.
  • The APT repository is not always up to date with the latest packages.
  • Packages are sometimes hard to find in the APT repos.

Likelihood to Recommend

Ubuntu is definitely one of the friendliest Linux distros out there and can be a good OS replacement for computers both new and old. Older hardware benefits from a slight boost in performance when compared to Windows. There are plenty of applications that are free or low-cost available via Ubuntu's built-in software store that works very similarly to Microsoft's equivalent software and file formats are compatible.

One caveat is that these equivalent applications will perform most of the functionality the same but they are not an exact copy of Microsoft's software and some features may be unavailable. If you absolutely require a Microsoft product like Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Visio or Project, you'd best look elsewhere as there are currently no versions available for Linux. While you may be able to use Wine or PlayOnLinux to get the applications to run, your mileage may vary and a lot of time, research and tweaking will be required to make things work as expected.
VU
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology (Internet company, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
1 year of experience

Ubuntu Linux is part of the skeleton of my company

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Ubuntu Linux on all digitalAtelier PCs:
  • Developers
  • Graphic Designers
  • Administrative staff.
  • Test servers
  • Prod. servers.

In addition, we use Ubuntu Linux in interactive terminals installed at our customers' premises and on their servers.

Pros

  • Open Source so it can be verified by everyone, and is updated faster than proprietary software.
  • It is a very stable and easy administration platform.
  • Ubuntu is easy to learn and has a large and dynamic community.
  • Regular output and support cycle.
  • Much easier to maintain as all deposit programs are automatically updated.

Cons

  • Sometimes the drivers to fine-tune the hardware are missing.
  • No accounting software that is currently compliant with French regulations is available.
  • Few preconfigured PC manufacturer offers.

Likelihood to Recommend

Ubuntu is recommended for any workstation. Especially on a developer and/or graphics workstation. They are easy to maintain, fast and highly customizable. The production servers are easily manageable and very fast.

Unfortunately, in France, it is difficult to use it on an accounting PC.
GP
Gregory Pecqueur
Développeur Web Full Stack MEAN LAMP in Information Technology at digitalAtelier (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
15 years of experience
View profile

Ubuntu Server - A quick and painless OS for Python app development and deployment

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my current role, I am using Ubuntu to deploy python applications and cron scheduled jobs that relate to telephony platforms. Since the development that I have done doesn't specifically bind us to Windows, it was a far better decision to go with the free and open source OS. As far as I am aware, mine is the only team using Canonical's distribution of Debian Linux, but I am sure there are other test and development environments that employ it.

Ubuntu has provided us with a dependable platform for rapidly deploying telephony integrations, ranging from API based data extraction to full on web apps to allow more granular security access to certain telephony components.

Pros

  • The community support is phenomenal. There is a complete wealth of documentation just in forum questions alone if you have the willingness to look for them.
  • The popularity among lower cost hosting services (digital ocean, linode, etc) has led those providers to create very nice administrative documentation for Ubuntu that goes above and beyond the quality typical of the community documentation. All of this being accessible without being subscribed to their services.
  • The cost. I mean, this is kind of a "duh" point, but reducing the OS cost of a server isn't something to scoff at.
  • Ubuntu server receives regular updates and security fixes, sometimes faster than other paid OS.

Cons

  • I think that Ubuntu (and Linux in general) have an image problem. There is an appearance that you have to be a Linux proficient admin to set up and administer a server, when the reality is that the command line nature lends to the administration being easier than other GUI based OS. I think they need to work on that some to get further market penetration.
  • Update their pre-installed version of python from 3.5

Likelihood to Recommend

Ubuntu Linux is well suited to any application that is not OS bound due to its design. Some companies write their applications for the Windows server because of the ubiquity that the platform has, but if they were written for Linux they would be handled just as well. Ubuntu is also a fantastic platform for any Python-based development. It comes pre-loaded (though a tad out of date now with 3.7 released) and there's no shortage of documentation on stack overflow to get you up and running.
VU
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (Telecommunications company, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
6 years of experience

Best for the Developer

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ubuntu is one of the best platforms for the developer. It is free and it has all the features which a developer wants. Ubuntu is being used in our organization as a development. We develop the website in Ubuntu Operating System. There is no charge. It is free. You can easily install any repo there.

Pros

  • Free
  • Good for the development Purpose
  • Any Repo you can add

Cons

  • Support needs to be improved
  • User interface for beginners
  • Installation process

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited in the development area. Apart from that, we are using Ubuntu as a server. we host our client website on the Ubuntu server in AWS.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (Computer Software company, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Ubuntu
2 years of experience