Ubuntu

Score8.7 out of 10

298 Reviews and Ratings

What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu Linux is a Linux-based operating system for personal computers, tablets and smartphones. There is also a Server version which is used on physical or virtual servers in the data center.

Categories & Use Cases

Operating Systems

Joseph Brower View profile

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

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

Return on Investment

We've been able to get a lot done without needing to spend anything, as we've only ever used the open source offerings.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Fedora Linux, Debian OS and Linux Mint

Other Software Used

Debian OS

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1-10 employees employees)

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

Return on Investment

Security-Tooling Gaps
Hardware Compatibility
Large Package Repository

Usability

Other Software Used

NGINX

Ranu Singh

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

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.

Return on Investment

With Ubuntu we're saving lot of money that we have invested on license of other Operating system
With Ubuntu our deployment is really very fast

Alternatives Considered

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora Linux and Debian OS

Other Software Used

TensorFlow, NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, Anaconda, Spyder, Jupyter Notebook

Subhan Raj View profile

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

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

Most Important Features

Networking
Easy Remote Access
Better Software Support
Wide Hardware capability

Return on Investment

It got of rid for frequent windows crashes
It helps us securing the environment
It comes handy in many jobs

Alternatives Considered

Kali Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows

Other Software Used

Microsoft Windows, macOS, Kali Linux

Andjelko Borisavljevic View profile

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

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Possible alternative for CentOS Distribution.

Pros

Virtualization
Stability
Support
Patch Management

Cons

Upgrade Experience
User Desktop Experience
Cloud Services

Most Important Features

Virtualization
NFS
FTP

Return on Investment

Stability
Support
Availability

Alternatives Considered

Alma Suite

Other Software Used

VMware vCenter Configuration Manager, Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT), MariaDB Platform