We performed a comparison between Ubuntu Linux and Windows Server based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Ubuntu Linux comes out on top in this comparison. It is a secure, easy to use, and robust solution that is completely free.
"The most valuable features of Ubuntu Linux is the reliability, the ease of package management, and the ease of upgrading from one version to the next."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it's developer-friendly and easily accessible. Like any other Linux operating system, you have access to open sources, all the necessary tooling, and anything that helps developers do their work. I'm no Linux guru, but Ubuntu offers packages that I find easy to use. There are other options for people who are very skilled with Linux, but this solution has the perfect balance of having enough technical requirements to meet your needs while still being usable. It doesn't require you to be so technically proficient that you need to recompile kernels or anything like that. It's a Linux operating system for normal people."
"I like its computation speed compared to Windows and other similar features."
"The solution has proven to be scalable. It can scale quite well."
"The solution is more secure than competitors such as Microsoft Windows."
"The tools we are using for this project are compatible with this solution."
"There is value in the long-time supported distribution LPS."
"The product, overall, is very simple. It's easy to use and navigate. It's got a good design."
"The solution is straightforward to install and took approximately 30 minutes."
"The most valuable feature of Windows Server is its scalability and robustness."
"The tool is scalable, flexible, easy to use, user-friendly, handy, and easy to maintain, and authentication is good."
"The domain controller features are useful."
"The installation of the solution is becoming easier every year after new releases. The first installation can take an hour but you can use templates to make the installation very quick."
"The biggest advantage of Windows Server is the services. It offers the ability to configure services, so your application can run on a Windows Server."
"Windows server is easy to use."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly, you need to know how to use the command-line interface which you might not understand."
"Sometimes certain tasks are challenging due to issues with the command-line interface. Users who prefer Windows may find it difficult to transition to Linux."
"Stability could be improved."
"I find the solution could be easier to use, more flexible, user-friendly, and have a better UI."
"There is a large open-sourced community that is helpful. I had a lot of problems when starting out and there was plenty of assistance throughout the community. Since everyone is helping for free the support could be better."
"The user interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"Occasionally, we have problems with stability."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Windows Server should lower pricing."
"I believe the solution needs to be more secure in the future."
"With Microsoft, there are always bugs, and the stability could be improved."
"The product's pricing needs improvement."
"When it comes to the performance of this solution others are slightly better such as Linux."
"For countries in the Middle East and Africa, their pricing is a little bit high."
"The solution needs more integration capabilities."
"It would help if Microsoft made it lighter to run on the servers and made troubleshooting much easier."
Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 reviews. Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux, Windows 11 and CentOS. See our Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows Server report.
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