"Cisco has a very wide network-based competency."
"Of value is that the solution is stable, easy to use, has features that are easy to connect to other Linux systems and can be managed and administered."
"More people should use this solution."
"It is easy to use, performs great, and is stable and scalable."
"The solution is very stable, it does not need to restart to maintain stability."
"As we have repositories in my country, the ease of use and the open source nature of the solution are valuable features."
"It's offered as open-source, and therefore does not cost anything to use."
"The initial setup is simple."
"I feel the graphical interface to be very user friendly, as is first time installation."
"Cisco Piston OpenStack needs to be more closely integrated between different solutions to work seamlessly for the client and the deployment team."
"They aren't as user-friendly as Microsoft. The solution can use a better UI."
"The installation of Ubuntu is somewhat complicated, requires better documentation."
"They can make it user-friendly. It is not totally user-friendly."
"When you talk of some of the flexibility, like you want to install from scratch, Windows is more user-friendly compared to Linux."
"One of the reasons people don't use Ubuntu on servers is because they are not as secure as Red Hat."
"At times, it can be complex when we are trying to integrate or when we are trying to set up some features."
"The solution could improve its GUI personalization."
"The product could be compatible with Microsoft."
Cisco Piston OpenStack is ranked 6th in OpenStack with 1 review while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 1st in OpenStack with 134 reviews. Cisco Piston OpenStack is rated 7.0, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Piston OpenStack writes "The solution can be used for network services virtualization, but it needs to be more closely integrated between different solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". Cisco Piston OpenStack is most compared with , whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
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