We performed a comparison between Flatcar Container Linux and Ubuntu Linux based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Canonical, Oracle and others in Operating Systems (OS) for Business."Flatcar's support is good. The version I am using is stable and allows us to make needed changes."
"There are many features I like about this solution, but one that stands out, is that it allows me to easily install new packages and to have recent packages available."
"Ubuntu has a good interface, it is easier to use than other distribution such as CentOS or Red Hat. It's suitable for beginners who want to start learning Linux. It has a simple interface and it's easy to use."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The product’s stability is valuable."
"The most valuable features are that it's free and that it is simple to use."
"Windows needs a refresh option to refresh its screen, but Ubuntu doesn't need that. It refreshes automatically and works well."
"Ubuntu is rather stable, simple to deploy, stable, and well supported by an open-source community."
"I like the flexibility."
"The development teams could sharpen their skills. They should offer applications on the net."
"Ubuntu Linux does not easily detect the drivers of new devices, and you need to do some trial and error for some of the third parties porting into it."
"More security features are needed to protect the current file system to prevent attacks."
"The learning curve is quite high for non-technical users. Therefore, it's not a suitable solution for a general office environment."
"Developing more applications for businesses could work better, but that is not part of the OS piece. Let the developers work on other apps, therefore the needs for consuming less memory do not affect the performance of this OS version."
"It could be easier for beginners and the user interface could be more user-friendly."
"Management monitoring and interface could be better."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say management and storage. Mostly, the storage mechanism."
"Ubuntu could add some additional hardware support."
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Flatcar Container Linux is ranked 14th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Flatcar Container Linux is rated 8.0, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Flatcar Container Linux writes "The solution is stable and allows us to make needed changes". 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". Flatcar Container Linux is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Amazon FreeRTOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Windows 11.
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