We performed a comparison between Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows 10 based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Windows 10 wins out in this comparison. The main difference between the two solutions is that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is not user friendly, while reviewers say that Windows 10 is. Windows users are also happier with its pricing.
"One of Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s valuable features is its enterprise-level security. We are guaranteed that it's secure, and that's important for us because we need to comply with security regulations. Security always remains a top priority."
"The integrated solution approach reduces our TCO tremendously because we are able to focus on innovation instead of operations."
"The solution’s security feature is the most valuable feature for my company."
"LVM is a valuable feature."
"RHEL is stable, mature, and relatively easy to handle. I'm pretty confident in it. We haven't had to raise a serious support ticket for any server in I don't know how many years."
"The most valuable features are ease of support and the ability to run a read-only course on the operating system."
"This is a very robust product that doesn't require a lot of handling. It just works."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Every new version is always an improvement on the last."
"I've found Windows 10 to be easy to use."
"I like the changes made to the user interface compared to the previous version of Windows such as Windows eight and Windows nine."
"It's easy to use and the performance is good."
"It is easy to use."
"It is user friendly and very easy."
"Technical support is very good."
"It is flexible and it is easy to use."
"The price is something that can be improved, as they are still being undercut."
"When there is downtime from a system admin perspective, this solution could improve how they communicate why this down time is happening."
"The operating system might not be able to handle big scientific problems which require a highly parallel system."
"Could include additional security fefatures."
"The labor required to maintain the on-premises storage systems has room for improvement."
"As such, there are no specific features that we are looking for. We have frequent meetings with them. We have had some issues on the application side and the OS side for which we opened cases and discussed those concerns and questions in the meetings offered by Red Hat."
"It's getting easier for the community to use it free of charge. If you have an account, you get to use it. It would be better if the community could use it on their own for lab projects."
"I don't like the UI changes that come with different versions."
"Windows 10 could improve the performance of the interface, it was faster in Windows 8."
"This is an expensive solution."
"It could have more integration and a better pricing plan."
"Compared to Linux, Windows 10 is not that stable."
"It would be nice if the next version of Windows had more integration."
"The installation consumes a lot of space and the response time is not as fast as it should be."
"It would be helpful if Windows had its own antivirus to protect the OS. They should provide an antivirus with it."
"Windows reboot too often, it is a nightmare. I hate it."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while Windows 10 is ranked 7th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 255 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while Windows 10 is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows 10 writes "User-friendly, easy to setup and manage domain ". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, CentOS and Oracle Linux, whereas Windows 10 is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, Oracle Solaris, openSUSE Leap and Rocky Linux. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. Windows 10 report.
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