We performed a comparison between Ubuntu Linux and Windows 10 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Operating Systems (OS) for Business solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is easy to use, performs great, and is stable and scalable."
"The setup is fairly easy."
"It is open-source, secure, and easy to use."
"It is a widely used and stable solution. Community members can offer support and technical guidance."
"They have provided a new interface, which is great."
"As we have repositories in my country, the ease of use and the open source nature of the solution are valuable features."
"Ubuntu Linux is developer-oriented."
"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."
"Windows 10 is more user-friendly and compatible than the previous version, Windows 7."
"The installation process is easy."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Windows 10 is easy to use."
"The Windows Store concept, in my opinion, is valuable."
"Technical support is available 24/7 and we find them to be helpful."
"The product's initial setup phase is a ten out of ten, where ten means that it needs an easy setup process."
"I think the settings are better. It has a better user experience."
"At times, it can be complex when we are trying to integrate or when we are trying to set up some features."
"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."
"One of the reasons people don't use Ubuntu on servers is because they are not as secure as Red Hat."
"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."
"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."
"Ubuntu Linux needs to improve its stability. I would like it to show the battery percentage at the screen top."
"Ubuntu is putting great efforts into making their platform a great hosting platform for Kubernetes and other related tools, but they are not addressing the challenges with what it takes to run Ubuntu in a large Windows-based environment."
"For a broken Ubuntu system, you must do a new installation. There is no existing repair option."
"The search feature could be improved."
"The product must send updates less frequently."
"The stability of the product has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I would just recommend that they focus more on security."
"I prefer Linux over Windows 10 because the command prompt is better in Linux."
"The security could always be better."
"The updates could be rolled out every quarter."
"The solution could always be more secure, even though I am quite happy with its level of security at the moment."
Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 134 reviews while Windows 10 is ranked 7th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 259 reviews. Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6, while Windows 10 is rated 8.2. 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 10 writes "User-friendly, easy to setup and manage domain ". Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Flatcar Container Linux, whereas Windows 10 is most compared with Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Solaris, openSUSE Leap and Rocky Linux. See our Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows 10 report.
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