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An amazing desktop OS which can also be used in servers
What do you like best about the product?
It works out of the box and many popular applications provide their executable for the Ubuntu OS making it compatible with large number of applications. Many distros are derived out of Ubuntu which are good too based on personal preference. Overall, the ease of use it brought to Linux is unmatched.
What do you dislike about the product?
Although, it is great desktop OS, it should provide some options to use other desktop environment. Many people are not comfortable with Unity and would like traditional desktop. For this they have to switch to unofficial Ubuntu flavours which are not recommended for production systems.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using it on the production machine to develop software.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is a great desktop OS. A good alternative to paid operating systems. Ubuntu has made the Linux experience really easy. So, now anyone can use it. Ubuntu server is great too for production deployments.
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Ubuntu an easy to use OS
What do you like best about the product?
I love how easy it is to develop whatever you want on Ubuntu. I guess the ease of use for that comes from the fact that you have bash and can do anything from the command line. You literally do not need any GUI what-so-ever. Ubuntu has a special place on my harddrive as a secondary OS to boot to for development on coding projects
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not a lot to dislike, sometimes weird drivers don't want to work on some machines, but that is the nature of the OS Ubuntu.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We needed a platform for our coders to code on, Ubuntu was the best solution we came up with as a standard across all our company machines.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend using Ubuntu if you are new to the linux OS then after you use it for a while find a new flavor you like Ubuntu still today is a daily driver for my machine.
Best Linux Distro when you want it to just work
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Canonical stopped doing everything the Dev community wanted and instead started focusing on usability for regular people. By doing this, they have created a Linux distribution that is more approachable and easier to use, with less tinkering, than nearly any other distribution. This is the Linux distro you can give to your mom or your tech-averse friends, and the distro you can work on without having to tweak a bunch of system settings. It has sane defaults and gets out of your way to let you get work done.
It's also incredibly good as a server OS, especially if you are running Docker.
It's also incredibly good as a server OS, especially if you are running Docker.
What do you dislike about the product?
Unfortunately Linux still doesn't have perfect driver support, especially with Graphics cards and Mac hardware. The fact that that is still the case in 2016 bugs the hell out of me, but it's the inescapable truth for now.
Canonical could also take better care of their official application repos. For example you can't get Java 8 from the official repos in Ubuntu 14.04
Canonical could also take better care of their official application repos. For example you can't get Java 8 from the official repos in Ubuntu 14.04
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Use it for software development as most of the tools I use are native to Linux and Ubuntu allows me to use them without having to tweak stuff at the system level.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
When considering Ubuntu and other distributions, consider which package manager you prefer to use, as well as which Desktop Environment (if any). If you are doing development, look into whether Snappy packages are useful to you.
Ubuntu - great operating system
What do you like best about the product?
Fully customizable and very secure. It's intuitive for a person who likes to fully customize their machine
What do you dislike about the product?
There's nothing that I dislike about Ubuntu. I only wish I had started using it sooner.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Working clients who use a mix of Windows and Apple OS. Ubuntu is a perfect bridge.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't hesitate to adopt it.
Easy to Use, Good Entry Point for Linux.
What do you like best about the product?
Ubuntu Desktop is well packaged for the new and somewhat seasoned linux users alike. Easy to learn, with support available on the community forums.
It comes packaged with all the software an everyday computer user would want, such as a photo library, office suite, web browser, email client, chat client, etc.
For the seasoned linux user, many tools are available from the ubuntu package repository (such as software development related packages). PPAs, when available, make installing software sources a breeze.
Ubuntu Server is easy to deploy, and generally just works. It makes setting up MaaS a breeze.
It comes packaged with all the software an everyday computer user would want, such as a photo library, office suite, web browser, email client, chat client, etc.
For the seasoned linux user, many tools are available from the ubuntu package repository (such as software development related packages). PPAs, when available, make installing software sources a breeze.
Ubuntu Server is easy to deploy, and generally just works. It makes setting up MaaS a breeze.
What do you dislike about the product?
They have a release schedule (twice a year) according to which they're packages are updated, in order to ensure a stable platform. Stability is good, but most software releases are stable these days, so the extra throttle is superfluous.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy deployment, easy to learn, generally showstopper bug free. Given that, and being open source and free of charge, it is an easy choice to go with Ubuntu Desktop for office computers.
Given the general availability of restricted driver module related packages, it is easy to take advantage (if there is such an advantage) of a hardware manufacturer's drivers. This applies primarily to GPUs for us.
Given the general availability of restricted driver module related packages, it is easy to take advantage (if there is such an advantage) of a hardware manufacturer's drivers. This applies primarily to GPUs for us.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
There are many distributions of Linux, but Ubuntu may be the right choice for you if you're looking for an easy to use and deploy environment.
Extremely easy to use OS whether for desktop or server environments
What do you like best about the product?
Open Source, community developed, extremely easy to use/manage whether it be for a desktop or server environment. The installer is rather small and goes quickly and since they have LTS distributions, you can be sure that your installation will still supported/current according to their guidelines before EOL. Just being very similar to Debian is a huge plus.
What do you dislike about the product?
There hasn't been too many things that I've disliked about Ubuntu in general -- I feel it's more of how you customize it for yourself to administer easier. Obviously if you're migrating from a completely different distribution, there may be a slight learning curve. The changes between upstart and systemd have been fun.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're able to keep all of our customers running the same software on the servers that have been reinstalled to Ubuntu and managed via salt. It's really streamlined the process of getting a lot of things set up in a short amount of time.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you're looking for a user friendly distro to try out or perhaps migrate over to completely, Ubuntu seems to be rather easy to work with and there's a lot of great help online.
I have been used Ubuntu for 10 years, for personal use, java/php development and IT tech researshs.
What do you like best about the product?
Ubuntu is the most easy-of-use linux distribution which i have been used. As end user, I can control every task and configure a lot of functions. Adding compit, you could get an amazing interface, small impact in the performance.
Also, it's great for web developers and sysadmins. We can create a variety of environments.
Also, it's great for web developers and sysadmins. We can create a variety of environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is continusly patched. Some old bugs still exists(full screen programs are covered by the tools bar).
I'm not sure to use Ubuntu for production / high availability environment, because has a lot of fixes every day and the installation take many desitions for you.
I'm not sure to use Ubuntu for production / high availability environment, because has a lot of fixes every day and the installation take many desitions for you.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The most important benefit is what I'm using good free software, stable and with a world wide support community
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are thinking to move or try free software of the linux family, Ubuntu is one of the best ideas.
If you are Java/PHP/Web developer, Ubuntu also is a very good choice, easily you can setup a development environment, virtual machines, etc.
If you are Java/PHP/Web developer, Ubuntu also is a very good choice, easily you can setup a development environment, virtual machines, etc.
My favorite development OS of all time.
What do you like best about the product?
It is the perfect environment for any developer. You have control of everything you need in your environment, in addition to its lightweight.
What do you dislike about the product?
Maybe the lack of support from different softwares such as Adobe Photoshop.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OS, Web, and mobile application development.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You should go for it, but spend some time learning it and different terminal commands and bash scripting.
Good basic Linux server
What do you like best about the product?
Im not a Linux admin, Im a Windows Admin so the ubuntu server give me an easy to configure server for running Linux products on.
What do you dislike about the product?
as with all Linux flavors, compatibility can be patchy ie some things work but only with particular versions of packages.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
getting products working that require a Linux server rather than Windows
Freedom comes with a (very slight) cost
What do you like best about the product?
It's the best shot at Linux becoming a mainstream operating system. Between pretty branding, an ambitious CEO, wide hardware support, insanely good documentation, Debian roots, a slick desktop environment (when applicable), and probably most importantly, PPAs/Snappy, Ubuntu gets out of your way and gives developers a lot of options to make things easy for users.
Really, the only reason I'd recommend anyone to NOT use Ubuntu would be if they're already familiar with Linux or a privacy nut.
Really, the only reason I'd recommend anyone to NOT use Ubuntu would be if they're already familiar with Linux or a privacy nut.
What do you dislike about the product?
Canonical has a bit of a habit of taking without giving back, whether it be lack of upstream contributions or just reaping users' privacy. Yes, they stopped enabling Amazon's search integration by default, but it still happened, and it's still in the OS. That deducts points.
Also, I hate Unity. Just personal taste, and I know it's pretty intuitive and has a lot of fans, but I'll take a lightweight XFCE any day.
Also, I hate Unity. Just personal taste, and I know it's pretty intuitive and has a lot of fans, but I'll take a lightweight XFCE any day.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All of them. For all the discourse over Unity, I actually just use it on a VPS, so I don't really deal with it on a day-to-day basis.
The biggest benefits are POSIX compatibility and, relative to most other Linux distributions, PPAs. It also has all the expected Debian-related niceties, like BASH, APT, VIM, etc.
The biggest benefits are POSIX compatibility and, relative to most other Linux distributions, PPAs. It also has all the expected Debian-related niceties, like BASH, APT, VIM, etc.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's flexible, super well documented, and it's not going anywhere anytime soon. If you're overly concerned about the direction Shuttleworth is taking the company, then maybe look elsewhere, like Debian proper. I genuinely think they learned a little bit of a lesson with the Amazon fiasco, but who knows. Overall though, as someone that uses Gmail and Facebook, my privacy is basically non-existent anyway. I think the benefits of using such a polished distribution outweight the minor privacy concerns.
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