Minimal Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Bionic
Canonical Group Limited | Minimal Ubuntu 18.04 20230531Linux/Unix, Ubuntu 18.04 - Bionic - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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An essential operating system.
What do you like best about the product?
Ubuntu is very lightweight. Installation of softwares using Sofware management Center is very user friendly.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is no "Format" option in the right click of the USB drives. A "Format" feature is essential for lots and lots of people.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it as my daily operating system. I also use it for hosting my websites. It is very straightforward to setup nginx, etc. and it makes a lot of sense to keep the operating system footprint small when hosting websites.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't be limited to the way Windows or MacOS works. Think of what you have to get done, and then look at how that gets done in Ubuntu. Don't be limited to the way you accomplish the same thing in Windows or MacOS. You will get the hang of it sooner than you realise, and you will be surprised by the ease of use.
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Sky is the limit
What do you like best about the product?
With Ubuntu you can literally do anything you can imagine with close to zero cost. I strongly believe that it is the most powerful OS out there
What do you dislike about the product?
The simplest thing requires exceptional IT knowledge. For a non IT user it can be hard if something is not working as it should.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Normal OS use. Internet browsing, office applications etc. You can do anything as any other OS but with close to zero cost.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for a fast, reliable and free solution, go for it
Easy to use, complete linux experiences.
What do you like best about the product?
The unity interface that simple and easy to use, the complete linux experience based on Debian platform, and long term support from canonical.
What do you dislike about the product?
Unity interface is performance taxing, there's a lot of privacy issues going on with the latest ubuntu release by bundling some ads like Amazon search.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
If the business are running linux in general, Ubuntu could be the gateway for some new users that isn't familiar with linux ecosystem.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try the multiple flavor of Ubuntu distros before deciding on which to implement., there's a lot to choose from the basic flavor to ultra lightweight one such as Lubuntu.
Good Security
What do you like best about the product?
It has good security and i like that it is pretty basic.
What do you dislike about the product?
Its a bit heavy on my pc to use and not all apps are supported.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
mainly use on machines that do programing on.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
i am not quite sure what to say as a recomendation on this product. It is cheap.
Best Linux, period
What do you like best about the product?
It's free and open sourced. It's also a lot more well (intuitively) designed than the other Linux distros
What do you dislike about the product?
Still a long way behind Windows when it comes to user friendliness
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Heavy user of Ubuntu Server, for web applications
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's the most polished Linux distro. And it also comes in many flavors, light, server, etc. to suit your needs
A server OS with a little "human" in it
What do you like best about the product?
The fact that Ubuntu has become the de-facto standard for all kinds of documentations means the community support is fantastic.
There are also a huge library of well maintained PPA repositories that help you set up any kind of system.
There are also a huge library of well maintained PPA repositories that help you set up any kind of system.
What do you dislike about the product?
The bundled commercial tools and software by Canonical can be at times annoying and hard to remove.
There have also been some major bugs in things like GRUB etc that are unacceptable for enterprise level usage.
There have also been some major bugs in things like GRUB etc that are unacceptable for enterprise level usage.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Getting a stable and reliable operating system where we don't need to manually compile anything.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try out the different forums and searching for Ubuntu specific tutorials and instructions. You'll realize how huge the community really is.
Extremely reliable
What do you like best about the product?
This flavor of linux in particular tries to have always two versions, the normal one that is constantly updated and the LTS (Long term support) that is perfect when you are deploying web services for your company.
What do you dislike about the product?
They come from Debian, and if you are a Debian user trying to move to Ubuntu, they change several of the default folders, like when you install apache is not where you are user to have it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use ubuntu to host all the web pages through apache2 and mysql, installing new instances is incredible fast just by using apt-get to install the programs.
Linux has come a long way
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use, attractive UI, very user friendly experience. You don't have to be a tech saavy to use a Linux distro anymore. This is as close as Windows and Mac as you can get for free.
What do you dislike about the product?
Unity. I like my old school task bar at the bottom of the screen and windows with borders and fixed action bars. Unity forces you to a Mac like experience which I, after 2 years of use, still don't feel comfortable with.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Ubuntu to code.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take the jump, it´s a really good alternative to Windows and Mac. Unity is a little bit obnoxious, if you´re a Mac user you´ll get used to it fast.
Really good OS for software development (and many other tasks)
What do you like best about the product?
Its freedom to use it the way you want..
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes, software packages are not in the repositories, or these don't work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is free to use, and it is compatible with any tool or framework needed.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't let the terminal intimidate you: it is your friend! (And a very powerful one)
Better with Gnome
What do you like best about the product?
The GNOME desktop environment makes Ubuntu extensible and less intrusive. The release cycle of Ubuntu is dependable and releases are easy to upgrade to. Ubuntu is stable and makes a great bootable flash drive. APT is a great package manager as well. I have had a great time using Ubuntu as a headless server as well, as it is a very stable and well-documented platform, and has many options on services like AWS.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Unity Desktop is atrocious (and previously invasive). The only downside to APT is that Canonical is slow with updating the main package repository, which means that there is a longer wait for updates from many of the standard software packages, as opposed to a constant release like Arch.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Developing on one of the most common systems to deploy on makes it easier for teams to test software locally without the need to upload to a continuous integration service. This helps finding platform specific bugs as soon as possible.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Ubuntu has one of the best communities in the Linux world and is also easier to switch to from Mac OS or Windows than some of the other distributions. Finding help for problems is easy and the software is mature + well maintained. The Unity Desktop environment is much worse than the GNOME shell environment.
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