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Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS

Canonical Group Limited

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    Dhananjay P.

Best OS for coding

  • January 10, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
best for coding, security of data and OS, strong community support, frequent updates & upgrades.
What do you dislike about the product?
user need to learn the unix language first to use it. not so user friendly to non-tech user.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it benefits me to develop scripts and automate tasks which really dont need my attention.


    Karthikeyan Subramnaiam

A flexible and user-friendly solution that performs well and can be easily updated

  • January 05, 2024
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We can use the solution for building microservice applications.

What is most valuable?

Ubuntu Linux is a nice product. I did not face any errors while installing the product. The product can be easily installed in VMware. It has different flavors. We can easily add patches. We can also update it easily. The solution is flexible and user-friendly. The performance is good. Everybody is moving to Hadoop. If we want to install Hadoop, Ubuntu is the best choice. We can install Hadoop on top of Ubuntu.

What needs improvement?

The product must enable automation using AI. It will be helpful for everyone. The product must provide flexibility for upgrading big data environments.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for a few years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is stable.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very nice. It is very user-friendly. It takes 20 to 30 minutes. To deploy the solution, I downloaded the ISO image and uploaded it to VMware.

What about the implementation team?

I installed the product myself.

What was our ROI?

The solution is very useful for installing big data. We can execute many processes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is free.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend the solution to others. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.


    Computer Software

Fastest and most secure OS I have used so far.

  • January 04, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It is much faster compared to other OS. The same script takes half amount of time to run on Ubuntu.
What do you dislike about the product?
Look and feel could be imporved. But for software engineers like me, it does not really matters.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ubuntu makes the development of software faster as the scripts run quite fast in Ubuntu compared to other OS


    reviewer2325426

A stable and free product that is easy to deploy and convenient to use

  • January 04, 2024
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

What is most valuable?

Ubuntu Linux is a convenient solution. I use it for file servers and web servers. I also use Linux for training purposes.

What needs improvement?

The product is difficult to use sometimes. We need to learn the commands before using the solution. It must be made easier to use.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for a few months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is not scalable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Windows’ GUI is more convenient than Linux. I mostly use Windows Server. Sometimes, I use Linux. Windows Server is not free.

How was the initial setup?

The installation is easy. The settings are difficult sometimes. Many PCs do not have drivers for Linux. The solution is cloud-based.

What about the implementation team?

I deploy the product myself.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is free.

What other advice do I have?

The solution is the best for servers and some specific purposes. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.


    Ammar Mostafa

A stable solution for collecting third-party logs with a firewall

  • January 03, 2024
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We configured it as a third-party log collector, receiving Postfix gateway logs. Additionally, we removed the on-site and electric agents. I use it for a unified firewall solution and have installed an identification package and other similar tools.

What needs improvement?

The solution's stability could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Ubuntu Linux for three months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

We never had issues with support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used Kali Linux before.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy and takes an hour to complete. To deploy, download the ISO file and put it in a firmware and configuration server.

What about the implementation team?

I deploy the solution by myself.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.


    Farooq J.

Use Ubuntu to start your career in Sys admin

  • January 03, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Ubuntu is very feature rich as compared to other linux OS, If you want to learn linux just install linux as your personal OS and do whatever you want.
What do you dislike about the product?
As Ubuntu is very famous and feature rich and has very stable operations it still glitches some times in UI but slowly it will become part of your learning.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Linux has solved many problems in the these times of computing and AI. As nothing comes free nowadays like Microsoft's Windows and Apples MacOS they are paid and very limited for the users. A simple user can not interfere with system files but Ubuntu solves that problem too because it is an open source Operating System. but there are many linux open source Operating Systems,then why Ubuntu?
Here are some very major problems ubuntu solving:
Ubuntu is Open-source and free to download and install, and it is very versatile you can install in most of the computers nowadays, Ubuntu is very UI friendly, and it is more secure than other OS it has builtin Antivirus and firewall, It is also very customizable you can customize UI or any system based operation or action.


    Naresh Reddy

Managing tasks and troubleshooting errors is straightforward thanks to its user-friendly interface and comprehensive error alerting system

  • January 02, 2024
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

What is our primary use case?

We use Ubuntu Linux to manage various services, such as installing software like Python, PHP, and other server-side applications. Additionally, we install .NET and web applications using PHP, NGINX, and MySQL.

What is most valuable?

Ubuntu Linux stands out compared to others in terms of performance. Its smooth operation and ease of use make it a preferred choice for many users. With Ubuntu, managing tasks and troubleshooting errors is straightforward thanks to its user-friendly interface and comprehensive error alerting system. Ubuntu is an open-source platform that allows easy access to error logs, making identifying and addressing issues simple.

What needs improvement?

Ubuntu Linux is good for one to two years. We can easily identify the line numbers and everything we could be able to see. Additionally, we have stable and standard paths for root directories, so we can easily remember those folder setups.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Ubuntu Linux for six years. We are using the V18.04 and V20.04 of the solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We haven't experienced any downtime till today. I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. We are using ECS for our backend, running ECS instances exclusively. Depending on the task requirements, we can easily scale up without limitations.
Around 15k users are using this solution. It is on autoscaling. We are maintaining load balancer. Whenever it writes automatically, it will spin up additional added sources.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is simple and takes 10-15 minutes to complete. We can do it by simple commands. When writing a simple ML file, we can employ uncomplicated syntax. With Docker Hub, we can readily retrieve this operating system, and through simple commands, installation can be automated, upgrading to the latest version seamlessly.

What about the implementation team?

The solution is in the dedicated hosting. We spin up training instances by writing simple comments.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is free of cost.

What other advice do I have?

Typically, we disable automatic updates for production services. However, we enable auto-updates on our side in development environments. Even for free servers, we do not allow automatic upgrades for any new changes. This is because it may take some time to reflect, and sometimes the server fails health checks.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.


    David-Henderson

The tool's deployment is simple but it needs to show battery percentage at the screen top

  • January 02, 2024
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I was given a laptop with a dead SSD, so I replaced it. However, I couldn't reinstall Windows because I didn't have the original license key. I opted for Ubuntu Linux, which worked.

What is most valuable?

The tool is stable. It can automate the updates like Microsoft.

What needs improvement?

Ubuntu Linux needs to improve its stability. I would like it to show the battery percentage at the screen top.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Ubuntu Linux's stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I have never used technical support yet.

How was the initial setup?

Ubuntu Linux's deployment is very simple and takes a day to complete. You need to reboot it regularly. To do the deployment, you need to download and launch it.

What about the implementation team?

I did the deployment myself.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Ubuntu Linux a nine out of ten. My organization uses Windows, but its employees use Ubuntu Linux on their personal machines. It shows that Ubuntu Linux is undoubtedly better.


    Omar M.

The Best Linux Distribution I ever saw

  • December 31, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution just like many others, it comes with utilites and apps out of the box, it feels like having any normal operating system, it's open-source, completely free to use, and it's so so lightweight, so it could be a great solution for any old laptop you got at home.
What do you dislike about the product?
Like, Ubuntu is great and I seriously have think nothing is bad about it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I installed Ubuntu on my Windows laptop as Windows isn't the right operating system for advanced developers, WSL just slows your PC down and having a Linux running normally is way better.


    Neeraj V.

Still the most balanced Linux Distro to date

  • December 24, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Like always, Ubuntu strikes a nice balance between being user friendly while maintaining the complex linux ecosystem.
Ubuntu 22.04 is the biggest update I've seen in recent years, and brings some nice features to the table, like the revamped screenshot and recording system. The UI is the best it's ever been, it almost feels like Windows. And I don't have to go through any hassle to install GPU driver updates, the software center handles it perfectly. I also love being able to switch workspaces.
It comes with python pre-installed and the apt package manager does a good job at sticking with latest stable release. Creating and managing python interpreters, packages and virtual environments is so quick, easy and portable. It makes it so convenient for me as an AI engineer myself that uses python exclusively
What do you dislike about the product?
Battery drain is a concern when you're using a laptop. There were occasional kernel crashes when under heavy RAM usage, although this could be related to the specs I were using.
Certain UI customizations are locked until you install gnome tweaks, I feel like its completely unnecessary. Also Gnome itself being a snap package doesn't fill me with confidence. I hope they get rid of the snap store for the next release and move to synaptic or flatpak
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've been using the Ubuntu desktop LTS version exclusively for the last 2 years for all academic tasks and split the professional work with a MacOS. It was my first linux distro and I never felt like switching to a different one. It helped me get familiar with the linux environment and eventually deploy my own projects to linux cloud environements. And I can work in confidence, knowing no malware can effect my computer. In short, it's my favorite operating system, except for gaming