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Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS

Canonical Group Limited

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    Ishan N.

Ubuntu server

  • February 22, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy interface, quick access, fast, terminal and snap based app installation, support for updates, multitasking , using on a workstation since 8 months. Better than most of the competitors
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of easy availability of software, lags sometimes, sudden freeze, for simultaneously connecting multiple systems the process seems different. No GUI, remote access.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As data storage, web server, remote access server, using for laboratory work connecting systems for simulation and testing. Nothing specific can be said about growth as of now
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Good option for most of the work. Depends on the application and users.


    Shahbaj S.

Beginner friendly OS

  • February 17, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Strong community support, you can easily find answers to any problems you are facing since this is a widely used OS. Tools such as Pycharm, git, slack are readily available on Ubuntu.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes there is a lack of support such as proprietary drivers which might make certain feature on the device unusable. Ex Fingerprint reader. In rare cases you might also have difficulty in getting technical support.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ubuntu is a acting a the base from my software development job. The OS has a readily support for all the open source software that might be required by us for development.


    Financial Services

Great product

  • February 17, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Best is that it is open source and free to use. And it gives all the functionality required.
What do you dislike about the product?
It could be a little more user-friendly in terms of its office.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Developing software programs for my company


    Kamesh R.

Ubuntu

  • February 17, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy of installation & use
The terminal is ultra helpful, customizing options & the support library is amazing. Apart from it ubuntu is super fun to use for personal work as well
What do you dislike about the product?
Does not provide very good support for MySQL database, often asking for help in online forum people advice to use open sql.
Supports for the database could be provided.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use ubuntu for my personal work, coding, terminal. Ubuntu also makes me much more productive than using any other operating system.
Using terminal is the best experience
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't quit easily, and ubuntu is ultra-fun to use & very productive. You have very good support for almost everything that you might look for, especially in general use scenario


    Information Technology and Services

Good but needs improvement

  • February 15, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The stability, inbuilt software manager and Ubuntu forums.
What do you dislike about the product?
The desktop environment gnome is heavy weight.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Ubuntu for development. Its light weight unlike windows and doesn't slow down.


    Primary/Secondary Education

Ubuntu is a good tool for Web Servers

  • February 10, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It is open-source and free. Easy to install, compatible with many tools and it has a vast community on the web.
What do you dislike about the product?
As a Server Manager, you need professional knowledge to complete many tasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As a Web Server, helps us to make available that web-based software for the company.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
There are others options like CentOS, which are good options, but if you are familiar with Ubunto already, this is your best option.


    Naveen P.

Free source operating system

  • February 08, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Free and open source operating system. It's best os for cloud computing. It's also helpful for programming .
What do you dislike about the product?
Limited choice of application run. Big problem is hardware and software comparability.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We do python programming and IOT because its an open stack. We can do on new ideas in deploy new products.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's an open source operating system to learn different languages. It provides 24/7 customer support.


    Information Technology and Services

Truly made for performance and security

  • February 04, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The frequent update and opensource support we get with Ubuntu server is unmatched. It's one of the best for development as we get lot of development community support with it.
What do you dislike about the product?
I didn't find there is any flaw in ubuntu as it has the largest opensource community behind it. It would be better if all major player provide direct installer packages for ubuntu.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using Ubuntu server on our production environment to develop our softwares. We are using it for distributed computing. Ubuntu has increased our performance and efficiency.


    Felix B.

Somewhat like Windows

  • January 28, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
the interface is clean, also so many freeware counterparts to everyday apps like gimp for photo editing, LibreOffice for office applications
What do you dislike about the product?
some peripherals aren't working and if does work it's somewhat impared, errors are not easily diagnosed and some things are hard to configure unlike in windows or mac
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
when there are some applications we don't have a license with, we use ubuntu for the alternative apps as the app store of it is easy to use and there is no need to worry about viruses


    Aman K.

Developer platform OS

  • January 27, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Developer friendly OS, Fast,optimised, secure and you can access hidden files easily which helps in your learning quickly.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some application is not runnable in this Operating system. Not good for UI/UX designers as well as hybrid application developers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Making web applications and embedded system program and this OS is very helpful as it is very fast and optimised and hidden files are easily accessible through command prompt.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are developer and love coding or playing with system software you can use it