Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS
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Great for focusing on work. But need to get under the hood
What do you like best about the product?
This is a great operating system for someone who is technically savvy and enjoys ability to tweak and customize their os.
What do you dislike about the product?
A lot of the newest drivers do not work with the current version
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it mostly for software development.
Easy, Light, Effective, and Well Maintained Linux Distro
What do you like best about the product?
Quickly and easily setup a desktop or server environment with little effort. You can have a fully functional LAMP stack with all the trimmings up and running in no time with very little effort.
The amount of support forums and documentation for the distro is IMMENSE. If you have a question about how to do pretty much anything in the OS, then the answer is out there in the community forums and/or documentation.
Package and application management is an absolute breeze and incredibly intuitive once you learn some of APT's basic functions and commands.
The distribution itself it well maintained with pretty regular updates, making it one of the most stable and secure operating systems around. It's extremely well balanced and just work "out-of-the-box" with little hassle in expanding it when compared to other Linux distribution flavors.
The amount of support forums and documentation for the distro is IMMENSE. If you have a question about how to do pretty much anything in the OS, then the answer is out there in the community forums and/or documentation.
Package and application management is an absolute breeze and incredibly intuitive once you learn some of APT's basic functions and commands.
The distribution itself it well maintained with pretty regular updates, making it one of the most stable and secure operating systems around. It's extremely well balanced and just work "out-of-the-box" with little hassle in expanding it when compared to other Linux distribution flavors.
What do you dislike about the product?
Keeping track of certain dependencies and replacing obsoleted dependencies can become a problem when updating certain software, especially to experimental development versions.
Certain hardware support can be lacking at times.
The standard Unity desktop that Ubuntu ships with isn't the most pleasant to look at, though it's functionality is just fine.
There isn't a lot of commercial office, productivity, design, or development software available at the moment.
It should be noted that most of these complaints are specific to Linux in general and not just the Ubuntu distribution.
Certain hardware support can be lacking at times.
The standard Unity desktop that Ubuntu ships with isn't the most pleasant to look at, though it's functionality is just fine.
There isn't a lot of commercial office, productivity, design, or development software available at the moment.
It should be noted that most of these complaints are specific to Linux in general and not just the Ubuntu distribution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Ubuntu Server as my operating system for all my VPS hosting and have Ubuntu Desktop at my home for testing, and debugging before deploying to my VPS hosting providers.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are a web developer or have aspirations to become one, than it's well worth it to familiarize yourself with Ubuntu and Linux in general since most of the web runs on Linux and LAMP stacks.
Sharp Learning Curve, But Worthwhile
What do you like best about the product?
The fully customizable interface and lack of bloatware that both Windows and Mac OS suffer from.
What do you dislike about the product?
The lack of support from a decent amount of large software publishers means that you have to find substitutes for programs that you were comfortable with on other operating systems.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ubuntu provides a safer digital work environment for people who have grown weary of being simultaneously hassled and nickel and dimed by Microsoft and Apple.
Great for experts
What do you like best about the product?
Ubuntu is free, open-source, and highly customizable, you have a very fine control of your parameters. Moreover, Ubuntu is light and can coexist with other Operating Softwares.
What do you dislike about the product?
If you don't know what you are doing you can break your system and lose data. Not compatible with lots of software available for other Operating Systems like OSX or Windows (including games).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ubuntu is my main Operating System at work, it has everything needed: text editors, console, browsers...
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't jump into it without some knowledge of how everything works. You can destroy all of your data in seconds because of an incorrect command.
Excellent!
What do you like best about the product?
It is very easy for a computer science student like me to do all projects on Ubuntu. This is mainly because any installments required on Ubuntu (especially 14.04) is very easily guided by several blogs online. Also, "howtoubuntu.org" is very well documented and is usually very helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Ubuntu is quite satisfying for the kind of work I use it for.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Various Computer Science Projects - Web Development, Computer Networks, Machine Learning, Image Processing, etc. The benefits mainly are that Ubuntu 14.04 is very popular and hence, almost all queries related to it are resolved very easily via online documentations.
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.
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.
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.
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