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Fedora Linux vs Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Fedora Linux
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
24th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
3.9
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of Fedora Linux is 4.5%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fedora Linux4.5%
Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu0.2%
Other95.3%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

Vinitha Kundawad - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Implementation Engineer at Cisco
Focused on stronger onboarding, networking tools have supported automation labs and faster troubleshooting
There are scenarios where Fedora Linux can improve and some features which could be better. Better enterprise VPN compatibility would be beneficial. VPN onboarding could be smoother, as Cisco AnyConnect, SecurID client, and Zscaler, Palo Alto sometimes feel less polished on Linux compared to Windows or macOS. Fedora Silverblue is improving this with immutable systems, but standard Fedora Linux could benefit from snapshot recovery and graphical user interface recovery tools. Battery optimization is another area for improvement. On laptops, I have observed that Windows or macOS often still outperform Fedora Linux for battery efficiency and sleep consistency. Corporate onboarding tooling could be enhanced. If there were easier integration for MDM and SSO onboarding, it would be a good addition for networking engineers and others from the engineering field. If AI-assisted troubleshooting were built into terminals or tools, Fedora Linux could help achieve faster mean time resolution and DNS failure reason or firewall block detection. For my role, I would prioritize better VPN, easier rollback, better enterprise integration, and more polished network troubleshooting user experience using AI-assisted troubleshooting.
KT
Software Engineering Manager at Visteon Corporation
Role-based automation has streamlined secure CI pipelines and supports data-driven delivery decisions
Any product that I create, I will have an improvement expectation for Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu. The one expectation that I have is that the UI can be still improved. Some more metrics can be established. Nowadays, there are a lot of configurations. I should be able to really connect with AI as another feature that can also be integrated. These are the three or four items that can be added to the improvement toward Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu.Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu could include AI chat features in the future to make it even better. When there is a build happening or when there is a job happening, I could ask in the chat how long that takes or what is the current job running. These AI features can be included.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I consider the best features that Fedora Linux offers to be excellent compatibility with modern technologies, fairly strong security, good performance, and excellent integration with open source tools."
"Fedora Linux has positively impacted our organization by completely eliminating software stagnation in our engineering department."
"My advice for others looking into using Fedora Linux is that it is an excellent choice for users who want a modern, secure, and professional Linux environment with cutting edge technology while maintaining reliability and performance."
"Fedora Linux provides a consistent baseline Linux operating system that also comes with enterprise-level infrastructure applications and frameworks to add on, making the workflow smoother and more cohesive in terms of the general cognitive load from operating day-to-day with these systems."
"Fedora Linux should be used if you are not going to invest enough money in testing and evaluating your applications; use Fedora Linux, it is very helpful, and it is going to help you with many features."
"Fedora Linux provides enterprise-quality Linux capabilities without licensing costs, making it one of the most cost-effective Linux distributions available."
"Fedora Linux's compatibility with Red Hat and OpenShift technologies also reduced troubleshooting time and helped me identify configuration issues that I faced earlier in the development cycle."
"Fedora Linux has positively impacted my organization by providing fast access to new technologies and a stronger container ecosystem with better security, which helps my organization overall."
"I have definitely noticed a reduction in incidents and time saved since switching to Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu, which saves at least between ten to twenty hours in configuration time, translating to potential savings of hundreds or even thousands of dollars."
"Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu is an open-source tool that has many plugins to support all applications, and this stands out as its main advantage."
"Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu has extremely benefited our CI/CD pipelines; the whole of our build systems are completely running on Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu and it is a day-to-day activity."
"Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization because it works fast and has helped us improve our CI/CD pipelines."
"We have set up a very critical infrastructure with both Jenkins and the Ubuntu hardening steps without any need for specific challenges."
"Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization by increasing deployment times, with the number of deployments increasing from around twenty a day to more than double that, and it was easier to retry on failure because if anything failed within the automated pipelines, it was easy to retry."
"Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization by showing a lot of improvement; it reduces our time and increases our development process, and it helps a lot everywhere."
"Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu is valuable for us from a continuous deployment perspective."
 

Cons

"To improve Fedora Linux and make it more feasible to use, I suggest adding better out-of-the-box support for specialized hardware debugging tools and vendor-specific SDKs from an embedded software engineer's perspective."
"Sometimes the updates are not stable. Also, if anyone is using Fedora Linux for the first time, they will not find it very useful or very user-friendly, especially if they have used Ubuntu Linux, which is more user-friendly."
"Fedora Linux can be improved as it may require slightly more Linux knowledge compared to other Linux distributions for beginners, and if developers can make it more beginner friendly, then it would be more useful."
"Fedora Linux can be improved by providing a more streamlined graphical option for managing third-party enterprise drivers during the initial OS installation wizard, as the default software repositories are substantial."
"My experience with Fedora Linux's customer support is that it does not really exist at the level we are accustomed to."
"Fedora Linux can improve because package updating is very rapid, which sometimes introduces compatibility changes, and it has a short lifecycle since Fedora Linux releases are supported for a shorter period compared to RHEL or CentOS, making these weak points problematic."
"I can functionally replace any feature or component of a proprietary operating system, so the long-term value at scale is unclear, but the licensing costs are negligible."
"One area for improvement in Fedora Linux is the relatively short release lifecycle compared to enterprise Linux distributions."
"One area Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu could improve is role control, particularly with RBAC permissions, as this has been an issue for a long time."
"I have not seen a return on investment with Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu."
"I wish it had a more friendly user interface."
"Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu can have some enhancements; the UI can be more attractive, as it is just a normal layout right now, so we can have some kind of tiles and devise some separate area to choose that particular pipeline itself related to configuration and the pipeline, but apart from that, functionality-wise, it is good, though sometimes Jenkins is down when we are doing multiple deployments at the same time, which is one major issue."
"There is a maintenance overhead to using Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu since the customer is responsible for patching both Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu and the OS, and although security issues are somewhat handled, Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu third-party plugins may still be insecure, and hardened images can be too restrictive."
"Initially, I faced some issues with plugins that might be incompatible while setting up Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu."
"Currently, Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu is almost obsolete."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you want to buy a monthly license from Fedora Linux, you can do so. But nobody does that. Most of the people who use it are technical users, either developers or infrastructure administrators."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Construction Company
32%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fedora Linux?
Fedora Linux is one hundred percent free and open-source software, so it does not cost anything. We just need to download it from any web browser, and we can also download it from any distribution....
What advice do you have for others considering Fedora Linux?
I would like to share my experience with Fedora Linux where it helped streamline scenarios such as the flashing process I previously explained. Automating that required several manual steps, and I ...
What needs improvement with Fedora Linux?
To improve Fedora Linux and make it more feasible to use, I suggest adding better out-of-the-box support for specialized hardware debugging tools and vendor-specific SDKs from an embedded software ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu?
The price for Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu is not a constraint for me. As long as there are good features and it is a must, there should not be a problem. I have to invest in order to do my business....
What needs improvement with Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu?
One area Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu could improve is role control, particularly with RBAC permissions, as this has been an issue for a long time. While some plugins have helped in the past, they ar...
What is your primary use case for Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu?
My main use case for Jenkins on Hardened Ubuntu is building pipelines for CI/CD and making sure that it has the proper security where the product that we deploy demands it.
 

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