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Fedora Linux vs MySQL on 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
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MySQL on Ubuntu
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
18th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of Fedora Linux is 4.7%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MySQL on Ubuntu is 0.2%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MySQL on Ubuntu0.2%
Fedora Linux4.7%
Other95.1%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

Wajeeh Ul Hasan . - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
Teaching labs has become more secure and practical while still needing better support for beginners
Stability and security are the best features that Fedora Linux offers. Fedora Linux's stability and security stand out to me compared to other operating systems I have used because security features such as SELinux are enabled by default, and this provides an additional layer of protection, making the system more secure for professional environments. Performance-wise, Fedora feels fast and responsive even on moderate hardware and older machines. I measure the impact on my students from using Fedora Linux by observing that when they gain experience on an open source system, they gain more vast opportunities for their jobs in the field and in practical life.
Pranay Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
Reliable data platform has improved uptime and reduced infrastructure and licensing costs
MySQL on Ubuntu is an open-source relational database management system that stores data in tables and columns. It is free, open-source, and very stable for servers with easy installation for our production application. MySQL on Ubuntu demonstrates excellent stability and works very effectively with our Node.js backend. It is memory and disk efficient while providing regular security and bug updates. From an organizational perspective, MySQL on Ubuntu offers significant advantages. The cost is excellent since it is open-source with no licensing fees. The reliability it provides is outstanding with minimal crashes and exceptional stability. The improved application performance is notable with fast query searches and superior indexing properties. MySQL on Ubuntu saves considerable time and reduces operational costs through decreased database licensing fees as an open-source solution. We achieve a thirty to sixty percent reduction in infrastructure costs. System uptime is excellent in our stable Linux environment, reaching 99.9 percent uptime. Application performance improvements are substantial, delivering twenty-five to forty percent faster API responses when queries are optimized according to our needs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"As an administration user, I maintain the servers for my customers. Fedora Linux is a strong Linux operating system widely used in production, development, and testing environments. Its rock-solid kernel makes it ideal for mission-critical applications that require high-security standards."
"MySQL on Ubuntu has a definite impact on our organization as it improves the scalability level to 70% and the accessibility is very fast to achieve the data on the dashboard, and we provide different types of reports to end users using Power BI which has improved the efficiency of our organization."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is a pragmatic choice if you are building data-intensive applications such as financial systems or AI pipelines."
"MySQL on Ubuntu combination handles it in a very efficient way."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is the base for most of our applications that are based on Linux, so it is wonderful."
"I have saved a significant amount of time because it's faster to create features with machine learning since it's very fast, and so we get the result in a few seconds."
"I appreciate MySQL on Ubuntu for its relational tables which are faster to read, contributing to the performance in simple applications."
"From an organizational perspective, MySQL on Ubuntu offers significant advantages; the cost is excellent since it is open-source with no licensing fees, the reliability it provides is outstanding with minimal crashes and exceptional stability, and the improved application performance is notable with fast query searches and superior indexing properties."
"The primary aspect of MySQL on Ubuntu that I appreciate is that it is extremely reliable among the RDBMS that I have used, and another important quality is that it extends with volume very well as most RDBMS don't scale very well, but this one scales very well and has been very reliable and highly available."
 

Cons

"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."
"Setting up MySQL on Ubuntu is complex."
"I would say that MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved particularly in its scaling capabilities."
"Integration is always important regarding operating systems and these types of products, so being able to integrate and export or import from JSON structures is very critical."
"MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved because it has limited analytics query capabilities rather than other competitors."
"Sometimes, if the indexing is not done very well, I have noticed slowness, but largely, it has performed pretty well."
"The workbench, GUI-based application for MySQL on Ubuntu, needs improvement."
"Performance improvements and security enhancements could be implemented for MySQL on Ubuntu."
"I cannot answer regarding improvements. As I said, I am not watching, and I don't know what is in between the application and the database."
 

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
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
9%
University
8%
Construction Company
25%
Healthcare Company
10%
University
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fedora Linux?
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. T...
What advice do you have for others considering Fedora Linux?
I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten. AI is a buzzword these days. AI is an application that uses several technologies to create something called AI. To run those technologies, we need ser...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MySQL on Ubuntu?
Regarding pricing and licensing, I use the free tier, so I don't know much about pricing.
What needs improvement with MySQL on Ubuntu?
Several pain points regarding MySQL on Ubuntu come to mind. First, its handling of large JSON documents was sometimes cumbersome. We stored structured financial data and occasionally had to denorma...
What is your primary use case for MySQL on Ubuntu?
MySQL on Ubuntu served as the primary storage and management system for structured financial data extracted from documents in our financial mapping system. We stored trial balances, entries, accoun...
 

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