We performed a comparison between openSUSE Leap, Oracle Solaris, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Canonical, Oracle and others in Operating Systems (OS) for Business."The solution is easy for me to use because the backend is derived from FreeBSD and this is something I have been using for over 20 years."
"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"The solution is very stable after it is configured. It is hard to have a panel slow, a problem, misconfiguration, or any kind of loss function."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"One of the main features of this solution is the ease of use."
"The ability to manipulate the zones and the files within the zones from a global OS provides us flexibility that no other virtualization can match."
"The product's most valuable feature is partitioning resources and optimizing hardware utilization effectively."
"Solaris' best feature is its stability."
"We like that the virtualization is built in, so you don't have to spend extra money on buying licenses for a hypervisor."
"This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
"It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"Oracle Solaris was the preferred operating system for their customers to run their databases on and to get the best performance. It performs well with Oracle applications. Additionally, there are some features inside that are called zones which are Linux containers."
"It is a good operating system. It is very stable. It does not take a lot of maintenance. You set it up well and it runs."
"It is compatible with most Java microservices applications."
"The knowledge base is excellent."
"The features and tools help us to maintain security overall."
"Red Hat is open source, so what we get with Red Hat Enterprise Linux is valuable support that is not included in the free version."
"It's a rock-solid operating system. We don't need anything fancy from the operating system itself. What we need is something that doesn't crash, stays up to date, and provides the security features that we need to keep external players out."
"The containerized platform will help us use ROSA."
"The security updates and the support that comes along with it for applications are valuable."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"There is an issue where Solaris doesn't give the correct figures for memory use when checked."
"Currently, there are two variants, there's SPARC and there's x86. I would have wanted a scenario where they're all just one product."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure and better documented. So Oracle could learn from them when it comes to security and documentation."
"Solaris is not easy to use. It needs better GUI, UI, and configuration tools."
"I believe before Oracle was using Oracle Linux, they were using Oracle Solaris for their customers who are using Oracle databases. This was because it was more optimized for the hardware built for it. It has good performance for the database only. However, if you take it out of the Oracle applications, it will not do well compared to other operating systems, such as Linux or even Windows can have better performance."
"Oracle customer service is slow at times."
"The primary drawback with this product is the lack of version updates."
"Red Hat can improve its operating system by making it better from the quality assurance perspective. Users do find bugs, which they, of course, shouldn't encounter. A better QA would probably make the job a lot better. It would make the product a lot more stable than it's today."
"I don't prefer Red Hat Enterprise Linux for desktop over other options."
"Although the price is reasonable, there is room for improvement in order to stand out from other open-source solutions."
"We have had issues with the identification of new volumes when you add new disks or storage."
"It would be very good if we can easily migrate from CentOS to Red Hat. We are about to move from CentOS to Red Hat. It would be great if they can give us a free version. Otherwise, we need to purchase licenses, which are quite expensive."
"The DNF package manager could be improved."
"A lot of improvement is required to get security compliance, especially with the privacy of the data, managing it, and storing it."
"There was a reduction in the amount of detail provided in backlog messages between Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions six and seven, compared to versions eight and nine."
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