"I like the fact that most of the system configuration is Namespace so it's easy to get to and easy to configure, and most of it still uses text documents. Not all of it's a menu-driven-type entry. I also like the fact that it's a very standard file system layout so it's easy to navigate."
"The best system I've ever used is Red Hat, in terms of its ability and consistency of the operating system. Other than that, the vast majority of applications that I had, you can deploy Red Hat with the support of the vast majority of applications. We don't have many issues with the OS, the support is very good."
"The feature that I like the most is that we can integrate it easily with our existing infrastructure. We found that it is much easier to deploy RHEL in our environment compared to a competing distribution like Ubuntu."
"We find the Red Hat Satellite deployments very useful. It integrates well with other solutions."
"The most valuable features are the specification and technical guides, they are most important the security."
"It is a well-established operating system. We have tried to implement almost every feature of a version in our environment, and it has been very reliable. We are not facing many production issues on a day-to-day basis. They have well-documented articles on their documentation site and a knowledge base on their website. When we need to implement anything, we are able to find information about the best practices and the solution."
"This is a very robust product that doesn't require a lot of handling. It just works."
"The integrated solution approach reduces our TCO tremendously because we are able to focus on innovation instead of operations."
"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."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"It's a flexible solution."
"I have not experienced any issues with this operating system."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The main feature is that Linux is flexible to work with for most web-based applications."
"The solution offers a secure operation system."
"Linux is easy to use. You have more control on a Unix system."
"The most valuable feature is that there is an inbuilt HANA firewall."
"The solution is easy to use, secure and allows for simple manipulation."
"Their pricing and documentation can be improved."
"I'm not sure how the support is being changed in terms of needing to pay for it. That's an area that can be improved. They should offer support without charging users for it."
"The vulnerability assessment part should also be improved. We do a lot of patching regularly. They try to fix an issue very quickly, and we also end up facing bugs that are not properly documented. When releasing the general availability for a particular solution, they need to do a lot more work on their side."
"It could be a bit more user-friendly. It could also be cheaper."
"The biggest thing that is crushing RHEL is documentation. Their documentation is haphazard at best. The man pages that you can use locally are pretty good, they've been fleshed out pretty well, but the documentation from Red Hat itself really needs somebody to go through it and review it."
"It is mostly better than other solutions. However, it is sometimes difficult for disaster recovery, so we have to plan accordingly."
"Linux overall needs improvement. They cannot go much beyond what Linus Torvalds's kernel implementation can do. I come from AIX, and there were very cool things in AIX that I am missing dearly, e.g., being able to support not only adding, but also reducing memory and number of processors. That is not supported on Linux right now, and it is the same for the mainstream file systems supported by Red Hat. There is no way of reducing a file system or logical volume. Whereas, in AIX, it was a shoo-in. These are the little things where we can say, "Ah, we are missing AIX for that.""
"I'd like to see more of NCurses type menu systems in some instances. We're dealing with SUSE Enterprise Linux, they have an NCurses menu system. It's a menu system. It will write there. Even some of the higher-end Unix systems like AIX have some inner menu system where all the configuration tools are right there so your administrator doesn't have to jump through multiple directories to configure files if needed. I like the simplicity of Red Hat because it's pretty easy but having an NCurses menu when you have to get something done quickly would be nice."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"I have not seen an ROI with this solution."
"In the next release it would be nice to see more integration and better automation of processses."
"I would like to see better functionality for interacting with cloud-based systems."
"The free version sometimes has security holes."
"I would like to see GUI improved, it could be more user-friendly."
"Red Hat has more packages that are available than SUSE does. I'd love to see more projects based on SUSE."
"We have had trouble integrating Autodesk with the SUSE manager."
"SUSE could make more APIs available."
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openSUSE Leap is ranked 9th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 2 reviews while SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 10 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.6, while SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable with an elegant design and good performance". openSUSE Leap is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, CentOS, Windows 10, Oracle Linux and Windows Server, whereas SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris and Windows Server. See our SUSE Linux Enterprise vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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