We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris and Ubuntu Linux based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Operating Systems (OS) for Business solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"Solaris Zones and Containers are my favorite features."
"Solaris is scalable because they have their own file system, like CFS."
"Solaris' best feature is its stability."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of setup."
"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."
"It stands out for its exceptional stability."
"Ubuntu Linux is easy to start, and MicroK8s is easy to deploy. Plug into the back-end storage and networking is also easy. It is good to start with 3-4 nodes, but hard to scale. For production grades like 20 or 100 nodes, we go with the RedHat for on-premise."
"The security is very good."
"Doesn't require significant manual configuration."
"Ubuntu Linux is more secure and has additional security features than some other operating systems."
"The integration with other solutions like Apache is valuable."
"It's faster than Windows."
"The feature that I most like in Ubuntu is that it is really easy to use. Ubuntu is very easy to use and comes with many available packages. I think that Ubuntu is a good solution for the small business or a small lab."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"Oracle customer service is slow at times."
"They could also enable Oracle OEM for x86 architecture as well."
"Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered backend management. In the 11.4 version, Oracle added a management console. It would be great if we maybe had a user management tool to go with it."
"There is an issue where Solaris doesn't give the correct figures for memory use when checked."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"The Solaris code is open, and the documentation is accessible to all, not only to registered users. Also, the documentation does not support some solutions, and there are no other options."
"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."
"They can improve the interface and give it an appearance similar to the Windows 11 operating system."
"I think Ubuntu is not that secure."
"You have to do a lot of configurations yourself. It is not very user friendly."
"The installation of Ubuntu is somewhat complicated, requires better documentation."
"When installing software, an online interface has to be used and commands written to run the installation. The solution could be improved if it was possible to click twice in an icon for the installation process to begin."
"I would like to see the group policies and the GUI improved in the next release."
"Ubuntu could add some additional hardware support."
"The solution could be better integrated with Microsoft."
Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 47 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Oracle Solaris is rated 8.8, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "Open-source with a great support community and seamless updating". Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, CentOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Windows 10. See our Oracle Solaris vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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