We performed a comparison between Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows 10 based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Windows 10 wins out in this comparison. The main difference between the two solutions is that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is not user friendly, while reviewers say that Windows 10 is. Windows users are also happier with its pricing.
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Support is most valuable. If a customer has a problem with a feature or a bug, we can open a support case for that, and the issue is resolved or taken care of. That's the main benefit of the product."
"With regard to security, most companies are moving towards the black box approach and Red Hat. It's much more secure compared to the other vendors."
"The knowledge base they offer has proven to be quite efficient and we haven't encountered any significant challenges."
"While using it, we encountered far fewer complexities, and the entire process is much smoother and streamlined."
"Enterprise support is available for our customers."
"The containerized platform will help us use ROSA."
"It's more stable than the other operating systems."
"Windows 10 is easy to use."
"The product is easy to use."
"The install was easy for this solution."
"The solution's price is affordable."
"The solution has very useful features."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The installation is very easy and takes approximately 30 minutes."
"The interface is easy to use."
"The vendor keeps rolling out many packets, which complicates our job."
"The DNF package manager could be improved."
"Sometimes they don't have new versions for applications like Apache or PHP. I understand it's because they have to have support for them, so they can't have the latest version all the time, but that's the main thing I see that could be improved."
"The product should be made more accessible to someone who isn't experienced with Linux."
"In the past and with older versions, you couldn't expand the root file system without rebooting the server or restarting the operating system. That is something that they have actually corrected now, which is great. They corrected that issue somewhere around RHEL 7."
"There are a lot of file systems that are supported by other Linux distributions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a little behind those. For example, Btrfs is a file system that is not supported by Red Hat."
"Maybe they need to make it easier to apply patches from different resources. That said, at my level of usage, I never have to apply patches."
"Workstations: More applications for graphics."
"It takes a lot of time to boot Windows 10, and I want it to complete the booting process in two or three minutes. The search functionality in the product has glitches at times."
"We'd always be happier if the enterprise version was a little bit lower in price."
"They need better upgrading. It is not updating for me at all."
"Linux is more secure, and, although this solution has come a long way, it would be helpful if they could continue to develop the security aspects of the product."
"If they could avoid the constant bombarding of the updates, which happens, that would be appreciated."
"They should have something like a dashboard where users can tune the performance. After using Windows 10 for a while, the operating system starts to slow down. It does not operate like it did when you first installed it."
"The solution could improve by having better security."
"I would like to see less space taken by the installation."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while Windows 10 is ranked 7th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 248 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while Windows 10 is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows 10 writes "User-friendly, easy to setup and manage domain ". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Windows Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise, CentOS and Oracle Linux, whereas Windows 10 is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Oracle Solaris and Rocky Linux. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. Windows 10 report.
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