Likelihood to Recommend My favorite way to use Debian OS is to run shared, hosted, network applications for easy segmentation of apps so that when doing work on one you don't have to effect or take down others. I would not use it is for a daily use desktop style OS. For that I would stick to Windows, macOS, or a distribution of Linux that is already geared towards a daily use desktop OS.
Read full review SLES has been the only OS for our large SAP landscape in North America and has been adopted by the rest of our global divisions because of our performance. We have not encountered any scenarios where SLES is not a good choice. We only use other OS when the vendor will not support SLES.
Read full review Pros The APT package manager is dead simple to use, and the APT repositories contain pretty much every package you can think of. If there's something missing from the standard repositories, there's a good chance a third-party repository can be added to fill the gap. Debian OS releases are often considered, "boring". But that's a good thing! The Debian developers do not make changes for change's sake and this means new releases are very predictable and intended to cause as little drama as possible. Debian is such a widely used and popular Linux distribution, that practically all Linux software vendors officially support it. The Debian community is huge, especially when you consider Ubuntu is derived from it. If you need help with anything, you'll usually find it has been asked before and already has a resolution. Read full review Consistently performs well across various CPU architectures. It's very well supported both by the parent company, as well as SAP and other third-party companies. It is upgradeable across versions. We've performed upgrades from version 10 to 11 and from 11 to 12 without any major issues. Read full review Cons The installation could include suggested partitioning schemes for those beginning users or those who have their first approach with Debian OS offer encryption of the home partition or the entire hard drive by default an improved visual package manager and if it could be native it would be very well received Read full review The support window for service packs after a new SP is released is too short. Community engagement is low. There are times when supported packages fall too far behind and create compatibility issues with applications. The Open Build Service usually provides a way around this, though. Read full review Usability Debian is one of the most well-thought-out, logical, and intuitive Linux operating systems you can use. Configuration, package management, file system layouts, etc, are all based on many years of usage, and it's very rare to find anything surprising or confusing in everyday usage. Package management and updates are handled by APT in such a way that once configured, you can almost guarantee your system will behave as expected for the lifetime of its service. Top-notch system integration provides all the tools you'd expect from a modern Linux system, with all the stability you demand from a demanding server OS.
Read full review For the breadth of services, features and overall performance, I believe Suse Linux is a great choice for any enterprise. It still has to grow a bit in areas like online help forums and documents, but we are pretty much satisfied with our choice.
Read full review Support Rating Support personnel are helpful and fairly fast to bring resolution to non-emergency issues. Patches are created and posted in a timely fashion. We so far have not had any major problems that needed support
Read full review Online Training Third party training was fast but mostly unnecessary as we were already Unix trained and Linux familiar
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Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian OS, (and I occasionally use resources from
Ubuntu on a Debian system), I find Debian OS to be more user friendly and less likely to force me or bother me with upgrades, etc.
Read full review We went straight to SLES when we initially started migrating oracle to hana since at that time, HANA came on a pre-installed server that had to be purchased from an official vendor, and SLES was the only allowed OS. We stuck with SLES after we became certified to do our own installations because so far, SLES was a good fit for us.
Read full review Scalability We have successfully deployed on physical servers, VMs and in cloud all over the globe from templates of our own design
Read full review Return on Investment As Debian is pretty similar to Ubuntu, saves lot of learning times for employees. Many tools which need to be bought in other OSes, are free to use here. With very few crashes of its operating system, it certainly improves reliability. Read full review Compared to others, use is more stable and scalable; easy to manage. The administration tools are very useful in helping the staff performance. SLES proved to be a very extendable product, supporting all of our infrastructure. The major reason I chose to use the product was the extensive enterprise peripheral support. Read full review ScreenShots