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My experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
May 21, 2024

My experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for our entire SAP environment as well as every other Linux based system that is of any importance running production workloads. Support is the biggest business problem that using RHEL addresses. Me being an IT Engineer / Linux Admin means I'm one of the few responsible for managing our RHEL systems.
  • It's stable
  • Has a support system
  • Feels trustworthy
  • More up to date kernel for hardware compatibility by default
  • Better visibility for which desktop environment is default and how to get others
  • Bring back the post RHEL source
  • Stability has been a positive impact
  • Support has been superb
  • Cost is on point
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the goto Linux operating system compared to Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux when you need / want an RPM based operating system, no questions asked. Some applications only support Debian based operating systems which is disappointing, and thus Ubuntu is the best choice for those type of workloads.

Do you think Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) again?

Yes

The major scenario where Red Hat Enterprise Linux best suited would be in any scenario where the application is running in production and would cause downtime / loss of revenue when that system goes down. The support system alone is worth it. An area where it's less appropriate would be where you need / want package updates earlier / faster and better hardware support with a newer kernel.