Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Review
June 03, 2025

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Review

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

Our RHEL environment powers our Ansible environment. We have several top tier applications that run on RHEL. OpenShift run zone, a core RHEL for bare metal nodes, so it does a lot.

Pros

  • It's solid. You don't have a whole lot of viruses. You don't have to worry about viruses like the Windows products and it works every time. It does what it's told to do, it's very lightweight. I heard it's getting even more lightweight and can't wait for that. So solid product.

Cons

  • In the LEAP process. The upgrading process, which I'm hearing, like I said it before, prior that I was on rail seven, eight, and nine. Trying to get all of that to rail nine and stay current. The LEAP process from seven to eight is a little bit less than desired. I've talked to some people that from once you get on eight from eight to nine to nine to 10 is a breeze. So I'm looking forward to that.
  • It has done wonders for my career because I come from a Linux background, HPUX, Solaris and AIX. So made this transition to Linux 20 years ago. So it has really put my career at the forefront of what we do in the company. We're still primarily a window shop, but with Red Hat and what they're doing with the Kubernetes integration with OpenShift, with the East Satellite Management, the Ansible stuff, all based on Red Hat. It's taken off at my company and we're very happy about it.
It's easy to use. It's easy to navigate and if you're not a command line hero like myself, then they have a GUI, and a GUI has gotten considerably better over the years, so I think anybody can jump into it. It's not that hard, just download it and try.
It's superior. I mean they're all Linux so it's all that code, but I find that the intangibles that you get with Red Hat, meaning the enterprise support, the lifecycle, that's what clearly makes it better than the rest of them.

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

It's probably less appropriate for databases. I don't know anybody else's doing a lot of databases to have databases on with RHEL, but everything else it does well from applications to now AI with AI models does it all in my opinion.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Feature Ratings

Operating System
Not Rated
Resource Allocation
Not Rated
File Management
Not Rated
Hardware Device Management
Not Rated
Software Application Management
Not Rated
System Update Frequency
Not Rated
Operating System Security
Not Rated

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