Item: Ubuntu
Rating: 8
Author: Lucas Riggi

Overall Satisfaction with Ubuntu Linux

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Ubuntu Linux is being used throughout the entire organization, across several engineering departments. It is being used to write some software for spacecraft design and trade studies analyses and simulation, as well as several applications and services for ground software infrastructure, data handling and telemetry manipulation. I personally use it for spacecraft design, simulation and even controls and estimation applications. Using Linux throughout the company is a good way to have a consistent platform.

Pros and Cons

Pros

User Interface
Command line terminal
Free

Cons

Security System
Logging in all the time
Rapid upgrades

Return on Investment

It is free
Great collaboration within teams and across departments
A lot of time gained on software version control

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Windows and MacOS

It has a very intuitive and user-friendly, slick interface compared to other operating systems like Windows or Mac OS. It is also much cheaper as it is an open source free operating system. The command line terminal is much easier to use than the Windows one. Besides, you can run Ubuntu on a Windows machine by running it on a virtual machine such as Virtual Box.

Other Software Used

MATLAB, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Atlassian Confluence, Gitlab

Likelihood to Recommend

Coding and compiling software on the same consistent operating system throughout the entire company. The command line terminal is very easy, user-friendly and intuitive to use in collaboration with a git server for version control of documents, code, software as well as deployment of software application upgrades. All in all the command line makes navigating Ubuntu very easy.

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Review of Ubuntu Linux