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Good all-around server OS with a solid feature set.
April 22, 2020

Good all-around server OS with a solid feature set.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Ubuntu Linux

We used Ubuntu as the primary operating system for all our servers. We deployed approximately 50 Virtual Machines across our virtualization strategy and used about 95% Ubuntu virtual machines. It was fairly light weight but also very well supported across the server community. Furthermore, all those in charge with administering the servers were fairly well versed in Ubuntu or Ubuntu-similar distributions.
  • Lightweight for server contexts
  • Frequent updates
  • Long Term Support reduces administrative overhead
  • Image files can be a bit large
  • Desktop UI is quite ugly
  • Has a bit of bloat, not a minimal distribution
  • Reduced administrative costs
  • Fairly reliable so reduced downtime
We did not use the managed commercial support, but instead relied on community forums and official documentation. Ubuntu is very well documented across both instructional documentation from the developers themselves as well as informal support forums [ServerFault, YCombinator, Reddit]. It's easy enough to find an answer to any question you may have.

Do you think Ubuntu delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Ubuntu's feature set?

Yes

Did Ubuntu live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Ubuntu go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Ubuntu again?

Yes

For an all purpose server, Ubuntu works quite well and includes all the common packages out of the gate. It is easy to set up and most system administrators are already knowledgable on how to use it. However, it's not a "lightweight" OS by any definition, with a large amount of packages going unused on the majority of VM's. If you're looking for a very lightweight, resource-nimble OS, look elsewhere.