We performed a comparison between Flatcar Container Linux and Ubuntu Linux based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Canonical, Oracle and others in Operating Systems (OS) for Business."Flatcar's support is good. The version I am using is stable and allows us to make needed changes."
"What I like best is the way in which packages are managed."
"We can easily customize the NTS Client code."
"Doesn't require significant manual configuration."
"If there is a virus going into the network, it has to pass through an Ubuntu server, which can't be infected by the virus. So, there are less viruses on our systems."
"Ubuntu is free and stable."
"The solution has a very good graphical user interface."
"Ubuntu Linux has the advantage of performance. It runs very quickly."
"You can do everything you need to do with a browser."
"The development teams could sharpen their skills. They should offer applications on the net."
"Its interface could be improved and made richer."
"The support team is not good and needs to be improved. The user community is excellent and helpful, but some questions are unanswered. Also, stability and scalability could be improved."
"Similar to Windows 10, I would like the ability to manage it on Azure or integrate it with Azure."
"Ubuntu Linux needs to improve its stability. I would like it to show the battery percentage at the screen top."
"The product must enable automation using AI."
"We don't have any support, so we search for answers online. However, it can sometimes be a little messy to find the information if you have a highly specific question or a strange problem. It would be nice if finding information were a little simpler. Maybe they could have some portal that could point you to where you can find information."
"More drivers for hardware such as different network adapters should be developed."
"The stability definitely can be improved. When we are implementing patches and new releases, it tends to fail."
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Flatcar Container Linux is ranked 14th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Flatcar Container Linux is rated 8.0, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Flatcar Container Linux writes "The solution is stable and allows us to make needed changes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". Flatcar Container Linux is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Amazon FreeRTOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Windows 11.
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