We compared Ubuntu Linux and openSUSE Leap based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Ubuntu Linux and openSUSE Leap both receive positive user feedback, with Ubuntu praised for its user-friendly interface, extensive software repositories, and security features, while openSUSE Leap is commended for its stability, reliability, and strong community support. Differences lie in Ubuntu's affordability and ease of customization, compared to openSUSE Leap's advanced features like the Btrfs file system and Snapper tool. Users suggest Ubuntu improves performance, system optimization, user interface, and compatibility, while openSUSE Leap could enhance package management, interface, stability, boot times, hardware compatibility, and documentation.
Features: Ubuntu Linux is acclaimed for its user-friendly interface, extensive software repositories, regular updates, and excellent community support. In contrast, openSUSE Leap stands out for its stability, reliability, YaST package manager for easy software installation, and advanced features like the Btrfs file system and Snapper tool for system snapshots.
Pricing and ROI: In terms of setup cost, Ubuntu Linux and openSUSE Leap both offer reasonable pricing structures. Users have found the setup process for Ubuntu Linux to be user-friendly and straightforward. The licensing for both products is flexible and accommodating for various usage requirements., Ubuntu Linux has a positive return on investment due to its affordability, compatibility with software and hardware, and improved efficiency. openSUSE Leap offers stability, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness, with comprehensive documentation and efficient troubleshooting support.
Room for Improvement: Ubuntu Linux could improve performance, system optimization, user interface, compatibility with hardware and software, and regular updates. On the other hand, openSUSE Leap could enhance package management, user interface, stability, boot times, hardware compatibility, and documentation.
Deployment and customer support: The user reviews for Ubuntu Linux and openSUSE Leap indicate that the time required for establishing a new tech solution varies significantly. Some users mentioned spending three months on deployment and an additional week on setup, while others only required a week for both deployment and setup., Users have expressed satisfaction with the customer service and support provided by Ubuntu Linux, commending the team for their prompt, reliable, and professional assistance. On the other hand, openSUSE Leap customers appreciate the team's responsiveness, helpfulness, and efficient assistance in resolving issues.
The summary above is based on 28 interviews we conducted recently with Ubuntu Linux and openSUSE Leap users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"The solution is easy for me to use because the backend is derived from FreeBSD and this is something I have been using for over 20 years."
"The solution is very stable after it is configured. It is hard to have a panel slow, a problem, misconfiguration, or any kind of loss function."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"I like this product much better than some other similar solutions."
"The solution is more secure than competitors such as Microsoft Windows."
"The security is very good."
"The setup is fairly easy."
"The solution is free to use."
"I use Ubuntu Linux to update some drivers related to some of my work."
"What makes Ubuntu easy to use is the large set of applications and the interface. The graphical interface is user friendly."
"I feel the graphical interface to be very user friendly, as is first time installation."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"Similar to Windows 10, I would like the ability to manage it on Azure or integrate it with Azure."
"There is a large open-sourced community that is helpful. I had a lot of problems when starting out and there was plenty of assistance throughout the community. Since everyone is helping for free the support could be better."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in the GUI aspect of the product."
"The documentation is very poor."
"More drivers for hardware such as different network adapters should be developed."
"The biggest improvement, which is also applicable to Linux in general, with Ubuntu Linux is getting things standardized as to where you're going to put your configuration files and how they're going to work. Package names also need to be improved so that the package name doesn't have any match with configuration file systems and things like that. Ubuntu is still better than some of the others, such as Red Hat Linux or CentOS."
"Ubuntu Linux could improve by having more out-of-the-box functionality for common plug-and-play devices, such as printers. It's sometimes more difficult to plug-and-play printers with Ubuntu Linux. You need to work a bit and make some drivers work. They need to work a bit on plug-and-play devices."
"The product must enable automation using AI."
openSUSE Leap is ranked 12th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". 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". openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rocky Linux, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Oracle Linux, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Oracle Solaris. See our Ubuntu Linux vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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