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Ubuntu 18.04 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) | Support by SupportedImages

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Linux/Unix, Ubuntu 18.04 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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    Naresh Reddy

Managing tasks and troubleshooting errors is straightforward thanks to its user-friendly interface and comprehensive error alerting system

  • January 02, 2024
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

What is our primary use case?

We use Ubuntu Linux to manage various services, such as installing software like Python, PHP, and other server-side applications. Additionally, we install .NET and web applications using PHP, NGINX, and MySQL.

What is most valuable?

Ubuntu Linux stands out compared to others in terms of performance. Its smooth operation and ease of use make it a preferred choice for many users. With Ubuntu, managing tasks and troubleshooting errors is straightforward thanks to its user-friendly interface and comprehensive error alerting system. Ubuntu is an open-source platform that allows easy access to error logs, making identifying and addressing issues simple.

What needs improvement?

Ubuntu Linux is good for one to two years. We can easily identify the line numbers and everything we could be able to see. Additionally, we have stable and standard paths for root directories, so we can easily remember those folder setups.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Ubuntu Linux for six years. We are using the V18.04 and V20.04 of the solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We haven't experienced any downtime till today. I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. We are using ECS for our backend, running ECS instances exclusively. Depending on the task requirements, we can easily scale up without limitations.
Around 15k users are using this solution. It is on autoscaling. We are maintaining load balancer. Whenever it writes automatically, it will spin up additional added sources.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is simple and takes 10-15 minutes to complete. We can do it by simple commands. When writing a simple ML file, we can employ uncomplicated syntax. With Docker Hub, we can readily retrieve this operating system, and through simple commands, installation can be automated, upgrading to the latest version seamlessly.

What about the implementation team?

The solution is in the dedicated hosting. We spin up training instances by writing simple comments.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is free of cost.

What other advice do I have?

Typically, we disable automatic updates for production services. However, we enable auto-updates on our side in development environments. Even for free servers, we do not allow automatic upgrades for any new changes. This is because it may take some time to reflect, and sometimes the server fails health checks.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.


    David-Henderson

The tool's deployment is simple but it needs to show battery percentage at the screen top

  • January 02, 2024
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I was given a laptop with a dead SSD, so I replaced it. However, I couldn't reinstall Windows because I didn't have the original license key. I opted for Ubuntu Linux, which worked. 

What is most valuable?

The tool is stable. It can automate the updates like Microsoft. 

What needs improvement?

Ubuntu Linux needs to improve its stability. I would like it to show the battery percentage at the screen top. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Ubuntu Linux's stability a nine out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

I have never used technical support yet. 

How was the initial setup?

Ubuntu Linux's deployment is very simple and takes a day to complete. You need to reboot it regularly. To do the deployment, you need to download and launch it. 

What about the implementation team?

I did the deployment myself. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Ubuntu Linux a nine out of ten. My organization uses Windows, but its employees use Ubuntu Linux on their personal machines. It shows that Ubuntu Linux is undoubtedly better. 


    Bahattin Yetismis

The product is easy to use and has excellent performance and availability

  • December 20, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution as a backend production server. We run our Docker containers on Ubuntu. We mainly use it for automotive charging software.

What is most valuable?

The product is easy to use. I like the tool’s performance and availability.

What needs improvement?

The product must provide integrated security solutions. I use third-party security solutions now.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two to four years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Currently, we are trying to implement our solution with the Kubernetes environment. We need horizontal scalability, not vertical. When we need more capacity, we add another server and distribute the load onto the new server.

How are customer service and support?

We do not use support because the answers in the community forums are enough for us. If we gain more customers in the future, we might need support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using Windows before. I like Ubuntu’s performance compared to Windows.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is really straightforward. It is not complex. We develop DevOps scripts to deploy it. It takes only one or two hours. If the hardware is available, then it will take only one hour. We prepare the hardware environment and deploy the solution. After that, we deploy the Docker container environment. Then, we run the whole software. The product is deployed on-premises because we are still in the testing phase. We have a small number of customers. In the future, we will try to migrate to the cloud.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is cheap compared to Windows. We pay a yearly license fee. I rate the pricing a four out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I do my job directly on the terminal server. Ubuntu is a good choice. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises


    Shehzad Ali

A stable solution that is easy to access and deploy and has a helpful community of users

  • December 18, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

The solution is used for sandboxing and testing. We also have our production servers in Linux sometimes.

How has it helped my organization?

The product is easy to access and deploy. There are a lot of communities that help administrators with any challenges. Good support is available over the Internet. It is quite helpful for creating any server. Many communities are working on the upcoming advanced features and making them easier for the end users.

What is most valuable?

The integration with other solutions like Apache is valuable.

What needs improvement?

Official support is low. We’re mostly dependent on community users. The vendor must provide an official support team. Administration is a challenge. We need good skills for implementation.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for 10 to 12 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is quite stable. I rate the stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. We usually publish our web servers on it. It is for production purposes. Five to six people from our organization are working on Linux administration. We also have developers developing applications on it.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used CentOS. CentOS is now decommissioned, so we moved to Ubuntu Linux.

How was the initial setup?

I rate the ease of setup a seven out of ten. Ubuntu is a command-line tool. It will be a bit of a challenge for new users. The cloud deployment takes four to six hours. If we already have VMs on-premise, we can deploy them in four to six hours. We just need to install an image and build it in. Nowadays, we have readymade images available as a container. It hardly takes one hour to get the server up and running. One person is enough for the deployment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is open-sourced.

What other advice do I have?

If someone wants to create cheap servers, Ubuntu Linux is the best choice. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud


    ErkanVarol

A free tool that can be considered a very trustworthy product with a straightforward setup phase

  • November 23, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

SAP connects with Ubuntu Linux, which supports PostgreSQL, which helps connect and authenticate libraries. You can use the tool to get a printout of a picture on the backside of the paper, which may consist of a depiction of production if you send it to a printer via Linux platform.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of the solution are that it is a very free tool and serves as a very trustworthy product.

What needs improvement?

Ubuntu Linux requires no improvement or changes since it has been working in excellent condition for the past twenty years.

There are certain shortcomings related to the product's frequency of updates. From an improvement perspective, my company expects the solution to offer less frequent updates.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Ubuntu Linux for twenty years. In my company, the current version of the product is almost ten to fifteen years old. My company did not find any reason to switch to the latest version of the product as the version we use is good.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Though my company was not required to use the scalability features of food by the solution, I believe that it is quite good.

Two or three people in my company use the solution.

My company has no plans to increase the number of uses of the solution.

How are customer service and support?

I have never interacted with the solution's technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My company previously used an HCI operating system but moved to Ubuntu Linux since the former was expensive to operate.

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase was very straightforward.

The solution can be deployed in ten to fifteen minutes.

Two technical people can work separately without much interaction to take care of the solution's deployment and maintenance phases.

What about the implementation team?

A consultant for SAP helped my company with the product's implementation phase, which took about an hour.

What was our ROI?

I have experienced an excellent return on investment from the use of the solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There are no payments to be made towards any licensing costs attached to the solution.

What other advice do I have?

I suggest that those planning to use the solution migrate their complete enterprise software to Ubuntu Linux, as it is a really good product.

I rate the overall product a ten out of ten.


    Mohd Fadhil

A stable and user-friendly solution which can be deployed easily and quickly

  • November 22, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution because my Sophos Anti-Virus is installed in it.

What is most valuable?

I like the stability of the solution. The resources are not huge compared to Windows. The solution is user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

The product should provide more automation. If automation is available, we wouldn’t have to do manual configurations and setups.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for one year. I am using the latest version of the solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I'm using the solution for demonstration purposes for my customer. They have 500 workstations.

How are customer service and support?

I deployed the product myself.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I use Windows, too.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment takes about 30 minutes. The deployment process is similar to Windows.

What other advice do I have?

I refer to Google and other forums to find solutions to my problems. If someone is using Linux servers, they can use Ubuntu. Overall, I rate the tool a ten out of ten.


    Chairul Manalu

An easy-to-use solution for desktops, MCE with Kubernetes platform but lacks support, stability and scalability

  • August 31, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is most valuable?

Ubuntu Linux is easy to start, and MicroK8s is easy to deploy. Plug into the back-end storage and networking is also easy.

It is good to start with 3-4 nodes, but hard to scale. For production grades like 20 or 100 nodes, we go with the RedHat for on-premise.

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Ubuntu Linux as an end user for six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool could be more stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product’s scalability is not better. RedHat is better. We’ve more than ten users using this product. We plan to increase the usage when there is a requirement or specification.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. Deploying OS is fast and takes less than a day.

We can do the installation on a small scale without consultants, but when it comes to scale.

Ubuntu is an OS. You need the specification, storage, network, IP, etc., and deploy it by orchestration or just do the standalone installation infrastructure.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If the customer wants to start, there is no license required. It is all free, but they must purchase the production license.

What other advice do I have?

Mostly, the product is on-premise, but in some cases, we managed to deploy applications in the cloud.

The solution is easy and simple to start because of complete documentation. When you go for production, we must purchase the hardware and OS license.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises


    AtulChaurasia

A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI

  • August 28, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We can use the solution for browsing. We can also use it as a server and deploy and configure it as a file or web server. The use case depends on the user. I use it to deploy something which I want to test out. If I have to test out ELK Stack, I might use Ubuntu because it’s free.

What is most valuable?

The GUI is user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

The solution must provide more integrations.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution from time to time whenever I require it.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the tool’s stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I am using the solution for my personal needs. It is possible to increase the number of users depending on who uses it.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used Windows. I use Ubuntu only for testing purposes. Some things can only be tested on Linux.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. It takes 15 to 30 minutes to deploy the OS. The product can be used on the cloud as well. However, I have deployed it on my own laptop.

What about the implementation team?

I deployed the solution myself. We have to follow the standard OS deployment process to deploy the tool. We do not need any consultation. We might need a live CD, or we can download the image from the Internet. We can boot from the USB and just follow the instructions. It will be deployed.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is no licensing cost for the product.

What other advice do I have?

Ubuntu improves its products every year. Earlier, the GUI was not good, so Ubuntu improved it. They have removed the complexity of the software. My recommendation depends on people’s use cases. If someone wants to test something that is more stable on Ubuntu, they can use the solution. They can use other Linux flavors like Red Hat, too. Overall, I rate the solution an eight or nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises


    David L.

LTS version of Ubuntu

  • July 13, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
what is an LTS version, which means it has much greater support for updates than non-LTS versions and good stability for production
What do you dislike about the product?
that it is already several years old and although it is LTS, some software not properly tested may not be in the official repositories
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
the stability that is very important for production


    Madhurya Dutta

Stable OS and suitable for low-end devices

  • May 24, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I use Ubuntu Linux as my primary operating system on my personal device.

What is most valuable?

Firstly, it's open source, and secondly, I like its computation speed compared to Windows and other similar features.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes certain tasks are challenging due to issues with the command-line interface. Users who prefer Windows may find it difficult to transition to Linux. So, I believe Linux could enhance its user interface to make it more user-friendly for a wider range of users.

Therefore, I suggest improving the user interface.

In additional features, I would like to add an additional software store alongside the existing one. Similar to the Microsoft Store, it offers a wide range of software options.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it since 2016. I am using version 22.0 LTS.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Ubuntu Linux have two types of releases. The first one is LTS (Long Term Support), and they also release short-term support versions every nine months. I mostly prefer the LTS version because they are the most stable.

How are customer service and support?

I have utilized community forums for VMware-related queries.

How was the initial setup?

For the general public, I don't think it's easy because most OS installations are typically handled by engineers or service center guys. So, for non-technical users, it's similar to installing Windows or any other operating system.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Ubuntu Linux is free for personal use, including business use. However, if you require enterprise-level support from their team, you need to pay a subscription fee. Ubuntu offers custom pricing that may vary based on the business requirements.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

When I started using it initially, it had better accessibility and speed. I have a low-end laptop with an AMD processor that doesn't work well with Windows. So, I chose Ubuntu Linux as it works efficiently on that device too.

What other advice do I have?

You should give Ubuntu Linux a try. I would give it a ten. It's the best, in my opinion.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises