Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS
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It Is Fast...
What do you like best about the product?
Just did a fresh install of 18.04, and oh my it's fast. Everything is so responsive, which I think is due to Ubuntu switching to GNOME. The UI is amazing (for a linux distro) and I love the software center as it allows me to easily install 3rd party apps like Spotify and Minecraft quickly. I also love that I can update the computer without ever having to restart it, and since it is open source, I dont get the spam I generally get while using Windows.
What do you dislike about the product?
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 along with Windows and I am disappointed that it didn't allow me to encrypt anything. I understand that since it is a multi-partition drive already it can't really encrypt anything, but I feel like Ubuntu should at least give me the option to encrypt my home folder which can be done.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I mainly work with Intel's SGX platform and Ubuntu is one of the support platforms. It really helps with development and I
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out, it is very simple to use. Even if you don't want to install it, you can burn Ubuntu onto a USB 3.0 and boot to it and use it without ever installing it.
A world of Open Source at your fingertips!!!!!!!!
What do you like best about the product?
To start and open source learning is very intuitive and effective to adapt to a new experience. Something very important to highlight in its favor is that Windows to bring a large amount of malicious software and for the free software platform is not very common since it allows the modification of its source codes to the user's taste and the needs of this. Ubuntu allows you to install drivers and applications without the need to reboot the PC to complete the installation which is many times causing inconvenience. An ideal example of Ubuntu is Gaim / Pidgin allows you to chat with your colleagues and at the same time you can go reading a web page or a book without much effort just moving it with the mouse wheel in silence..
What do you dislike about the product?
Despite its great advantages has a deficiency at the development level is not recommended as it is more defined to end users, this leads to bring unnecessary packages that often do what they do is harm the software and tend to think and collapse the PC ... This does not facilitate good software development practices.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
100% recommended for those who want to learn more about the vulnerabilities of proprietary software such as Windows or Apple. You can have the option to migrate to this software "Ubuntu". It has a simple environment to understand and can be adapted very quickly.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is important for the learning of new users of free software so that they can adapt to the new experience that this entails .... They can be intuitive and adaptable.
Nice, stable, and user friendly
What do you like best about the product?
This distribution is most definitely the best distribution for the desktop user, in that it provides for extremely simple setup and use in most cases. It's also a great distribution for server side because of the ease of use.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing really. Is served it's purpose for a server on a cheap box for quite some time. Can be a little tricky on onboard hardware, but it isn't going to get easier than this one. Also has a huge online community that can help solve trickier problems.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm solving the problem of high server cost. Could easily support a small office server platform on a very small budget making it extremely cost effective.
The easiest to use, most popular Linux distribution
What do you like best about the product?
Runs on just about any hardware, from a $20 Raspberry Pi, to a $1000 laptop, to a high end server. I've got Ubuntu running on a Raspberry Pi, and my development machine. I've got old laptops, that are too slow for Windows, but Ubuntu runs fine on them.
Availability of apps: If a software developer _has_ a Linux version, they are very likely to have aversion that will run on Ubuntu, and very often I even find they offer an Ubuntu specific version.
Never get a virus: I store my photos, and important documents on my Ubuntu machine. I've been running Linux/Unix for nearly 30 years, and I never worry about security. I can't say the same for my Windows box.
It's powerful, flexible and configurable.
Bloatware is never an issue.
It's free. It's well supported.
Availability of apps: If a software developer _has_ a Linux version, they are very likely to have aversion that will run on Ubuntu, and very often I even find they offer an Ubuntu specific version.
Never get a virus: I store my photos, and important documents on my Ubuntu machine. I've been running Linux/Unix for nearly 30 years, and I never worry about security. I can't say the same for my Windows box.
It's powerful, flexible and configurable.
Bloatware is never an issue.
It's free. It's well supported.
What do you dislike about the product?
The screen capture tool could be easier to use. I wish it would copy to the clipboard.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Coding software. I can code via an IDE or command line, or a mix of both.
Code repository. I use git locally, and remotely with ease on my Ubuntu box.
Deploying software. I use a combination of git and ftp.
Testing software, locally. I use a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), and my Ubuntu Laptop is my Development box.
One of the biggest benefits is the ability to write software without an internet connection, whenever I need to.
It's also highly configurable. I run a nodejs LAMP stack sometimes, and a native LAMP stack other times, depending on the type of project I'm working on.
Code repository. I use git locally, and remotely with ease on my Ubuntu box.
Deploying software. I use a combination of git and ftp.
Testing software, locally. I use a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), and my Ubuntu Laptop is my Development box.
One of the biggest benefits is the ability to write software without an internet connection, whenever I need to.
It's also highly configurable. I run a nodejs LAMP stack sometimes, and a native LAMP stack other times, depending on the type of project I'm working on.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you've never used Linux/Unix before, Ubuntu is definitely the right distribution to choose.
They've made it as easy to use as Windows or Mac (although I'm sure that Mac enthusiasts would disagree).
If you can't find answers on the Ubuntu forums, then StackOverflow is another good place to find answers if you get stuck.
They've made it as easy to use as Windows or Mac (although I'm sure that Mac enthusiasts would disagree).
If you can't find answers on the Ubuntu forums, then StackOverflow is another good place to find answers if you get stuck.
Modern, reliable convenience
What do you like best about the product?
For our use cases almost everything just works. We find it encouraging that Canonical prioritises usability and user experience over questionable ideological concerns that sometimes harms the upstream. We like that a larger proportion of packages are kept up to date than in some competing distributions.
What do you dislike about the product?
Updating between versions sometimes doesn't work perfectly. Even the 2 year gap between LTS leaves too much time between new packages for our purposes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We need a trustworthy platform with up to date packages for development and testing purposes, as well as in-production hosting. Ubuntu fits this requirement better than anything else we've used.
Popular and reliable Linux distribution
What do you like best about the product?
Reliability, excellent online support from the vendor and the community. Installing updates at my convenience.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some installation don't run well via Software Installer, and it can be complicated via Terminal. Missing drivers for some peripherals.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Compatibility with most business processes while using a free OS. Wide choice of available free software, mostly compatible with data formats from other OS's. Much lower total cost of ownership for a PC.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you're tired of Windows updates, switch to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu the facility at your fingertips. If you want to learn!!!!
What do you like best about the product?
Ubuntu the facility at your fingertips. If you want to learn!
One easy way to describe Ubuntu is that you can write in one window and upload and download the contents of another. For example, Gaim / Pidgin can chat with one of your colleagues and at the same time you can read a web page or a book without much effort just by moving it with the mouse wheel in silence. This though it may seem silly can not be done in Windows. On the other hand it has a great point in its favor that is Windows to bring a lot of malicious software and for this free software is not very common since it allows to modify its source code to the user's taste and the needs of this. In context Ubuntu allows you to install drivers and applications without the need to restart the PC to complete the installation which is many times causing inconvenience.
One easy way to describe Ubuntu is that you can write in one window and upload and download the contents of another. For example, Gaim / Pidgin can chat with one of your colleagues and at the same time you can read a web page or a book without much effort just by moving it with the mouse wheel in silence. This though it may seem silly can not be done in Windows. On the other hand it has a great point in its favor that is Windows to bring a lot of malicious software and for this free software is not very common since it allows to modify its source code to the user's taste and the needs of this. In context Ubuntu allows you to install drivers and applications without the need to restart the PC to complete the installation which is many times causing inconvenience.
What do you dislike about the product?
This software at the development level is not highly recommended since it is more done or dedicated for end users, therefore it has many unnecessary and even heavy packages that are not easily practiced by software development.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Today I use it to teach beginners to newbies who want to play in the world of free software to learn the basics of this type of software ... already with this notion can create an environment of inspiration for development.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend it for those people who want to learn more about the vulnerabilities of proprietary software such as Windows or Apple, the Ubuntu operating system allows them to migrate and learn more on the basis of open source. It has a simple environment to understand and can be adapted very quickly.
Ubuntu
What do you like best about the product?
My favorite thing about Ubuntu is that it works on any kind of machine, even the older ones. Since I'm a web programmer I find most useful the Nautilus' ability to open remote (server) folders as local ones and edit the files on server in place. The absence of viruses is a great plus too.
What do you dislike about the product?
Same as for Windows - I dislike the trend of adapting UI to mobile devices. Fortunately this trend is not so prominent anymore...
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ubuntu is safe, fast and reliable. A programmer's dream.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Ubuntu is a modern, well developed OS. It is free, so why not try it.
Ubuntu - The friendliest version of Linux
What do you like best about the product?
I just wanted to give a quick foreword, I'm not super proficient at Linux/Unix-like OS'es, but I have used Ubuntu Desktop and Server OS multiple times but my comfort zone is Windows. That being said, Ubuntu has by far been the best Linux Distribution for me to learn, test, and develop on. In my opinion, I feel like where Ubuntu shines is it's strong community support. If you are new to Linux or even new to computing, administrating, networking, etc... Ubuntu is probably the best place to start. The Desktop OS provides an incredibly intuitive design that allows people to get moving quickly while still allowing total systems control like a proper OS should.
For the Ubuntu Server OS variant, I personally learned almost everything I know about Linux on Ubuntu so transitioning to the Server OS was a cakewalk.
For the Ubuntu Server OS variant, I personally learned almost everything I know about Linux on Ubuntu so transitioning to the Server OS was a cakewalk.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the largest dislike for me when learning and transitioning to Ubuntu was that the majority of OS management was performed at the terminal. In the Server version it's performed strictly at the terminal. When i was first learning my way around Linux I was having a hard time with getting SSH setup so I could log into the server remotely. I found tutorials online but they always seemed to be missing a step or two and I couldn't seem to get it to work. Finally, I asked on a Ubuntu Support forum and the community helped me get SSH setup, with an SSH keypair (certificate instead of password), and took the time to explain how SSH works in Linux. Primarily being a Windows user at that time, the entire setup and configuration was completely foreign to me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm currently using Ubuntu as the OS for my development environment of a MEAN stack web app. I'm also running Ubuntu for my DevOps management node while I'm learning Ansible. (Ansible doesn't currently support Windows being a management node.) I'm running web servers with Nginx, Tomcat, Apache on them, Back-end MySQL and MongoDB databases.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for a robust, yet stable Linux OS with tons of free community support then Ubuntu is the right choice for you. It seems to have some of the best hardware driver support out there so if you are installing on a computer with bluetooth of WiFi capabilities then Ubuntu will probably be the best experience with working drivers out-of-the-box.
It's still developing software - very fast developing!
What do you like best about the product?
Speed of developing; support for so many deviced, speed and easy installation; nice user interface; easy package and program installation; speed of working
What do you dislike about the product?
package dependences (still there is a lot of things to do)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
automation in some internal task (f.e. inteligent home; controling procesess)
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you want to implement your own software, Ubuntu can be the right direction for you!
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