Our main use case for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) at the moment is for our dev machines, as we do software engineering for automotive, and we have a lot of developers who need Linux. We had a bunch of systems and other things, and we are now rolling them all to be standardized on RHEL.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for AWS
Red Hat | 8.10 20250710-1833Linux/Unix, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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What do you like best about the product?
It gives more secure and easily manageable environment
What do you dislike about the product?
I like everything there is now and with image mode it made it even more immutable and easier to use
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using Enterprise Linux as Operating system which is more secure and also using it in OpenShift which is managed by Openshift itself
I love Red Hat Enterprise Linux!
What do you like best about the product?
I love that RHEL is consistent, patches security updates quickly, and provides Red Had Insights for getting real time suggestions on how to optimize my systems.
What do you dislike about the product?
The security provided does limit systems from using the newest and shiniest software, but that is the price I am willing to pay for security and stability.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Red Hat Insights is included in the license. That gives me real time information about configuration errors, available optimizations, and active vulnerabilities. It also provides Ansible playbooks to automatically remediate these things. This is what separates RHEL from other Enterprise Linux distros.
RHEL is simple but powerful
What do you like best about the product?
I like the ever advancing features that are available. Also, the constant push to improve upon what is there to make it simpler to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
I honestly don't know if I can say there is much about a downside. I wish docker was still native and that I didn't feel forced into using podman. But that is not world ending.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Red Hat Linux is simplifying the process of using pre-vetted packages. Makes applying updates with confidence much smoother.
Very stable OS that will bring your apps up to performance
What do you like best about the product?
Stability and plenty of tools to manage and implement solutions
What do you dislike about the product?
MIssing the gaming part (personal use),.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
being near the OS ease the utilization and debugging .
it administrator linux
What do you like best about the product?
It
What do you dislike about the product?
Selinux ... it's really interesting but we don't have a lot of documentation
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
each case that we opened have been resolved quickly
Always-a-RHEL User
What do you like best about the product?
I am always a CLI guy and love the superfast response it provide almost every time.
What do you dislike about the product?
I know, we always need, but sometimes patching can be challenging
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security and portability
Management tools and integrations standardized fragmented ecosystems
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The management dashboard, RHEL satellites, Ansible, and all those integrations have been the most valuable features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) that really help us.
The features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) allow our company to standardize our fragmented ecosystem, which consists of a lot of Windows systems and different development environments, so that we can move away from the 'it works on my machine, it doesn't work on your machine' issues.
We are deploying workstations with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and we also look at deploying on-prem. We already have some cloud deployments through third-party contractors, and we are trying to tie it all together into one system. We also have high-performance compute on-prem for doing GPUs, CPUs, and simulations, and we have workstations on-prem with potential cloud workstations as a migration area.
We are migrating some workloads, such as local development tasks, to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), but we haven't really started with the servers yet. Currently, we manage our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems using the cloud portal to build a custom image for our machines, but we want to move toward satellites and use that as our comprehensive management and patching tool.
Utilizing all the security features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is really important for us as an enterprise with a lot of security focus in automotive and intellectual property, and we are easing into some features such as different security profiles to ensure a secure experience for our users.
We have been trialing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.5. We are now looking at moving towards RHEL 10, which is going to be one of our migrations before we go full production launch on this, and we're looking at doing incremental upgrades as we go to have the latest stuff available.
What needs improvement?
With Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), there's a lot of fragmentation in the documentation across different versions, and ensuring that the right version is being read can be challenging. Features such as AI assistants would provide a more unified experience, which is really helpful for IT teams who may not be Linux-centric.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for just a couple of weeks as we are starting to deploy it. We originally did not have any Linux systems with us and are now moving forward with that whole process.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability and reliability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) seems to be rock solid from our perspective, as we have workloads running continuously 24/7, and the only reason we shut it off is to install a full reboot update or if the workload fails due to our own issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is definitely going to scale with our company's growing needs. Other elements of the company have been using RHEL in production, and from our perspective as a small R&D center, it provides the flexibility to manage multiple sites in California, Michigan, and keep them all synchronized, reducing the need to send IT individuals to California to fix problems.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate the customer service and technical support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) a ten out of ten. We really felt that with our Red Hat partner, there's personal service that has helped us build better solutions for our team; it has been a truly awesome experience.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have only been with the company for a year and a half, so I'm not aware of anything they've done with other Linux OS solutions, however, we have primarily been Windows from a developer perspective, and now we are starting to get into using Linux systems on a daily basis, focusing on workstations for now.
How was the initial setup?
We purchase Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) through a roster indirectly, and that will be our deployment methodology for any AWS deployments of RHEL AMI images. My assessment of the pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is that our finance team handles it, and I've been hearing good feedback; they find the licensing model much easier to understand.
What was our ROI?
For us, the biggest return on investment when using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has to do with standardization and the ability to manage a fleet of devices, whether on-prem, in the cloud, or servers, through unified portals using standard processes and reducing fragmentation among machines.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), we looked at Ubuntu Pro and a couple of other options, however, we decided that RHEL fits better into our ecosystem, particularly in our adoption of OpenShift for DevOps, as it's best for our developers to have the same development environments from end to end.
What other advice do I have?
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) a nine.
I am good to use the red hat from past 10 years
What do you like best about the product?
I am a admin in red hat security patches and compatabulity
What do you dislike about the product?
every time when we do patching with kernal version it require reboot can't we eliminate the maintenance window for patching
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
normally at the the time of patching window only
Solid platform to run our apps on
What do you like best about the product?
With Red Hat Enterprise Linux I know my systems are going to be stable.
What do you dislike about the product?
Once setup everything runs with almost no maintenance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is the operating system for all of our erp applications.
RHEL
What do you like best about the product?
Stability, Security and reliability are the best
What do you dislike about the product?
not good for starters, GUI not ideally compared to other OS
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
hosting my production workloads
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