Microsoft Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS) vs. Ubuntu

Microsoft Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)

Microsoft Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)

3 Reviews and Ratings

Ubuntu

Ubuntu

298 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure RTOS	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft's Azure Real Time Operating System (or Azure RTOS) is an embedded development suite including what Microsoft describes as a small but powerful operating system that provides reliable, ultra-fast performance for resource-constrained devices. They present their solution as easy-to-use and market-proven, having been deployed on more than 6.2 billion devices worldwide.	N/A
Ubuntu	Score 8.7 out of 10	N/A	Ubuntu Linux is a Linux-based operating system for personal computers, tablets and smartphones. There is also a Server version which is used on physical or virtual servers in the data center.	N/A

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Microsoft Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)

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Azure RTOS	Ubuntu
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Community Pulse
	Microsoft Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)	Ubuntu
Considered Both Products	Azure RTOS No answer on this topic	Ubuntu RS Ranu Singh Software Engineer Chose Ubuntu RHEL was licensed product which was denied by lot of our clients as it was increasing the infra cost. With fedora and debian we had lot of issues related to other supporting tools that we were supposed to use for application deployment. Fedora is also consuming lot of memory … Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Brower Owner and Lead Developer Chose Ubuntu I used to always recommend Ubuntu, but with Snap being done by default and causing issues, I've been moving away from it more and more. I'd really like to use Ubuntu, but until Snap is purged, it won't be my go-to for desktop Linux. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux has the best packages useful to develop projects that require high data processing and agility Incentivized Helpful? Subhan Raj CTO (Chief Technical Officer) Chose Ubuntu It's better than MacOS and Windows, while the Kali Linux was made for different purposes, so there can't be a head to head comparison between Kali and Ubuntu. As far as the MacOS and Windows, the Ubuntu is better, first, it's a FOSS software, and second, it has better support … Incentivized Helpful? Andjelko Borisavljevic Compute Service Support Engineer Chose Ubuntu Ubuntu is proven, Alma Distro is relatively young. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu Zorin OS, Pop OS, Manjaro, Debian, etc. Ubuntu [Linux] was selected simply because of it's wider support and long-term viability. I know that I can deploy Ubuntu [Linux] images and not have to worry about them. It's just an easy choice. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu Other alternatives for Ubuntu are Windows, Mac, Fedora, Mint Linux, Debian etc. While Ubuntu is free to use, Windows is an expensive OS, while for Mac you need to buy expensive Apple Hardware. I haven't had the chance to use other distributions of Linux, but as far as I know, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu So the main reason behind selecting Ubuntu among others was the easy implementation of services in it. Apart from that, as compared to other Linux its GUI is far more better to use and learn. The support of Debian packages and other software implementations are also great in it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux gives the user more control over the workings of the computer and provides fewer interruptions to a productive workday. It also does not intrude with long updates constantly for dubious features for a work environment. Long term support also means that the hardware … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu Teamviewer is really useful for remote deployments on Ubuntu in most of our projects Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu Sometimes I also use Linux CentOS but Ubuntu Linux is widely used, so software and other debugging guides are easily available on the web for Ubuntu Linux. It's also very easy to install Ubuntu Linux on new system and have it running in no time. Also, graphics of Ubuntu Linux … Incentivized Helpful? Gaurav Masand Software Engineer Chose Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux was preferred over Windows because Lots of customizable options make it easy to control running processes Deployment of applications and micro services is easy when integrated with Docker, and Docker itself is not easy to use with Windows Incentivized Helpful? Balázs Kiss Software Developer Chose Ubuntu A viable, free, widely used alternative to any modern operating systems on the market. Ubuntu [Linux] is constantly improved, has an enormous user base, a very good community. It's one of the most advanced Linux distributions of today, and can be highly customized to the point … Incentivized Helpful? JC Joe Carey Support Engineer I Chose Ubuntu I use Ubuntu Linux because it's Linux and because it is the most popular distro. This means that when I google things about it, I'm highly likely to get the answer I need. Incentivized Helpful? Mauricio E Gleizer CEO Chose Ubuntu Windows 10: Expensive, with more security problems, more difficult to keep updated and less variety of free / open source applications. Its use encourages bad information security practices. OpenSuse Linux: A different distribution at source (Suse Linux), use of rpm packages … Incentivized Helpful? HM H. P. Molloy Instructor Chose Ubuntu We chose Ubuntu largely because of the large user base and because desktop setups can be easy to learn for people used to Windows computers and, of course, other distributions of Linux. Not a single one of the people we work with has had formal education or training with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu I've used other Linux distributions like Debian, Mint, Suse, Slackware, and others. I also ran OpenBSD as my primary OS for more than 3 years. We maintain FreeBSD based servers as well. Other than Debian, the supported hardware and packages doesn't seem as good as with Ubuntu … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu We mainly chose Ubuntu Linux for its broad compatibility and package availability. Where we have a choice we prefer to deploy software on a Linux platform rather than Windows. Ubuntu is supported by our backup software and we find that updates typically complete without errors. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu SUSE is a European-based Linux system company, I have used it extensively over a couple of months and it's stable. I have always loved CentOS and for the past 4 years, I have used this OS as my primary workstation OS. You just don't need to reboot the system ever, it just is so … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu We compared against Windows 10, Manjaro, and Fedora. Windows 10 lost on cost, and even usability versus Ubuntu. Manjaro and Fedora are both bleeding edge, providing great features but lacking the stability offered by Ubuntu. Ubuntu is the best of both worlds for us, providing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu Prior to selecting Ubuntu Linux, we looked at CentOS Linux. Obviously, both are distributions of Linux, with Ubuntu hailing from the Debian lineage, where CentOS is derived from RHEL. Ultimately, we decided on Ubuntu because it's a bit more user-friendly. However, we could … Incentivized Helpful? Christian Shaheen Director Of Special Projects Chose Ubuntu If I had to pick one server OS to use forever it would be Windows but I'm glad I don't have to do that because these are both great OSes. Ubuntu has many strengths such as being free, it's package management system, and its ability to seemingly run forever if left untouched. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu We chose Ubuntu because it has lower licensing fees and better free support. We like Debian-based distributions in general, and Ubuntu in particular. Other Debian-based distros we use include Kali and Mint. We've also done trials on Fedora on the desktop, but found that Ubuntu … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Ubuntu While the major Linux releases are all fairly mature and stable, I find Ubuntu to be the release I turn to the most. It has a consistent look and feel that spans across the various versions of Ubuntu, which I really like. It is easy to install and configure, and updates are easy. Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Schell Data Analyst Chose Ubuntu It was free, it’s well known to be stable and has near zero issues that we can’t solve with Bash or other simple shells. Incentivized Helpful?

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	Microsoft Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)	Ubuntu
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User Ratings
	Microsoft Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)	Ubuntu
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.6 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Microsoft Azure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)	Ubuntu
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	For a regular not tech savvy user, Ubuntu [Linux] is a piece of cake once installed, and for the tech savvy, super simple to install. And even for the not as tech savvy it is easy. Server specs don't need to be great, it'll run on anything, though what cpu/memory you'll need depends on your use case. Incentivized JC Joe Carey Support Engineer I Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Ubuntu Linux allows interfaces on desktop machines that are relatively easy for former Windows users to adapt to. Ubuntu allows smooth updates, usually with little down time. The user base for Ubuntu is large, which means help is easy to find. Incentivized HM H. P. Molloy Instructor Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	I'd like to see Canonical REALLY betting on desktop Linux and move one step forward with innovation in that area to improve user adoption. Desktop UI decisions have been not-so-happy in the past. The ability to move back and forth with Unity has pushed a lot of users in favor of options. Having REAL desktop environment options is something to improve as well. Improvements in interoperability with other OSes would be very welcome. Sometimes it's just hard to communicate with MacOS or Windows across some protocols. Maybe it's due to the private nature of these protocols, but alternatives are around, we just need to compile and improve them. Incentivized Leonel Quinteros Director of Technology Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	While it works, we're finding that SNAP is getting more and more annoying, so we're probably going to migrate to Debian. Incentivized Joseph Brower Owner and Lead Developer Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	I gave it 10 out of 10 because it allows me to do the work I need on a server, such as running a website and database, and making developments. In addition, thanks to its easy and useful interface during installation, it can be easily installed. In addition, thanks to its easily accessible documents, when a problem occurs, it can be solved easily and quickly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	We did not use the managed commercial support, but instead relied on community forums and official documentation. Ubuntu is very well documented across both instructional documentation from the developers themselves as well as informal support forums [ServerFault, YCombinator, Reddit]. It's easy enough to find an answer to any question you may have Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	It was all pretty much automatic for our use cases. It integrates nicely with Laravel Forge, which is our primary use case. Incentivized Joseph Brower Owner and Lead Developer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	A viable, free, widely used alternative to any modern operating systems on the market. Ubuntu [Linux] is constantly improved, has an enormous user base, a very good community. It's one of the most advanced Linux distributions of today, and can be highly customized to the point that almost any requirement can be filled with it. Incentivized Balázs Kiss Software Developer Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Positive impact 1: The great feeling of using quality software, free, completely updated and within the law. Positive impact 2: The culture of using Ubuntu Linux encourages information security within the company. Positive impact 3: The system has many more customization options, which can make its use more pleasant and personal even in the business environment. Negative impact 1: A steeper and more challenging learning curve. Incentivized Mauricio E Gleizer CEO Read full review
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