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Ubuntu Pro is of course aimed at enterprise users, and here it makes perfect sense to use it. ISO27001 compliance, CIS-Level evaluation with the Ubuntu Security
by deng 3y ago
Ubuntu Pro is of course aimed at enterprise users, and here it makes perfect sense to use it. ISO27001 compliance, CIS-Level evaluation with the Ubuntu Security Guide, 10 year security maintenance, live kernel updates for less downtime, better AD integration, automatic software deployment, 24/7 support, etc. These things matter in a company setting.
- lagniappe 3y agoI'm noticing a retracing of the path redhat took in creating RHEL, which is currently dominant as far as paid installs of Linux. I'm not an Ubuntu person by any means but it's easy to connect the dots looking back on how RHEL happened, and I could see how Canonical looks at this as their chance to be the quasi Debian side of the enterprise linux picture.
- deng 3y agoYes, and I think their chances are not bad at all. RHEL is the safe&boring choice for your run-of-the-mill web/file/DB server, I don't think there's any doubt about that. I think however Ubuntu is much better positioned for clients, like Linux laptops for software devs. A new LTS every two years with up-to-date software, the ISO/CIS compliance stuff makes InfoSec happy, the deployment/AD integration features make IT happy, and lots of choice for Ubuntu certified laptops from the big enterprise vendors (Dell, Lenovo, HP, etc.) make procurement happy, so I think it is a really attractive choice for a company. And once you have Ubuntu Pro for these machines, why not use it on the server as well, especially since it's cheaper than RHEL.