Ubuntu has a very humble background and its base is clearly defined by its name “Ubuntu” meaning humanity toward others. It is truly an Operating System that has challenged more richer alternatives namely Microsoft Windows and Mac OS and as majority of humans are not rich this OS stands the test of times , with its all unique and shining qualities it is free of cost and an enterprise standard OS adopted by big enterprise like Dell computers.
Some of the qualities that attract more and more IT savvy businessman in Ubuntu are
Time is Money
We hear this phrase many times , if you compare Ubuntu to its competitors like Windows and Mac OS it is not behind in terms of its performance , infact is it much faster when it comes to high computation tasks such as programming tasks , testing and development tasks and hardware requirement are much low as well.
Homogeneous in nature
Like that of Microsoft OS’s where the client and server operating systems are way apart in there usage , Ubuntu Desktop and Server edition are much natural and can be used for both client server model , desktop computer , and now more recently a choice for cloud computing.
Support is available Free as well as Commercial
Though Enterprise businesses require commercial support , SME’s and startup love to get free support and that is where there is no other competitor to Ubuntu distribution , it is one of the most popular Linux distribution with a huge community support that you can find almost all solution free of cost online, one of the best resource for this purpose is askubuntu.com website. If commercial support is the requirement it is directly supported by Canonical as well as some other vendors that stand by your business to help you out in hard times, and your own hardware vendor might be one of those , example Dell does support Ubuntu Linux installed on there hardware.
Software is Free
Majority of software available on Ubuntu is free of cost including office application and other utilities , many companies which ignored Linux previously have support of there software on Ubuntu these days and it is growing.
Zip , Games , Office application , Editors , and even Microsoft products are not porting with Linux packages for there application.
Compatibility with Microsoft products
With more and more system migrating to Linux OS’s Microsoft has also come to the terms and accepted the reality that Linux is the future of Desktop OS , infact it has the greatest share in Mobile OS (Android) and Server OS (in super computers) , as for Desktop version Linux is growing fast. Microsoft products have are now cloud ready and possible to run on Linux such as there Office Application, MS Windows is also boosting compatibility and allowing to share file systems with Linux File systems as an addon. Most importantly the future of Microsoft company Powershell is freely available for Linux and can be readily used in Ubuntu to manage Windows Servers from Linux console.
Security
As a business person more then anything your data is the value , with just a default install Ubuntu is much more strong and secure as compared to the paid counterparts. Furthermore the security patches for LTS version are available for 5 years and 3 years for the Desktop version.
Future Technology Trends and Ubuntu Usage
As Ubuntu is free of cost , it is an OS of choice for both Developers and users , many famous projects have used Ubuntu as there base OS just because the OS is portable and easy to install and manage. Some famous projects include
Android (mobile OS)
Rasberry PI (robotics)
Openstack (Cloud )
Ubuntu Linux ( Server and Desktop )
There are few other famous derivatives of Ubuntu such as Edubuntu etc which are used for specific purposes.
Conclusion
Ubuntu is slowly but surely taking up the market share leaving behind old traditional rivals like Microsoft OS which had a much greater share in market during Windows XP era , as time passes by and new technologies are produces using Linux and specifically Ubuntu the share of OS is expected to grow and those business that choose Ubuntu at an earlier stage will benefit much greatly with there choice to move to Open Source Operating System and saving much more in terms of cost and features.
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