Elementary OS vs Ubuntu

Excellent uniformity between all the stock application and an overall extremely clean design with simple animations.

Runs well on limited-resources hardware, including netbooks or chromebooks.

Built on Ubuntu LTS with all its qualities and support.

This distribution promises you a very tailored user experience and it does deliver on that promise. The developers provide you with a custom desktop environment and a set of neat programs. And the whole desktop looks simply gorgeous.

There is a place where Elementary users can ask their questions and usually get answers pretty quickly. Not only by the other users, but the devs are pretty active themselves, often engaging in the discussions on the hows, whys, and plans of the OS.

Sane defaults with less confusion for new users.

All Elementary apps are written in Vala and hosted on Launchpad, and there are standard APIs such as contractor for applications to interact with one another. This is different from most distros, in which apps are written in a variety of languages. This design decision makes it easy to get started developing for Elementary and to understand how the various pieces fit together.

Elementary OS has a dedicated StackExchange site where users can easily find answers to common questions.

Now the OS is amazingly customisable

As the most popular Linux distribution, there's a wide range of sources for support online if you ever need help, including the Ubuntu Wiki, Ubuntu Forums and the Ask Ubuntu Stack Exchange site.

Not just for laptops - Ubuntu was designed with tablets and touchscreen devices in mind, and with phone support on the way. Ubuntu also has Long Term Support releases, as well as a version oriented toward servers, so you can use the same OS at work or on mobile as you do on your desktop.

PPA repositories allow you to install the latest version of your preferred software while keeping the rest of the operating system "stable".

Ubuntu is designed to be used by everyday people. Because of that, Ubuntu has tried hard to make a user interface that's intuitive and looks pleasant and clean.

This allows for users to always have a new supported release available without long unkown wait times in between.

It‘s one of the most stable Linux Distros.

Lots of support for hardware, lots of pre-installed software, and a smooth install process means less time downloading drivers, less time digging through configuration files, and less time deciding on software to use just to get up and running. It also means less time digging through forums looking for support.

The default apps available in Ubuntu cover the gamut of most anyone's needs. From music, video or office applications Ubuntu has an app that will cover the users needs.

This is probably the best option when collaborating on open source projects in hardware. This is mostly because packages and tools are readily available via software center.

The setup for personal use is simple enough for anyone to achieve, and can easily be modified to act as a server. Programs and all features are easy to find and use, and first-timers can easily pick up on how to use it.

The Ubuntu Software Center offers a GUI interface for installing new apps which is extremely easy and welcoming for beginners to Linux. But it should not be used by more advanced users since the method of installing through the terminal is much faster and easier after one is used to it.

This means that the system must run well, otherwise they will lose money.

Because the menu usually is in the title bar and the launcher auto-hides, the whole screen can be used by an application.

You can get up to date and stable apps right inside the snap store (Ubuntu Software). The snap store has official snaps provided by major publishers, so you can get most of the software you need without having to add third party PPAs to your system.

Ubuntu looks clean even when running from a LiveCD.

Beginning with Ubuntu 5.04, UTF-8 became the default character encoding, which allows for support of a variety of non-Roman scripts.

Type any query into the Dash Home, and search will look through files, stores and web-pages to find what you are looking for.

Gnome has lot of extensions available and can be custmoized rather easily.

Run far faster than Windows on Dell laptop.

As of Ubuntu version 21.04, Active Directory is supported out of the box.

Ubuntu has one of the best font rendering on Linux. It is thanks to how good the Ubuntu fonts are crafted by the Ubuntu team.