Canonical has released updates for the server and desktop
editions of Ubuntu Linux, offering expanded cloud computing capabilities for
developers and users.
The new Ubuntu Server 12.10, available for download today,
includes the "Folsom" release of OpenStack that Canonical said gives
Ubuntu developers more flexibility for deploying cloud services. The release
also incorporates new deployment and management tools for deploying distributed
applications.
Ubuntu Server 12.10 is the fifth Ubuntu release to support
OpenStack, the open-source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud-computing
project started by RackSpace and NASA in 2010 and supported by Canonical and
number of leading IT vendors.
The new server software "is really at the center of
what's happening with OpenStack," said Mark Baker, Canonical server
product manager, in an interview.
Two major OpenStack components included in Ubuntu Server
12.10 are the "Quantum" virtual networking API and "Cinder"
block storage technology. JuJu, Obuntu's service orchestration software, is now
natively supported on OpenStack cloud systems running on Ubuntu Linux.
Canonical also said the Ubuntu Server 12.10 is the first
operating system to support Intel (NSDQ:INTC)'s Open Attestation software that
authenticates cloud images to ensure that no virtual machines are a security
risk. And the Ubuntu Metal-as-a-Service bare-metal provisioning tool has been
updated in Ubuntu Server 12.10.
Ubuntu Server 12.10 is an interim release that Canonical
supports for 18 months: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is the most recent long-term support
release.
On the client side Ubuntu 12.10, also available for download
today, offers improved integration between applications and content running on
a desktop PC and on the Internet. Using Ubuntu 12.10 Dash, for example, users
can simultaneously see files on their hard drive and on Google (NSDQ:GOOG) Drive,
Google's cloud file storage service.
Canonical is pitching the Ubuntu Linux for desktops as
alternative to the upcoming Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Windows 8.
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