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Ubuntu Desktop In the Cloud

Posted by timothy on from the free-floating dept.

jimjimovich writes "One new feature in Ubuntu 10.04 that caught my attention is the Desktop in the Cloud project. Ubuntu already has great EC2 support, and it's getting even better. Now you can launch Ubuntu Desktop instances on EC2 and connect to them with an NX client."

3 of 83 comments (clear)

  1. NOOOOOOOOOO! by Michael+Kristopeit · · Score: 2, Informative

    i seriously had to check if it was april 1st.

  2. Re:Let's Open-Source the cloud by geekboybt · · Score: 3, Informative

    Done and done. http://www.eucalyptus.com/ - it even replicates the Amazon AWS API, and is available on Ubuntu.

  3. Ubuntu also has software to create a private cloud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Better client support follows from having better servers support. Ubuntu has introduced the ability to provide a private EC2 compatible cloud.
    I probably wouldn't pay to put the desktops in the cloud, but if I could reduce the complexity of the desktops in my organization by building a local cloud, it certainly doesn't hurt. This competes with the Citrix and VMware desktop integration business. More solutions improve our choices.