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Ubuntu Desktop In the Cloud

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."

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  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.