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Dell Releases Ubuntu-Powered Cloud Servers

Posted by samzenpus on from the silver-lining dept.

angry tapir writes "Dell has released two servers for the US market that have been customized to run Ubuntu-based cloud services. The company has outfitted its PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers with Canonical's Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), an implementation of the Eucalyptus private cloud software that runs on the Ubuntu Server Edition operating system."

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  1. Re:Failed by larry+bagina · · Score: 2, Informative

    Linux is a kernel. GNU/Linux is the operating system. GN/Ubuntu is a LiGNUx operating system.

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  2. Re:A POS comment? by jedidiah · · Score: 3, Informative

    The idea that Dell would push Linux in the server space is pretty old news really.

    Contrary to popular Lemming opinion, Microsoft doesn't have the stranglehold in the server market that it has on desktops.

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