Linux flowers bloom everywhere in April

Linux flowers bloom throughout April-Linux general technology-Linux technology and application information. The following is a detailed description. The long-awaited Beta version of Ubuntu March 20 is about to be released in the Spring Festival of Beijing in 8.04. Why are people so eager to expect?

As you know, the source code and related documents of the software program can be freely obtained. In particular, there is a kind of software without having to "order" in advance ", pre-paid ("annual usage fee"), you can use it freely, that is, the famous Ubuntu release version. Whether it is OEM pre? Ubuntu is also an enterprise application of Ubuntu. It is absolutely free and its source code is fully open, unless you name the commercial payment service that "requires" related technical support (just like the payment for Bath and haircut ). The Ubuntu April 24 version, officially released on April 9, 8.04, is a version with long-term commercial technical support (the individual version lasts for three years and the server version lasts for five years ), although it is the "Community release version" developed by the Community, it is actually a "commercial release version" that has passed the strict test cycle (but the price of its software "ontology" is zero ). The Ubuntu 8.04 server version will be sold in large quantities together with well-known server hardware vendors (such as Dell, IBM, and HP) and is currently being "tested ". By then, the Landscape Software Package (Free Software) based on the Ubuntu Enterprise Network will be released.

Ubuntu 8.04 Server version, based on GNOME 2.22, contains an improved Network Driver Interface (GVFS, GNOME Virtual File System Framework) that provides some advanced File access functions for Windows Server 2003. Ubuntu 8.04 Personal Edition includes FireFox 3.0, OpenOffice.org 2.4, and ThunderBird 2.12. Later versions (application software packages) are currently being tested. We can see that Ubuntu 8.04 is a real "Cutting-edge" Edition ). Ubuntu enterprise-level servers (as free software) cannot be underestimated. At the same time, the excellent mobile Ubuntu release (for Embedded Systems) will also be released.

In enterprise-level applications, Ubuntu 8.04 will face Windows Server 2008. How can we achieve a "win-win" situation for a free use (except service fees) and a paid use (including service fees "? The Chinese Linux version may be left behind ".

The flowers of the Linux release were everywhere in the April S, making a great scene.

Note: according to a recent survey by Alfresco, Ubuntu has a market share of 35%, Red Hat accounts for 23%, SuSE accounts for 13%, Debian accounts for 15%, and other releases account for 14%.

Original from teacher Yuan Meng