Major upgrade of Ubuntu10.10 is coming soon

To expand the desktop application of Ubuntu tulinux, Canonical said in a statement on Thursday that it would upgrade the installation of available functional interfaces and Applications in Ubuntu desktops and netbooks. At the same time, the cloud computing function of the Ubuntu server version will be upgraded. As we all know, Canonical will release Ubunutu10.10 on Sunday (December 10, October 10). It will also provide the Ubuntu10.10 netbook version, desktop version, and server version. Ubuntu

To expand Ubuntu Linux desktop applications, Canonical said in a statement on Thursday that it will upgrade the installation of available functional interfaces and Applications in Ubuntu Desktop and netbook. At the same time, the cloud computing function of the Ubuntu server version will be upgraded.

As we all know, Canonical will release Ubunutu10.10 on Sunday (December 10, October 10). At that time, it will also provide Ubuntu 10.10 netbook version, desktop version, and server version. Ubuntu has always been regarded as the main competitor of Microsoft's Windows operating system, and this Canonical will list 12 million desktop computers using Ubuntu Linux.

Steve George, vice president of business development at Canonical, said Ubuntu is a leader in the Linux desktop market. At the same time, George also said that the Ubuntu 10.10 version was optimized to make it more convenient to use in the netbook.

In addition, the desktop and notebook versions 10.10 have added multi-touch features, including interaction between main windows, and plans to extend multi-touch to applications in the future.

In his introduction, George pointed out that the main update focus of Ubuntu Desktop version is software installation, such as installation of browsers, OpenOffice application software packages, and SKype.

In addition, Canonical also said that the "personal cloud" feature in the Ubuntu one application will be expanded by upgrading the Personal desktop version, enhance interaction with other operating systems such as Google Android, Apple iPhone, and Microsoft Windows. Ubuntu One uses a 2 GB storage capacity to provide the cloud for file sharing, synchronization, connection, and bookmarks between systems.

In the server version, Canonical said the Ubuntu server version is easier to configure and run the deployment of public cloud computing environments. Neil Levine, vice president of Canonical, said in a statement that Ubuntu 10.10 has added many new features that provide a bridge between public clouds and traditional hybrid computing environments, it makes up for the defects of traditional hybrid computing. The infrastructure layer is the driving force of cloud computing, while Ubuntu 10.10 strives to improve the construction of the infrastructure layer through open source.

In the statement, Canonical also said that the new Ubuntu 10.10 version has also upgraded its kernel so that it has more configuration options at startup, in addition, Amazon Machine Image off-line can be run on a KVM virtual Machine. This feature allows users to test and develop public clouds on local servers.

In addition, the Cloudlnit Configuration tool is extended to enable users to set a specified host name and generate an SSH private key on the cloud by default. At the same time, the administrator can obtain a new released interface to provide simple deployment and operation of the operating system in the USB device.

The company also launched Ubuntu Server on Cloud 10 applications, allowing users to try out Ubuntu 10.10 Server for one hour on Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud.