"Cloud Computing": Ubuntu9.10 will strengthen "cloud computing"

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Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced yesterday that the development code of Ubuntu9.10 is Karmic Koala. As usual, the Linux release will be available in two versions: desktop and server. The goal of the desktop version is to focus on the "first impression". Shuttleworth implies that "the startup will be perfect ". He also promised that the new version of Ubuntu would be greatly changed.

He said that the desktop version Brown has served them well, but Koala will consider choosing other colors and bring a brand new look. The server version function announced by Shuttleworth is more interested in cloud computing.

It sounds like the main task of the Karmic Koala server version is to focus on cloud computing. The following is the full text of the announcement published by Shuttleworth:

A good Koala knows how to see the wood for the trees, even when her head is in the clouds. ubuntu aims to keep free software at the forefront of cloud computing by embracing the API's of Amazon EC2, and making it easy for anybody to setup their own cloud using entirely open tools. we're currently in beta with official Ubuntu base AMI's for use on Amazon EC2. During the Karmic cycle we want to make It easy to deploy applications into the cloud, with ready-to-run appliances or by quickly locking ing a custom image. ubuntu-vmbuilder makes it easy to create a custom AMI today, but a portfolio of standard image profiles will allow easier collaboration between people doing similar things on EC2. Wouldn't it be apt for Ubuntu to make the Amazon jungle as easy to navigate as, say, APT?

What if you have want to build an EC2-style cloud of your own? Of all the trees in the wood, a Koala's favorite leaf is Eucalyptus. the Eucalyptus project, from UCSB, enables you to create an EC2-style cloud in your own data center, on your own hardware. it's no coincidence that Eucalyptus has just been uploaded to universe and will be part of Jaunty-during the Karmic cycle we keep CT to make those clouds dance, with dynamically growing and shrinking resource allocations depending on your needs. A savvy Koala knows that the best way to conserve energy is to go to sleep, and these days even servers can suspend and resume, so imagine if we cocould make it possible to build a cloud computing facility that drops its energy use ally to zero by napping in the midday heat, and waking up when there's work to be done. no need to drink at the energy fountain when there's nothing going on. if we get all of this right, our Koala will help take the edge off the bear market.

If that sounds rather open and nebulous, then we 've got the sweet spot for cloud computing futurology. let me invite you to join the server team at UDS in Barcelona, when they'll be defining the exact set of features to ship in October.

In case you miss some information, I will summarize it as follows:
* Ubuntu will improve the cloud computing performance of the server version through the complete open-source software.
* Ubuntu will mainly use Amazon APIs for cloud computing management. of course, GoGrid APIs is also under consideration.
* Canonical creates a standard Amazon Machine Image of Karmic Koala, essentially creating a "ready-to-run" program as the "standard version" of the Amazon group ".
* Don't want to deliver it to Amazon? Are you more willing to build your own "cloud" through your own infrastructure "? Try out Karmic's predecessor Jaunty Jackalope (code freezing soon). The open-source cloud project Eucalyptus of UC Santa Barbara will be included in each installation package.