Ubuntu10.04 server version is ready for upgrading to the operating system of the server

Next Thursday, Canonical will allow end users to download Ubuntu10.04 Server Edition from the Internet, the latest and perhaps most significant server version released by the British company in six years. This will undoubtedly bring a great shock to the current market. Canonical claims that its release of Ubuntu10.04 is a long-term supported version (LTS), which means it will guarantee to provide 5 years of updates, this includes update of new products for X64 chip manufacturers and server manufacturers, security patches, and

Next Thursday, Canonical will allow end users to download Ubuntu 10.04 Server Edition from the Internet, the latest and perhaps most significant server version released by the British company in six years. This will undoubtedly bring a great shock to the current market.

Canonical claims that the Ubuntu 10.04 version it released is a long-term support version (LTS), which means it will be guaranteed to provide 5 years of updates, this includes updates to new products of X64 chip manufacturers and server manufacturers, security patches, and updates to Ubuntu stack. The release of long-term support versions is exactly what most companies urgently need when deploying an operating system platform. The first two LTS releases won not only the support of Ubuntu drivers (they will deploy the Ubuntu server version, and for 18 months in a row), it is also supported by application software manufacturers and hardware providers who want to prove the effect of the software and sell it in the future.

In some respects, LTS alone is the most important feature of Ubuntu April 29, which will be released in 10.04.

It doesn't mean that this reduces the workload of the Ubuntu project. In fact, this is a modern server version launched by the Ubuntu sponsor Canonical, which can be used by many companies for many years, it also supports all new Linux functions and the Linux open-source community.

"This is the latest available stack," said Matt Zimmerman, chief technology officer of Canonical ". Zimmerman is responsible for the release of Ubuntu. He also pointed out that Ubuntu 10.04 has more features than other top-level Linux releases. (Zimmerman does not mention the names of other versions, but we all know that it refers to Red Hat, Novell, extended CentOS, and Oracle ). Zimmerman also said that the difference between another Ubuntu Server Edition and its competitors is that from development to final release, canonical opened the source code for earlier versions, test versions, and product versions, and gradually released the compiled binary files and the AMI images of Amazon EC2 cloud computing.

Ubuntu 10.04 server version, also known as "Lucid Lynx", is developed based on the Linux 2.6.32 kernel. The kernel is enhanced by a series of features, including memory protection, module loading blocking, and address space layout randomization, it also supports Intel's latest Xeon 5600 and 7500 processors, the current Opteron 6100s, and AMD's forthcoming Opteron 4100s chips. These chips have their own compatibility features, so Ubuntu can be compatible with them even if it cannot take full advantage of all the new features in these hardware.

Zimmerman said that Canonical cannot ensure that Ubuntu can run on a chip level, but it can ensure that Ubuntu can run on some special hardware platforms. Currently, it has been confirmed that the hardware that can run is included here. It is also compatible with servers of Dell, HP, IBM, Oracle, Lenovo, HCL, and System76, because these servers have run one or more Ubuntu Server versions. Just like in other Linux versions, Ubuntu obviously supports a wider range of hardware. As the 10.04 Server Edition has not been released, it has not been certified by any machine. However, Zimmerman estimates that there will be around 40 to 50 platforms to be certified immediately, which is a large number for Ubuntu.