[Ann] Ubuntu Biz Remix

[Craig]

For me, the interesting thing is the emphasis on virtualization (and by
standardizing w/VMWare as opposed to Oracle. First version is 11.10 but
that's only seen a preview for the LTS release.

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/canonical-aims-for-enterprise-desktop-with-ubuntu-business-remix.ars
> Canonical has announced the availability of the Ubuntu Business
> Desktop Remix, a new variant of the popular Linux distribution that
> has been customized for use in enterprise environments. It is based
> on Ubuntu 11.10, the current stable version of the distro, but it
> offers a slightly different set of packages in the default
> installation.

http://www.ubuntu.com/business/desktop/remix
> This first release includes the Adobe Flash Plugin, VMware View, and
> the OpenJDK 6 Java run-time environment, while removing social
> networking and file sharing applications, games and
> development/sysadmin tools.

fyi,
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[Judas K. Foxglove]

Wiki says:In computing, VMware Views is a commercial
desktop-virtualization product developed by VMware, Inc. Its first two
releases (2.0.0 and 2.1.0) sold under the name VMware VDM, but with the
3.0.0 release in 2008[1] VMware Inc. changed the name to "VMware View".

I wonder if the article should have read VMware View Open Client" ?

[Ron May]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:12:49 -0800, Craig <netbu...@REMOVEgmail.com>
wrote:

From the first link, this strategy makes good sense for SOHO use:

"Canonical says that the contents of the business remix are based on
changes to the default package selection that are commonly made by
businesses that deploy Ubuntu on the desktop. The business remix offers a
convenient way for companies to get a business-friendly Ubuntu build to
deploy out of the box or use as a starting point for further
customization."

I think you nailed it in seeing 11.10 as a preview. If I were going to use
it on several machines, I'd wait the two months for 12.04 LTS before
deployment in a business network also.

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[p00h the kat]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:33:35 -0600, Ron May <may...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:12:49 -0800, Craig <netbu...@REMOVEgmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> For me, the interesting thing is the emphasis on virtualization (and by
>> standardizing w/VMWare as opposed to Oracle. First version is 11.10 but
>> that's only seen a preview for the LTS release.
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/canonical-aims-for-enterprise-desktop-with-ubuntu-business-remix.ars
>> > Canonical has announced the availability of the Ubuntu Business
>> > Desktop Remix, a new variant of the popular Linux distribution that
>> > has been customized for use in enterprise environments. It is based
>> > on Ubuntu 11.10, the current stable version of the distro, but it
>> > offers a slightly different set of packages in the default
>> > installation.
>>
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/business/desktop/remix
>> > This first release includes the Adobe Flash Plugin, VMware View, and
>> > the OpenJDK 6 Java run-time environment, while removing social
>> > networking and file sharing applications, games and
>> > development/sysadmin tools.
>>
>> fyi,
>
>From the first link, this strategy makes good sense for SOHO use:

Where does it mention SOHO use? What part of 'Enterprise desktop' didn't you understand?

>"Canonical says that the contents of the business remix are based on
>changes to the default package selection that are commonly made by
>businesses that deploy Ubuntu on the desktop. The business remix offers a
>convenient way for companies to get a business-friendly Ubuntu build to
>deploy out of the box or use as a starting point for further
>customization."
>
>I think you nailed it in seeing 11.10 as a preview. If I were going to use
>it on several machines, I'd wait the two months for 12.04 LTS before
>deployment in a business network also.

Several machines... you gotta laugh

Dare I ask what qualifies you to comment on deploying business systems Ron?

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