Comments on: Ubuntu now has 'cloud computing inside'

Ubuntu 9.10 will be code-named Karmic Koala. For data centers, what is most interesting is the degree to which this Koala is reaching for the clouds.

[tatewatkins]

Dude how hard is it to get the code name for the current dev release right? It is "Jaunty Jackalope" it is even at the top of there dev forum on the official ubuntu forums http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=352

Wow that was hard.

Apart from that good article.

[shootthecops]

he's talking about the release that follows jackalope

[Mr. Dee]

Does it matter, Linux is a fad. Ubuntu and other Linux distro's went from 100% to 30% market share on Netbooks. People have answered, Windows is a better.

[Clarious]

@Mr. Dee: Yep, Linux is a fad, please use Windows, as Windows is better for you. I don't want Linux's community to be tainted by the likes of the you. :)

[jamesurquhart]

Thanks for so nicely pointing that out. I corrected the post to reflect the true name.

James

[pentest]

Yeah Dee it is a fad.

That is why it controls the server market and is growing in graphics, clusters, and the desktop.

[Imalittleteapot]

I don't know. These Ubuntu release names are kind of tongue twisters. I know I keep forgetting them and mixing them up. I just installed the latest version and had already forgot that.

[skillingssucks]

How hard is it for you to have some semblance of a clue? You absolute cluetard in life, he's talking about the October release. You know asshat, the one that follows "Jaunty"?

Mr. Dee, I think it has been well established here, that you are a complete and utter moron. Do you enjoy coming off like the total fool that you are? Do you?

[shootthecops]

@skillingssucks: apparently the editor already fixed the mistake thats why we see it correctly now. he did a pretty quick edit, so i'll give him props for that.

[Mr. Dee]

skillingsucks: Said I am a moron, the inventor of the word describing others who act like him.

[tatewatkins]

@ shootthecops did you read the article? Also do you know the alphabet? There is only one J.
He may be talking about Koala but not in this bit:
"starting with Karmic's predecessor, Jaunty Jaguar (soon to go to code freeze),"
That is the part i am on about, wrong name given.

@ MR. Dee linux is not a fad at all do you even know what it is, ever used it? It's used by huge companies like google to power their search engine for example.

[random truth]

hasn't gos done this already?

[goodspeed8701]

Well google is just one company out of many. Linux may be used in 1 or 2 companies in the US what about outside.

I insall unbuntu cos of the way linux nerds talk about it and believe i feel it looks like sun os and mac os without the mac dock. windows is more unique more different ftom others and M$ knows how to make things easy for developers and consumers. well at the end linux is good osx is good but a system is about usability and compactibility.

[zelrik]

While Linux is not high on the desktop market, it is used everywhere. You use it without knowing it I bet :

Linux based systems :

- The entertainement screen when you take the plane
- In theTevo
- A good part of the servers.
- At the LHC and for most nuclear physics experiments.
- Cell phones/Smart phones
- GPS
- ...

In summary : a lot of companies use Linux everywhere, they are just not marketing it because it's mostly for internal use.

[zelrik]

I would just add a couple of references, just that you see for yourself :

http://www.aaxnet.com/design/linux2.html

http://hitachi-id.com/linux-biz/

[pentest]

1 or 2 US companies?

Try thousands.

[topgunb2]

how about many many thousands outside US, specially on server side.

[t8]

Linux is also on Mars inside the rovers.

[bj1126]

As an IT director for a data center I am pleased we've started down this path. I actually expected Microsoft to fire the first shot here by making Azure available for local installation but now you can definitely expect them to follow suit.

[forever4now]

I have been using Ubuntu as my primary OS for quite a while now and I really like it (fast,stable,low maintenance). If you configure a nice theme and install Compiz, it looks awesome also.

That being said, the default look for Ubuntu REALLY sucks & I'm sure it gives some people a negative first impression, even though it can be changed & regardless of the software quality. I'm glad they are finally going to address this in 9.10.

[topgunb2]

agreed, I was hesitant to use Ubuntu initially, but after the switch I love it, its stable, fast and is very intuitive.

[t8]

Agreed.

Might try it out. I like good looking UIs. They are important to me.

[pentest]

Hopefully this one will realize the promise of Ubuntu. Every single release so far has been very poor.

They have survived on hype alone. It is several years behind other distros. Canonical has done little technology-wise, so I am skeptical they can change that.

Getting away from the turd brown is helpful, but it will take more than that.

[zelrik]

That's not completely true, they have done some good job on integration and hardware support. There are a few regressions in the recent releases but overall I see improvements. They have a small team and they are using Debian unstable (which might not be very wise), their strength is in the community they created. 'Critical Mass' is an important aspect on the OS market, Canonical has just done that.

Personally I would still switch to Debian later because it's not that different form ubuntu and is much more stable. But that does not change my enthusiasm about Ubuntu. They are doing what should be done for Linux : create a 'critical mass'.

If you want to talk about poor releases, let's talk about Fedora and the ' rpm hell '...

[Imalittleteapot]

@zelrik
Oh Fedora. I used that. It's fantastic when you get one of those RPM conflicts and you have to track down some seemingly unrelated program, uninstall it, update or install the program you're actually trying to install, and then reinstall the seemingly unrelated program because the program you're trying to install won't install until you've done this magic dance.

Then again I haven't used version 10 so maybe it's gotten fixed. That's my only complaint though. Everything else seemed to work fine.

[RighteousSoutherner]

Why all of this flaky rhetoric to describe what Microsoft and Amazon are light years ahead of doing? Moreover, why waste your efforts with an OS that has only 1% of the market, lol.

[alex-cnet]

I fail to see how consumer market share has anything to do with developing and using good software. Linux may not be popular with consumers but if you want a job in technology, you better know UNIX like the back of your hand. Tons of companies deploy it in some form because it is powerful stuff. A little experience on the consumer level can go a long way.

[cnetread]

Linux stinks - I tried them all. I have Vista on 3 machines for almost 2 years - flawless! I love it. Win 7? The UI sux like Ubuntu does so I took it off in about and hour. Vista wins . . .

[t8]

Good for you, but what would we expect from a Microsoft employee or shill.

[supernatendo]

So we will be able to setup our own cloud? As well as being able to connect to others? I'm pretty sure Ubuntu coming with cloud computing capabilities in October of this year will beat windows 7 and azure to the chase, unless Microsoft comes through on all the hype of coming out near the end of '09 but I have my doubts...

I have been using Ubuntu on my home computer for the last 2 1/2 years, each release is stable enough for me, especially knowing I don't have to scan for spyware and malware every 8 hours, or defragment my hard drive. I just hope they let us switch to the brown theme if they change the default to something else. Some of us have actually grown fond of the color, it gives ubuntu its uniqueness and identity, not unlike the elegance of good aged leather.

[Norseman]

What's next? "Loser Linux"?