Oracle, Amazon Offer New Ways to Run Linux From Afar - PC World

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on August 15, 2010 10:06 AM | | TrackBacks (0)
In the new version of its Virtual Desk Infrastructure (VDI) software, Oracle has included the ability to run various Linux distributions on thin-client devices. And Novell has announced that Amazon will start offering cloud-based versions of Novell's SUSE Linux OS on its Elastic Compute Cloud service.

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Inherited in Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems, Oracle VDI (formerly Sun VDI) offers the ability to stream entire desktop interfaces from servers to thin-clients and desktop computers. Version 3.2 expands the number of OSes it can support beyond Microsoft Windows. VDI 3.2 officially supports Ubuntu, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and Oracle Enterprise Linux, though organizations are free to run other Linux distributions with the software as well. Oracle has no plans to support Red Hat Enterprise Linux, given that the company's own Oracle Enterprise Linux is a close replica of that OS, Coekaerts said.

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