Ubuntu JeOS

Infobox OS
name = Ubuntu JeOS



caption = Ubuntu JeOS 8.04
developer = Canonical Ltd./Ubuntu Foundation
family = Linux
source_model = free / open source software
latest_release_version = 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
latest_release_date = April 24, 2008
language = Multilingual
supported_platforms = i386
kernel_type = Monolithic kernel
ui = Command-line only, GUIs available through repository
license = Various
working_state = Current
website = [http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/jeos Ubuntu JeOS official website]

Ubuntu JeOS, (pronounced "juice"), is a new official derivative of Ubuntu. It is described as "an efficient variant [...] configured specifically for virtual appliances". [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2007-November/000106.html]

Its first release was Ubuntu JeOS 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), and the latest one is 8.04 (Hardy Heron). It is a concept for what an operating system should look like in the context of a virtual appliance. [http://blogs.vmware.com/console/2007/07/get-juiced.html]

Specifications:
* 99 MiB ISO image
* Linux 2.6.22 (7.10) or 2.6.24 (8.04)
* Optimized for VMWare ESX, VMWare Server
* Intel or AMD x86 architecture
* Minimum memory 128 MiB
* No graphical environment preloaded as it is aimed at server virtual appliances

upported platforms

The current version of JeOS is optimized for virtualization technologies by VMware, Inc. and the Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine [cite web|url=http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/jeos|title=Ubuntu Server Edition JeOS|accessdate=2008-07-31] .

ee also

*JeOS

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/jeos Official website]
* [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-jeos Ubuntu Jeos] at Launchpad
* [http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4829 How to Develop Virtual Appliances Using Ubuntu JeOS] at Linux-Mag.com