Ubuntu 8.04 LTS released
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Canonical announced the availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS for Server and Desktop. LTS releases from Canonical are for Long Term Support and Canonical is commited to supporting these releases for at least 18 months. Both the server and desktop editions are available for free downloads with customers having the option to buy support for production environments. As of writing this article, prices for Desktop, Server support is listed below.
| Coverage | 9 x 5 | 24 x 7 |
| Desktop support | $250 (USD)* | $900 (USD)* |
| Server support | $750 (USD)* | $2750 (USD)* |
* Check with Canonical’s support web for latest pricing details.
With Redhat recently issuing a press release that the consumer desktop market is too hard, Ubuntu linux seems to be leading the way in Desktop Linux. However, Ubuntu Linux is fighting hard to break into the server market where Novell Linux ( Suse Enterprise Linux ) and Redhat Enterprise Linux are the clear enterprise linux distributions of choice among commercial linux deployments.
Ubuntu Server Edition is designed to run on any Intel or AMD x86, AMD_64, EM_64T processors as well as Sun Sparc T1 processors. Technical specs are available here.
