Ubuntu will target cloud computing; Linux firm to supply Brazil schools with PC-sharing software

Support for cloud computing will be a major feature of the October release of Ubuntu Linuxworld.com | Subscribe to this site with RSS | Update Your Profile Ubuntu will target cloud computing with October release By Peter Sayer Support for cloud computing will be a major feature of the October release of Ubuntu, the Linux distribution maintained by Canonical, company CEO Mark Shuttleworth announced in an e-mail to the Ubuntu developers mailing list on Friday. Read full story   Sponsored by Rackspace     Rackspace is the best way to do hosting No more worrying about web hosting uptime. No more spending your time, energy and resources trying to stay on top of things like patching, updating, monitoring, backing up data and the like; and no more wondering if there's a better way to go about it all. Learn why.   Related News: Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. 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