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CNET News: Ubuntu Coming Soon to Sun’s Niagara

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 30, 2006

“Canonical will support Sun Microsystems’ Niagara servers with
the upcoming release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution, the
companies are expected to announce Tuesday.

“Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (long-term support) will feature support for
the T1000 and T2000 servers, which use the UltraSparc T1 processor
formerly known as Niagara, said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of
Canonical. That version is scheduled to be released on June 1, he
said…”


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