---

Home IT Management

Landscape 1.5: The Implications for Ubuntu Customers

By Joe Panettieri

[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy for this link. ]

“When Canonical launched Landscape 1.5 this week, it
was a timely reminder that the software company is trying to
develop multiple revenue streams beyond Ubuntu services. Moreover,
Landscape 1.5 represents Canonical’s latest attempt to make Ubuntu
easier for businesses and solutions providers to remotely manage.
Here’s a closer look at the Landscape strategy.

“Canonical will go into deeper details about Landscape 1.5
during a webcast on May 27. In the meantime, Landscape Manager Ken
Drachnik points to three Landscape enhancements. According to a
blog entry from Drachnik, Landscape 1.5 supports:

* Package Profiles, which allow users to define profiles (lists
of packages) that constitute a configuration (e.g. a Web server)
then deploy that list of packages to a new system.

* LTS to LTS Upgrades: Drachnik says it’s now easy for
administrators to automate upgrades from one Ubuntu Long Term
Support (LTS) release to the latest LTS release.”


Complete Story

Get the Free Newsletter!

Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis

Must Read

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Our Brands

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.