“While eyes were drawn to Novell Inc. as a potential acquisition
target for Oracle Corp., a far less expensive Linux distribution
was also mentioned as a better fit for the database
giant-turned-open-source advocate.“The distribution is Ubuntu, the most popular Linux flavor,
according to the user community site DistroWatch.com. Ubuntu is a
desktop Linux version, based on Debian GNU/Linux, and is sponsored
by Isle of Man-based Canonical Ltd…”
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