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TurnKey Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 2010

“Ever wanted to instantly have Drupal, Moodle, OTRS, MySQL,
WordPress, Zimbra, Bugzilla, phpBB or a slew of other open source
software packages up an running in a hassle-free manner to try out
or available for rapid deployment? TurnKey Linux gives you just
that.

“They provide live CDs that can be installed to disk along with
virtual appliances for a wide array of needs. The appliances run in
Amazon’s cloud or on VMware, VirtualBox, Parallels, and Xen. They
describe themselves as:

“Turnkey Linux is an open source project developing a free
virtual appliance library that features the very best
server-oriented open source software. Each virtual appliance is
optimized for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes
on bare metal, a virtual machine and in the cloud.

“Why? Because everything that can be easy, should be easy.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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