The developers of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution plan to make a new landmark version of the software widely available this week.
At JavaOne, both sides say they really like each other -- suggesting a role for Ubuntu's upcoming "Dapper Drake" operating system on Sun Microsystems' servers.
The Ubuntu Linux project hopes to release later this year a groundbreaking product that could include support for virtualisation and some mixed 32- and 64-bit architectures.
New versions of Ubuntu Linux have been released at a steady six-month cadence, but project founder Mark Shuttleworth is considering a six-week delay to improve the reliability of an important new version.
Fans of Ubuntu, the version of Linux developed by start-up Canonical and its open-source allies, now have a name and a priority for the version due in October: Intrepid Ibex will be designed to make mobile computing better.
It's not easy building a new version of Linux and establishing a large following. But with the Ubuntu project, one team of programmers has managed to do just that.
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