San Francisco, Calif.—Ubuntu is well known in user circles as the cool kids’ Linux. It’s available pre-installed on PCs and laptops from Dell and from numerous smaller computer vendors. What Ubuntu hasn’t been known as is a Linux distribution that matters to CIOs and IT managers. Things are changing.
Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, is finally taking serious action on its long-announced plans to become a serious enterprise Linux player. The Isle of Man-based Linux distributor isn’t just targeting data center servers, although that’s on its list.
