Sun Microsystems' embrace of Linux has gained a key backer as Canonical announced its next release of Ubuntu will support Sun's Niagara servers. The companies jointly stated Tuesday that Canonical's ...

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At the JavaOne conference yesterday in San Francisco, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth joined Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz on stage during the Sun CEO’s opening keynote speech to discuss the benefits of ...

The upcoming Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) release will officially support the UltraSPARC T1 Niagara processor on the Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers. Due for release later this week, Ubuntu 6.06 ...

Sun Microsystems is getting support for its Sparc-based servers from Canonical, the Linux distributor of Ubuntu, the companies said Tuesday. The free Debian-based Ubuntu distribution of Linux, ...