[indiana-discuss] Ubuntu rolls JeOS

[Glynn Foster]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/13/ubuntu_jeos_vmware/

"VMworld Canonical has busted out yet another version of Ubuntu – this time
taking aim at the much hyped and loved virtualization market.

In the coming weeks, ISVs and OEMs will gain access to Ubuntu JeOS – pronounced
Juice. The acronym stands for Just Enough Operating System, since the Ubuntu
folks have ripped out a variety of general purpose software packages that don't
really play into the virtualization game. As a result, you end up with a server
OS that's 215MB in size – plus 65MB from VMware, as compared to a standard
version of Ubuntu at 320 to 686ish MB in size, depending on what packages you
select."