Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition for free download on 24 April 2008. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition.
“Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition is built for business,” said Jane Silber, COO of Canonical Ltd. “This release brings together significant feature and stability improvements to a free and open platform. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is at the centre of a growing ecosystem of applications that serve businesses of all sizes extremely well. We look forward to seeing its adoption grow across the five years we will support it.”
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition is certified on Sun x64 server platforms, including the Sun Fire X2100 M2, X2200 M2 and Sun Fire X4150 servers.