Ubuntu JeOS (pronounced "juice") is a discontinued variant of
Ubuntu
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that is described as "an efficient variant ... configured specifically for
virtual appliance
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s." It is a concept for what an operating system should look like in the context of a virtual appliance.
JeOS
Just enough operating system (JeOS, pronounced "juice" according to SUSE) is a paradigm for customizing operating systems to fit the needs of a particular application such as for a software appliance. The platform only includes the operating system ...
stands for "Just enough
Operating System." JeOS has been replaced by Ubuntu Core, which is now an officially supported minimal variant of Ubuntu.
Its first release was Ubuntu JeOS 7.10, and since the release of Ubuntu 8.10 it has been included as an option as part of the standard Ubuntu Server Edition.
Supported platforms
The latest version of JeOS is optimized for virtualization technologies by
VMware, Inc.
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VMware's desktop software ru ...
and the Linux
Kernel-based Virtual Machine.
Specifications
Specifications for version 8.10 and above include:
* Part of the standard Ubuntu Server ISO image
* Less than 380 MB installed footprint
* Specialized server kernel
* Intended for
VMware ESX
VMware ESXi (formerly ESX) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware for deploying and serving virtual computers. As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi is not a software application that is installed on an operating system (OS); ...
,
VMware Server,
libvirt
libvirt is an open-source API, daemon and management tool for managing platform virtualization. It can be used to manage KVM, Xen, VMware ESXi, QEMU and other virtualization technologies. These APIs are widely used in the orchestration layer o ...
and
KVM
* 128 MB minimum memory
* No graphical environment preloaded
See also
SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS*
OpenSolaris JeOS
OpenSolaris () is a discontinued open-source computer operating system based on Solaris and created by Sun Microsystems. It was also, perhaps confusingly, the name of a project initiated by Sun to build a developer and user community around the ...
*
List of Ubuntu-based distributions
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Ubuntu Certified Professional
Ubuntu Professional Certification which was first introduced in May 2006, was a computer based examination about the Ubuntu
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References
External links
JeOS and vmbuilderin ''Ubuntu Server Guide'' for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Ubuntu Server features: VirtualisationUbuntu JeOSat
Launchpad
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Launch pad may also refer to:
Computing
* Launchpad (macOS), an application launcher introduced in Mac OS X Lion
* Launch Pad (s ...
* at
Linux-Mag.com
Community Ubuntu Documentation
Ubuntu derivatives
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