Hi guys, (I previously posted this to ubuntu-devel-discuss but someone suggested that subscribers to ubuntu-server would be a better audience for this announcement)
I am one of the developers behind TurnKey Linux, a new opensource project that builds installable, Ubuntu based Live CD appliances that serve specific roles. The project's motto is "everything that can be easy, should be easy" and basically we're aiming to try and make Ubuntu easier to use for certain types of (mostly server) tasks. We've recently released public betas of our first three Live CD appliances: * TurnKey LAMP stack * TurnKey Drupal 5 * TurnKey Joomla A few technical highlights, as described on our website: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ * Based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 (hardy LTS). * Minimal footprint (typically around 150MB) - each appliance is carefully built from the ground up with the minimum components needed to serve its role with maximum efficiency and security. * Packaged as an installable Live CD (I.e., bootable ISO) that can run on real hardware in addition to most types of virtual machines. Secretly we're hoping enough people will find this interesting so that we can build out a specialized extension of the Ubuntu community (focused on appliances), in much the same way the Ubuntu community has become a specialized extension of Debian. Check it out and tell us what you think! Cheers, Liraz -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
