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On Thursday, Canonical shipped the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition for free download.

Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server Edition has now come up with the new attributes adding performance, stability and security. Canonical further has announced that Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition is certified on several high performance, energy efficient Sun x64 server platforms, including the Sun Fire X2100 M2, X2200 M2 and Sun Fire X4150 servers.

Besides, an extended maintenance period to five years is one of the key features of the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition. This warranty period delivers security updates and maintenance for five years.

“Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition is built for business,” said Jane Silber, COO of Canonical “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.”

The new and updated features available with the LTS release are - enhanced security with integrated AppArmor policies and increased kernel hardening, and improved range of storage capabilities including iSCSI and DRBD. Moreover, it boasts over 500 maintained and supported server packages, together with access to more than 20,000 additional components built for 8.04 LTS.

Users can protect their internet facing servers with the help of integrated host firewalling.

Users can also upgrade their previous 6.06 LTS release edition with the new release. The latest launch also includes certified applications for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition from Alfresco, Bacula, IBM, VMWare, Parallels, Qumranet, Tresys, Zarafa, Zend, Zimbra etc.

Active Directory integration as standard, provided by LikeWise Open, kernel improvements to optimize resources use when under virtualization are the few other features of the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition.

Applications and the core system are supported by Canonical’s Global Support Services. The Ubuntu management service, Landscape, provides enhancement security, maintenance and application management.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition will be available for download from www.ubuntu.com/download.