Orange Box server was also demonstrated at OpenStack Summit

May 21, 2015 04:50 GMT  ·  By

On May 20, Canonical had the pleasure of showcasing its latest products at the OpenStack Summit event that takes place these days between May 18 and 22, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Teased on Twitter last week and dubbed the Orange Match Box, Canonical's small orange case for the famous Raspberry Pi 2 computer board runs the Snappy Ubuntu Core Linux operating system that has been designed specifically for clouds and embedded devices powered by ARM processors.

"Ubuntu Core provides transactional updates with rigorous application isolation. This is the smallest, safest Ubuntu ever, on devices and on the cloud. We’re excited to unleash a new wave of developer innovation with snappy Ubuntu Core," says Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu.

Canonical also demonstrated its Orange Box server

In related news, Canonical also demonstrated its Orange Box server, a 10-node mobile system for cloud deployments, at the OpenStack Summit event, as Mark Baker, Ubuntu Server and Cloud Product Manager, explained to visitors how it works and what hardware components are included. The Orange Box server was actually introduced last year.

According to Mr. Baker, all of the Orange Box server's nodes are powered by an Intel Core i5-3427U processor, 16GB DDR3 RAM, and a 120 GB SSD (Solid State Drive). The main purpose of the Orange Box server is to be used for OpenStack deployments and it's powered by Canonical's latest LTS (Long Term Support) operating system, Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr).

Canonical booth's at OpenStack Summit is located at P-3, so if you're in Vancouver and you want to see the Orange Box server and Orange Match Box case for Raspberry Pi 2 products, make sure that you attend the OpenStack Summit event, which will end tomorrow, May 22, 2015.