Oracle, Amazon offer new ways to run Linux from afar

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 14, 2010 12:11 AM
By ComputerWorld
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Organizations hoping to streamline their deployments of Linux have two new options for running the open source OS remotely. In the new version of its Virtual Desk Infrastructure (VDI) software, Oracle has included the ability to run various Linux distributions on thin-client devices. And Novell has announced that Amazon will start offering cloud-based versions of Novell's SUSE Linux OS on its Elastic Compute Cloud service.

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