Features & Benefits |
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| Offering Branded Linux |
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Sun sells and Red Hat supports
- SUSE Linux Enterprise platform
Sun sells and supports
- Ubuntu Linux
Canonical supplies and supports
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| Providing Choice |
Sun is the only vendor that offers Linux, Solaris and Windows for its x64 AMD Opteron-based systems, making it perfect for heterogeneous environments. In addition to Solaris, Linux is also available for UltraSPARC-based systems. |
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| Solaris and Linux Compatibility |
Coming from the same roots, Solaris and Linux are complementary and a
natural fit to work together.
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| Open Source Involvement |
Sun has opened more lines of source code than any other company and
continues to be widely involved with many open source communities
including the OpenSolaris project.
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| Superior Software |
Sun's key software offerings are available for Linux:
- MySQL Database Software
- Lustre File System
- VirtualBox Desktop Virtualization Software
- Solaris Containers for Linux
- Logical Domains (LDoms)
- StarOffice/StarSuite Office Suite
- Sun Ray Server Software
- Sun Secure Global Desktop Software
- Sun N1 Software
- Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition
Certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux are the Java Enterprise System and the following Sun Java Suites:
- Application Platform suite
- Communications suite
- Identity suite
- Web Infrastructure suite
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| Developer Tools |
Sun's developer tools provide the ideal environment for developing new applications and integrating new capabilities into existing Linux services. |
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| Java Everywhere |
All Java technology offerings for the server and desktop are tested and available on Linux: J2SE, J2EE, Java Web Services Developer Pack, and the Jini Starter Pack. |
