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Features & Benefits

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Features
Feature
Benefit
Offering Branded Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    Sun sells, Red Hat supports
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise platform
    Sun sells and supports
  • Ubuntu Linux
    Canonical supplies and supports
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.
Solaris and Linux Compatibility
Coming from the same roots, Solaris and Linux are complementary and a natural fit to work together. » More
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
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
Certified Hardware
The following Sun Hardware is certified for Linux:
  • Sun Blade 6000 Modular System
  • Sun Blade 8000 Modular System
  • Sun Fire X4600/X2200 and V40z servers
  • Sun Fire X4200/X4100/X2100 server families
  • Sun Fire T1000/T2000 servers
  • Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers
  • Netra CT900 ATCA Blade Server and CP3020 Opteron ATCA Blade
  • Sun Ultra 20 and 40 Workstations
Developer Tools
Sun's developer tools provide the ideal environment for developing new applications and integrating new capabilities into existing Linux services.
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.

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