Virtual appliances spawn new class of Linux distros
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| Traditionally, vendors have based appliances on Linux by preconfiguring their
| software on a dedicated x86 server. For instance, open source networking
| specialist Vyatta Inc. sells networking appliances with router, firewall and
| virtual private network software on a Dell Inc. PowerEdge server.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1276169,00.html
Employ a secure flavor of Linux
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| With the ever-increasing presence of Linux implementations in embedded
| devices, there's a strong demand for defining the security requirements,
| thereby augmenting, enhancing and hardening the operating environment.
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http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800484256_499495_NP_dcd67199.HTM
Related:
What Do We Really Want From Linux?
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| ...the vast majority of distributions are so specialized that this is not as
| bad an issue as it might seem. It usually boils down to something like Ubuntu
| vs. Red Hat.
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| I do agree that there needs to be incarnations of Linux that are as
| comfortable as possible to use on the desktop -- something for Joe CD-ROM, as
| it were. But I don't believe the whole of Linux as we know it has to be
| remade to make that possible. Ubuntu has tackled the problem in a practical
| way, by building (and continuously improving) a desktop-friendly distribution
| that has drawn popular attention to Linux like little else before it.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/07/what_do_we_real.html
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