Canonical Releases Ubuntu 12.04

The desktop version of the software is the first LTS release to be equipped with the Unity user interface, which was designed to simplify the Linux experience across desktops, laptops, and netbook-style computers alike. One addition to Unity is a new head-up display, which presents you with a list of potentially useful commands when you start typing. Of particular interest to business users will be support for features just as desktop virtualization.

The Server version of 12

The Server version of 12.04 includes OpenStack, for deploying a private cloud, and introduces Metal as a Service, for bringing "the flexibility of cloud computing to physical server provisioning" to complex infrastructure projects in which Ubuntu is already a prominent fixture. As well present is an updated version of the Juju service orchestration tool, and support for the newest Intel-based servers. Ubuntu will be certified and supported on select HP ProLiant servers, as so then.