Debian 8.1 officially released

Debian 8.1 officially released

Debian 8.1 is available for download. The developers have been working for 2 years to release this new version of the Open Source operating system.

This new edition, which is called Jessie arrives with a new default init system, systemd. The systemd suite provides many exciting features such as faster boot times, cgroups for services, and the possibility of isolating part of the services. The sysvinit init system is still available in Jessie.

OpenStack, VDI thin clients & UDS Enterprise analysis

OpenStack, VDI thin clients & UDS Enterprise analysis

Today we gather together the most read articles in our blog during the last two weeks in order to take the pulse to our followers’ interests.

The most read topics this time are related to OpenStack, how to choose VDI thin clients and the analysis of our VDI connection broker for Windows and Linux made by DBigCloud.

Find below the links, we encourage you to share them!

First OpenStack official certifications

Tips to choose and manage VDI thin clients

DBigCloud analyzes UDS Enterprise

More than 30 experts talk about new trends in VDI

More than 30 experts talk about new trends in VDI

The Login VSI team has collected the views of more than 30 VDI experts during several events that were held last May.

They have made two interesting videos with all the interviews they recorded which sum up he views of the specialists about current trends in VDI and the future of desktop virtualization.

We strongly recommend you to have a look at the two videos, you cand find them on Login VSI website

LXD overcomes KVM in density and speed

LXD overcomes KVM in density and speed

LXD, the container-based hypervisor lead by Canonical, beats KVM in density and speed. The company published benchmarks showing that LXD runs guest machines 14.5 times more densely and with 57% less latency than KVM.

The target platform for this analysis was an Intel server running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The testing involved launching as many guest instances as possible with competing hypervisor technologies, LXD and KVM.

Fedora 22 arrives with innovations to cloud, server and workstation deployments

Fedora 22 arrives with innovations to cloud, server and workstation deployments

Fedora 22 is now available for download. This new version of the Linux distro sponsored by Red Hat and supported by our VDI connection broker for Windows and Linux UDS Enterprise, incorporates new features for cloud, server and workstation deployments.

On the one hand, Fedora 22 Cloud incorporates new features and images designed to help developers and users use Fedora in public and private clouds. Among other things, the Fedora Project has updated its Docker base image and set of Dockerfiles to help users make use of Fedora 22 in containers.

New Citrix Ready Marketplace

New Citrix Ready Marketplace

Citrix has renewed the Citrix Ready Marketplace, launching a new website with a more modern and functional design. The user experience has been improved, so that it is now much easier for companies to find third-party compatible products or solutions that best suit their needs

The Citrix Customer Experience and Web Development teams have been working for months in order to understand customer’s needs and priorities. After analyzing that feedback, they have completely redesigned the website, which offers a wide range of partners and solutions that have previously been tested and verified by the company.

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