Canonical’s Stripped-Down “Snappy” Ubuntu Comes To Google’s Compute Engine
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A week ago, Canonical released the first alpha version of its new minimalist “Snappy” edition of Ubuntu Core for container farms. To the surprise of many, the launch partner for Snappy was Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. Starting today, however, you will also be able to use this version of Ubuntu on Google’s Compute Engine.
Google has clearly made support for containers a major focus of its cloud computing efforts (and more so than any of its competitors), so today’s announcement doesn’t come as a big surprise.
You can read more about the details of what sets Snappy apart from Canonical’s other Linux distributions here.
“Ubuntu Core is the leanest and most efficient version of Ubuntu for cloud deployments with a particular focus on Docker and containers,” said Robbie Williamson, Canonical’s VP of Cloud Engineering in a canned statement today. “We’re delighted to bring Ubuntu Core, with snappy packages, to the Google Cloud Platform, which is widely recognised for its performance and Google’s emphasis on container technologies.”
Ubuntu tells me that it’s also preparing to bring Snappy to “another major public cloud” later this month. Chances are, that’s Amazon Web Services.