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Linux: AWS now offers Ubuntu virtual desktops for developers and engineers

Oct, 03, 2022 Hi-network.com
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Amazon Web Services has added an Ubuntu option for customers that use Amazon Workspaces to distribute virtual desktops. 

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Ubuntu joins AWS' Microsoft Windows and AWS' own Amazon Linux options on Amazon Workspaces. The Ubuntu desktop is aimed squarely at developers and data-scientists.

As AWS points out, a 2020 HackerEarth developer survey found it was preferred by 66% of professional developers, making it more widely used than Windows (61%).   

"Starting today, you can also provision Ubuntu desktops for your developers, engineers, or data scientists. This allows virtual desktop users to have more choices and to embrace new categories of workloads. It also gives virtual desktop administrators a consistent experience whether you are managing Windows or Linux-based desktops for your workforce. You can now have one process and set of tools to manage the majority of your desktop operating systems,"AWS' S

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