Ubuntu is widely known for providing a good desktop experience to end users. Canonical (the Ubuntu developers) work with many server vendors to certify Ubuntu on different hardware. Canonical also provide a server version for Ubuntu, which offers as many features as in 16.04, such as:
- Support from Canonical until 2021
- Ability to run on all major architectures—x86, x86-64, ARM v7, ARM64, POWER8, and IBM s390x (LinuxONE)
- Support for ZFS, a next generation volume management filesystem ideal for servers and containers
- LXD Linux container hypervisor enhancements, including QoS and resource controls (CPU, memory, block I/O, and storage quota)
- Installation snaps, for simple application installation and release management.
- First ...
