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{{Infobox OS

| name = Ubuntu JeOS

| logo = [[File:Logo-ubuntu no(r)-black orange-hex.svg|Ubuntu logo|200px]]

| screenshot = [[Image:Ubuntu jeOS 8.04.png|300px]]

| caption = Ubuntu JeOS 8.04

| developer = [[Canonical Ltd.]]/[[Ubuntu Foundation]]

| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])

| source_model = [[FreeOpen-source and opensoftware|Open source software]]

| latest_release_version = 10[[Ubuntu Server|Part of Ubuntu 12.10 (MaverickQuantal MeerkatQuetzal)]]

| latest_release_date = {{releasestart date|mf=yes|20102012|10|1018}}

| language = Multilingual

| updatemodel = [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]

| supported_platforms = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[LPIA|lpia]], [[SPARC]], [[PowerPC]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]], [[IA-64]]

| kernel_type package_manager = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithicdpkg]] [[Linux kernel]]

| supported_platforms = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[LPIAIntel Atom|lpiaLPIA]], [[SPARC]], [[PowerPC]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]], [[IA-64]]

| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel]])

| ui = Command-line only, GUIs available through repository

| license = Mainly the [[GNUFree GPLsoftware]] licenses<br />(mainly Various others[[GPL]])

| working_state = CurrentEnd of life as separate OS

| website = [http://www.ubuntu.com/server/features/virtualisation Ubuntu JeOS official website]

}}

'''Ubuntu JeOS''' (pronounced "juice") is a discontinued variant of [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] that is described as "an efficient variant [...] configured specifically for [[virtual appliance]]s"."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2007-November/000106.html | title=Ubuntu JeOS 7.10 released | date=15 November 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/jeos-and-vmbuilder.html |title=Ubuntu 10.04 Server Guide |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515134742/https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/jeos-and-vmbuilder.html |archive-date=2011-05-15 }}</ref> It is a concept for what an operating system should look like in the context of a virtual appliance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.vmware.com/console/2007/07/get-juiced.html |title=Get Juiced! {{!}} The Console Blog - VMware Blogs |access-date=March 21, 2008 |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113073205/http://blogs.vmware.com/console/2007/07/get-juiced.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[JeOS]] stands for "'''J'''ust '''e'''nough [[operating system|'''O'''perating '''S'''ystem]]." JeOS has been replaced by Ubuntu Core, which is now an officially supported minimal variant of Ubuntu.

Its first release was Ubuntu JeOS 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), and since the release of Ubuntu 8.10 it has been included as an option as part of the standard Ubuntu Server Edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.10-server |title=Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition delivers significant new features to innovative user base &#124; Ubuntu |access-date=2009-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328045553/http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.10-server |archive-date=2009-03-28 }}</ref>

== Supported platforms ==

The currentlatest version of JeOS is optimized for virtualisationvirtualization technologies by [[VMware|VMware, Inc.]] and the Linux [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine]].<ref name="JeOS: Ubuntu Server Edition">{{cite web |url=http://www.ubuntu.com/server/features/virtualisation |title=Ubuntu Server Edition JeOS |accessdateaccess-date=2010-04-26}}</ref>

== Specifications ==

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Specifications for version 8.10 and above include:<ref name="JeOS: Ubuntu Server Edition"/>:

* Part of the standard Ubuntu Server ISO image

* Less than 380&nbsp;MB installed footprint

* SpecialisedSpecialized server Kernel (-virtual)kernel

* OptimisedIntended for VMWare[[VMware ESX]], VMWare[[VMware Server]], [[libvirt]] and [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]]

* 128&nbsp;MB minimum memory

* Intel or AMD x86 architecture

* No graphical environment preloaded as it is aimed at server virtual appliances

* Minimum memory 128 MiB

* No graphical environment preloaded as it is aimed at server virtual appliances

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software|Linux}}

*[[OpenSolaris JeOS]]

* [https://www.suse.com/products/server/jeos SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS]

* [[OpenSolaris JeOS]]

* [[List of Ubuntu-based distributions]]

== Notes and referencesReferences ==

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== External links ==

* [https://help.ubuntu.com/1012.04/serverguide/C/jeos-and-vmbuilder.html JeOS and vmbuilder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330224520/https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/jeos-and-vmbuilder.html |date=2014-03-30 }} in ''Ubuntu Server Guide'' for Ubuntu 1012.04 LTS

* [http://www.ubuntu.com/server/features/virtualisation Ubuntu Server features: Virtualisation]

* [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-jeos Ubuntu JeosJeOS] at [[Launchpad (website)|Launchpad]]

* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130127215414/http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4829 How to Develop Virtual Appliances Using Ubuntu JeOS]}} at [[Linux Magazine (USA)|Linux-Mag.com]]

* [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOS Community Ubuntu Documentation]

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