Gael Duval – the founder of Mandrake/Mandriva Linux and Ulteo declared about the release of new Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop (OVD) 2.0 version. It is Linux novelty based on Debian and Ubuntu. OVD allows starting up Linux and Windows applications through Web-browser with the help of Java.
The last release of Virtual Desktop of Ulteo has a new Web-portal mode providing applications’ loading in self supporting browser windows. Besides that it has in-built MP3 and FLV players for multimedia files.
Also OVD supports LDAP- and CAS-services for autointoxication and Windows, WebDAV и Samba file services.
Linux applications basic set available in Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop 2.0 includes OpenOffice.org, Web-browser, Firebox, Thunderbird, and IM-client Pidgin.
Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop 2.0 is available for free downloading. The code can be taken under GNU GPLv2 license on code.ulteo.com.
