Ubuntu Server / Desktop

Ubuntu is a modern, stable, and widely used operating system based on Linux, suitable for both servers and desktop environments. In TUKE Cloud, it's available in two basic variants — Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop (GNOME/KDE). Both provide a strong, secure, and flexible foundation for computing, development, application operation, teaching, and experiments.

Ubuntu Server is a lightweight version without a graphical interface. It's optimized for performance, stability, and command-line work, making it ideal for servers, backend services, databases, web applications, APIs, automation, and demanding computational tasks. It enables easy operation of tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, Apache, Python, Node.js, databases, and various scientific libraries. Combined with TUKE Cloud VMs, it provides a very fast, reliable, and highly optimized environment for long-term application running.

Ubuntu Desktop includes a graphical environment (most commonly GNOME) and is suitable for users who need a visual interface. It's used in teaching, experiments with graphical applications, software testing, application development, or working with remote desktop (RDP/Remmina). It enables installing complete software packages, including programming tools, office suites, graphics editors, and scientific applications.

Ubuntu as a distribution offers long-term support (LTS versions), regular security updates, and a large community. In TUKE Cloud, it's additionally optimized for trouble-free virtualization operation — providing stable drivers, good compatibility with VMware Tools, reliable network configuration, and simple system management. Thanks to its architecture, it's very suitable for running containerized solutions (Docker, Podman), automation (Ansible), infrastructure tools (Terraform), and web frameworks (Django, Flask, Laravel for PHP via LXD/Docker).

For students and teachers, Ubuntu is an excellent choice for courses focused on programming, OS, networking, DevOps, cybersecurity, or system administration. It's also suitable for research projects requiring speed, flexibility, and an open ecosystem. TUKE Cloud provides Ubuntu in current LTS versions, which guarantees long-term support, stability, and compatibility with a wide spectrum of software.