Lineox Enterprise Linux Grows with Application Server, Adds a New
Twist to Distribution

10. Aug. 2004

Lineox Application Server for Lineox Enterprise Linux is distributed
on a novel new way. Instead of making the Always Current Lineox
Enterprise Linux larger, the Lineox Application Server can be
installed after installation as an update. The advantage of this is
that users have to learn only one tool, the one used for updates.

Because Lineox Application Server and simultaneously released
Developer Suite update contain 244 packages, they are grouped to 11
virtual packages, which will then pull the packages they require. We
don't know any previous use of virtual, empty rpm packages to ease the 
selection of installable packages, but the technique has been well
documented and in common knowledge. Because the new and updated
packages will transferred over the Internet only if the user wants
them to be installed, both users and Lineox save bandwidth.

Lineox Application Server is tested on all major commercial JVMs,
including Sun SDK, BEA WebLogic JRockit and IBM JDK and will also be
tested with leading DBMS platforms, including the Oracle Database, IBM
DB2 and Sybase. Protecting existing Java investments while deploying
open source is a key benefit to customers. 

Lineox Application Server includes most commonly used
features/functionality found in commercial J2EE application servers,
including:

Enterprise Application Server (JOnAS), EJBs Web Application Server
(Tomcat), JSPs and Servlets Web Services, through AXIS from Apache
JakartaServer Management, using JMX (JonAS/Tomcat) Scalability
features, pooling, caching and storage optimization Messaging and
transaction support, clustering for failover and load balancing Support.

Lineox Application Server will be supported like the Cluster and the
Developer Suite with updates, which are all included in the update
support service for Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.0 starting at 15 Euros
per year for single systems. 


Further information

www.lineox.com, linux@lineox.com
Virtual packages HOWTO: http://www.lineox.com/vpackages.php
Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux: www.lineox.com/aclel3.php
Support price list: www.lineox.com/buysupport.php


About Lineox

Although a young company, Lineox founders have made Finnish localized
Linux distributions ranging from the first one to predecessor of Lineox
Enterprise Linux, which reached about 70 to 90% share of Finnish Linux
retail market.


Trademarks

"Lineox" is a registered trademark of Lineox, Inc. "Linux" is a
registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.