TURBOLINUX 7 SERVER, FIRST LINUX DISTRIBUTION TO CONFORM TO IS SPECS.

Turbolinux Inc., a provider Linux operating environments and multi-platform software deployment and management products enabling computing assets to be quickly redefined on demand, recently announced worldwide availability of Turbolinux (TL) 7 Server on December 7th, 2001. With a focus on enterprise business, TL 7 Server was developed with an eye towards extreme flexibility and functionality.

"Turbolinux 7 Server offers businesses a highly secure, high-performance operating system," said Pete Beckman, vice president of engineering, Turbolinux. "Turbolinux continues to satisfy the corporate world's need for ironclad network servers and is an excellent choice for businesses thinking of migrating from Unix or Windows NT."

Enterprise features include Large File Support (LFS), which provides support for file sizes of 4 terabytes necessary for businesses that routinely transmit or back up large files. The increasing use of Linux in animation production and for scientific clustering (Editors: see Turbolinux Releases Enfuzion 7.0, Makes Supercomputing Affordable, August 23, 2001) and the continued growth of PC/x86 hardware for those applications has also underscored the need for LFS.

In addition, Turbolinux 7 Server supports Logical Volume Manager (LVM), which provides flexible disk volume management. LVM allows customers to manage storage in a logical manner, for instance, combining disk drives to function as a single disk, extending storage capacity simply.

Turbolinux 7 Server comes with multi-language support and is the first Linux distribution to conform to the basic level specifications of LI18NUX 2000 pilot program. LI18NUX is a voluntary working group, consisting of Linux and open source related contributors -- including Turbolinux -- who are working on internationalization of Linux distributions. The group focuses on the internationalization of a core set of APIs and components of Linux distributions in order to achieve a common Linux environment where an internationalized Linux application can be executed and behave correctly regardless of the underlying Linux distribution.

In keeping with this focus on internationalization, TL 7 Server is also compliant with the new Chinese code standard, GB 18030. China has mandated that any software application that is released for the Chinese market after September, 2001, must support GB 18030. GB 18030 represents a straightforward model to establish compatibility between Chinese national coding and Unicode. Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language. It also enables a single software product or a single website to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering.

TL 7 Server, based on Linux file directory standards has also passed the FHS test suites. The FHS or File system Hierarchy Standard is the convention for compliance between Linux and Unix. The FHS standard seeks to create interoperability of applications, system administration tools, and development tools across Linux and Unix operating systems.

"Turbolinux is continually working to achieve innovative products based on open source and standards and we're proud of our Internationalization standing," said Ly-Huong Pham, CEO, Turbolinux. "Through our work with LI18NUX and our on-going product development, Turbolinux is continuing to serve as a leader in the Linux community throughout Asia-Pacific, as well as growing our market share in other regions."

Turbolinux 7 Server, as well as other Linux distributions, can also be deployed to multiple nodes by just a few clicks using another Turbolinux product, PowerCockpit. Representing a radical shift in the way servers are currently defined, PowerCockpit collects and deploys entire software stacks, including the operating system, middleware, and applications, enabling instant reconfiguration of computing systems. IT managers can reconfigure and redeploy systems as the need arises, recycling computing power on demand. Web servers, for example, can become application servers in 10 minutes or less using just a few simple commands. System integrators and manufacturers can also use PowerCockpit to provide fast and efficient configuration-to-order services by pre-configuring servers with customer specified software stacks.