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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Ubuntu is the world’s most popular public cloud computing system and the top ranked enterprise Linux security. Ubuntu 18.04 Long Term Support (LTS) is an open source enterprise grade image. It is a premier Linux VM distro on Azure. It is recommended for compliance, and security and maintenance on the enterprise storage cloud. Smooth and secure access is ensured across public and private cloud computing platforms.  

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is the DevOps preferred, top ranked open source Cyber Security OS made by thousands of contributors and the world’s largest technology companies. Its Secure Boot feature prevents any low level attack or rootkit. It includes Fast ID Online (FIDO) for universal SSH multi-factor authentication without a password. Wireguard provides a VPN with modern cryptographic services. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS provides automatic maintenance updates by Canonical until 2025.  Infrastructure cloud computing and applications are protected by Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) for five additional years. LTS is recommended for maximizing enterprise architecture and applications deployment stability. Compliance coverage includes FedRAMP, FISMA, HITECH, PCI, GDPR, and ISO. 

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is a developer playground. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is based on Linux LTS release series 5.4. An optimized, newer kernel is provided by the HWE stack and includes Kernel Self Protection to create systemic forward-looking enterprise security. An updated state-of-the-art toolchain includes new upstream releases of glibc 2.31, OpenJDK 11, Rust 1.31, GCC 9.3, Python 3.8.2, Ruby 2.7.0, PHP 7.4, Perl 5.30, and Golang 1.13. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS features RISC-V images for SiFive HiFive Unleashed and Unmatched boards to be used as VM with QEMU. It supports the latest version of instance metadata service (IMDS). 

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Ntegral packages applications following industry standards, and continuously monitors all components and libraries for vulnerabilities and application updates. When any security threat or update is identified, Ntegral automatically repackages the applications and pushes the latest versions to the cloud marketplaces.