The goal of Peppermint is to create an easy to use Linux-based cloud operating system.

Peppermint系统的宗旨是创造一款简便易用的基于Linux的云操作系统。

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GOS, an older lightweight Linux operating system vendor, launched its gOS Cloud operating system way back in 2008.

一款老牌的轻量级Linux操作系统供应商，在2008年就发布了gOS云操作系统。

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The other is software that helps firms to turn their IT infrastructure into their own cloud, known as a “virtual operating system for data centres”.

还有软件层以帮助企业把IT基础架构变成自己的云，也就是“数据中心的虚拟操作系统”。

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VMware also benefits by creating even more demand for its cloud-level operating system, and staves off competitors that also want to create meta-server environments, like Microsoft.

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If more horsepower is needed, then the user can quickly switch into the main operating system, which Cloud continues to load in the background.

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"We are defining a new era of convergence in technology, with one unified operating system that underpins cloud computing, data centers, PCs and consumer electronics" says Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and VP Products at Canonical.

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