Ubuntu joins AWS' Microsoft Windows and AWS' own Amazon Linux options on Amazon Workspaces. The Ubuntu desktop is aimed squarely at developers and data-scientists.

With the new Amazon WorkSpaces, customers now use Amazon Linux 2 as a desktop besides Windows 7 and 10. The Amazon Linux 2 WorkSpaces are available in different forms including Amazon Machine Image.

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company recently unveiled WorkSpaces, a new virtual desktop infrastructure on Amazon's cloud.

Amazon WorkSpaces, which originally launched 10 years ago, is a service that allows for the provisioning of virtual, cloud-based desktops, including Microsoft Windows, Amazon Linux, or Ubuntu ...

You'll be able to run these virtual desktops with the Amazon WorkSpaces client on both Windows and Mac computers. Amazon will also be providing clients for the iPad, Kindle Fire, and Android tablets.