Packed with new features, Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 includes new tools for gamers, developers and organisations. Join us on a tour of the highlights! […] | Continue reading
Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 is the first and only Linux distribution to enable native user authentication with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The adoption of cloud-based identity providers in the enterprise is skyrocketing and this has been one of the most requested features. With U … | Continue reading
In a previous blog, we talked about patterns to run a database in a highly available manner. In this blog, we present our open source recipe for PostgreSQL high availability. Photo from https://unsplash.com/photos/WfZ4WCuNtlg Benefits of a highly available PostgreSQL A good … | Continue reading
Improvements to desktop snap updates and Raspberry Pi performance headline our latest roundup for Firefox improvements for Ubuntu Desktop. | Continue reading
Welcome to Part 3 of our “optimise your ROS snap” blog series. Make sure to check Part 2. This third part is going to present safe optimisations consisting of removing duplicates and unnecessary files. We will present three different methods as well as their cumulative benefits f … | Continue reading
Over the years, our enterprise data centre users have told us how much they love the end to end experience of an application-centric solution like Juju to manage their entire infrastructure. Juju is a software operator framework that abstracts the specifics of operating complex … | Continue reading
The Livepatch tool is a valuable solution for resolving critical and high-security kernel CVEs without requiring an immediate system reboot. However, it is not a substitute for regular maintenance windows and reboots, as some CVEs still require a system reboot. Additionally, Live … | Continue reading
Livepatch allows Ubuntu users to fix critical and high kernel vulnerabilities at runtime, which reduces the need for unplanned reboots. Until now, Livepatch has only been available for Long-Term Release (LTS) kernels, but starting with the release of Ubuntu’s interim release of 2 … | Continue reading
Phoenix Systems, a Swiss company, partnered with IBM and Canonical to create a hyper-secure OpenStack cloud focused on data sovereignty and data protection. Switzerland is a country where data must be hosted within its borders, and for many workloads, public clouds are not an opt … | Continue reading
Canonical Kubernetes 1.27 GA. Charm Kubernetes and MicroK8s | Continue reading
Run an MLOps toolkit within a few clicks on a major public cloud Canonical is proud to announce that Charmed Kubeflow is now available as a software appliance on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace. With the appliance, users can now launch and manage their machine learning … | Continue reading
Welcome to Part 2 of the “optimise your ROS snap” blog series. Make sure to check Part 1 before reading this blog post. This second part is going to present initial optimisations already used in the Gazebo snap. We will present the benefit that they could bring to our ROS snaps a … | Continue reading
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has enjoyed a partnership with Dell Technologies for over a decade. Together, they have collaborated to develop a series of cutting-edge reference architectures applicable to various industries, providing customers with unparalleled experienc … | Continue reading
Date: 17-21 April 2023 Location: Amsterdam Booth: P15 In just a few weeks, Kubecon will be held at RAI Convention Center, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After a bunch of news from the industry around AI projects, such as GPT4 or MidJourney4, Canonical is also ready to bring open … | Continue reading
Data pipelines are the backbone of Machine Learning projects. They are responsible for collecting, storing, and processing the data that is used to train and deploy machine learning models. Without a data pipeline, it would be very difficult to manage the large amounts of data th … | Continue reading
Why do we want to eliminate trust? Isn’t trust a good thing that we should foster and grow? And shouldn’t computing platforms trust their end-users, and vice versa? The short answer is no. And I would argue that the very goal of system security has always been to reduce trust. F … | Continue reading
Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, will have a strong presence at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe as a platinum sponsor. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship will once again bring together adopters and technologists from leading open-source and cloud-nat … | Continue reading
Do you want to optimise the performance of your ROS snap? We reduced the size of the installed Gazebo snap by 95%! This is how you can do it for your snap. Welcome to Part 1 of the “optimise your ROS snap” blog series. This series of 6 blogs will show the tools and methodologies … | Continue reading
The Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster release will feature two new members of the Ubuntu flavour family – Edubuntu and Ubuntu Cinnamon. […] | Continue reading
In recent years, data science, AI and software development have become a key focus area for organisations operating in every sector of the economy. This creates a pressing need to adopt Linux desktops in the enterprise, as research clearly shows a growing number of data scientist … | Continue reading
Canonical is proud to participate to the HPE APAC, India and Japan Outcome-Based Solutions and Master ASE Summit 2023. This event will gather presales consultants and enterprise architects to explore innovative strategies powered by HPE’s edge-to-cloud workload solutions and prod … | Continue reading
Landscape 23.03 manages all versions from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) onwards April 4th, 2023, London, UK: Canonical announced the release of Landscape 23.03 with broader CPU architecture compatibility, and improved management and monitoring capabilities for Ubuntu. Landscape … | Continue reading
IBM has today announced the latest addition to its IBM LinuxONE server line, the IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4. Whereas the recently released IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 is the perfect fit for enterprise use cases, IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 brings unprecedented flexibility that puts IBM’s … | Continue reading
A technical deep-dive into how Compudopt uses Ubuntu Desktop to resurrect older hardware and empower youth and their communities. […] | Continue reading
2023, the year of transformations After the rough COVID-19 years, 2022 has seen the start of economic improvements. Although the automotive industry is experiencing its worst sales numbers in over a decade, it saw increased profits thanks to strong demand, allowing for highe … | Continue reading
As mentioned in our recent blog post, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ‘Bionic Beaver‘ will reach the end of the standard five-year maintenance window on 31 May 2023. This means that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS servers will stop receiving updates unless you are an Ubuntu Pro subscriber. With an Ubuntu Pro … | Continue reading
In the first part of this blog series, we covered what the term ‘OTA’ means and some key advantages and considerations of using OTA technology in IoT. Read more about what OTA means in the blog post here. Devices are everywhere but they all need maintenance. Maintaining household … | Continue reading
Run serverless ML workloads. Optimise models for deep learning. Expand your data science tooling. Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced today the general availability of Charmed Kubeflow 1.7. Charmed Kubeflow is an open-source, end-to-end MLOps platform that can run on a … | Continue reading
What’s the best way to get a Linux environment in VSCode? Developers love Visual Studio Code (VSCode) for its flexibility and for its goldilocks balance of powerful features and lightness / speed. VSCode is a popular choice for developers using Linux, but even those using VSCode … | Continue reading
System hardening means locking down a system and reducing its attack surface: removing unnecessary software packages, securing default values to the tightest possible settings and configuring the system to only run what you explicitly require. Let’s take an example from dail … | Continue reading
MicroK8s is now on AWS marketplace Everyone knows that MicroK8s is an extremely lightweight, extensible, reliable, CNCF-compliant distribution of Kubernetes. What you didn’t know until now is that it is even easier to install and manage as part of your AWS marketplace experience. … | Continue reading
With Juju, Indico can be easily deployed on private clouds as well as on a public cloud. Juju and Charmed Operators provide for all the elements of Indico, such as the Web server, storage, and databases, a uniform interface for operations and an abstraction from the deployment in … | Continue reading
In this blog post, we are going to see when and how to migrate a ROS application currently deployed with Docker to Snap. We will use the web-based joystick application developed by Husarion, (GitHub – husarion/webui-ros-joystick) as an example. This application is used to send ve … | Continue reading
Ubuntu, the open-source OS of choice for developers, now certified for world-leading NVIDIA Orin AIoT platform ● Certified Ubuntu to underpin NVIDIA IoT solutions spanning robotics, manufacturing, industrial and medical industries. ● State-of-the-art security with optional S … | Continue reading
실시간 우분투는 현대 기업의 시간 제약이 있는 워크로드에 종단간 보안 및 신뢰성을 제공합니다. 실시간 컴퓨팅 지원을 통해 Canonical은 오픈 소스 소프트웨어 소비를 위한 동급 최고의 경험을 제공하겠다는 약속을 더욱 강화하게 되었습니다. Canonical은 오늘 실시간... | Continue reading
Date: April 16-18th, 2023 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands In just a few weeks, Cephalocon will be held at the Pakhuis de Zwijger cultural centre in Amsterdam. After a pandemic induced hiatus, this will be the first major gathering of Ceph developers and users in almost 4 ye … | Continue reading
Charmed Kubeflow is now certified in the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Software Program for MLOps! Canonical is proud to announce that Charmed Kubeflow is now certified as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Software program. This collaboration accelerates at-scale deployments of AI and data scienc … | Continue reading
Welcome to the second article in the Craft team saga. Previously, on Craft Team, we gave you a brief introduction into the team’s function, we announced our desire to share the ins and outs of our day-to-day work with the community, and gave you an overview of roughly two weeks o … | Continue reading
Canonical is committed to enabling Ubuntu users to leverage the strong run-time confidentiality and integrity guarantees that confidential computing provides. That is why we are happy to announce we have joined the confidential computing consortium, a project community at the Li … | Continue reading
At Canonical we are actively involved in several automotive consortiums as we believe that open source technology will be the driving force behind next generation of vehicles. […] | Continue reading
Cloud repatriation is undoubtedly one of the hottest trends in the cloud infrastructure space as of 2023. It enables organisations to regain control of their cloud spend, workloads and data. According to a report on cloud repatriation by 451 Research group, 48% of IT decision mak … | Continue reading
Kubernetes vs OpenStack is a common dilemma that organisations face when considering the modernisation of their IT infrastructure. Both are well-established open-source technologies for building cloud infrastructure, and both bring tangible benefits, especially when used in combi … | Continue reading
Astrologers will be excited to discover a new constellation has appeared in the night sky ahead of the Ubuntu 23.04 launch next month. A rising Lunar Lobster is rumoured to bring good luck to IT managers looking to deploy and manage Ubuntu Desktop at scale. Also ascendant are … | Continue reading
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ‘Bionic Beaver‘, one of the most popular Ubuntu releases, will reach the end of the standard, five-year maintenance window for Long-Term Support (LTS) releases on 31 May 2023. What is an Ubuntu LTS release? Ubuntu LTS releases provide a stable, enterprise platfor … | Continue reading
the automotive industry is highly complex and regulated, especially when it comes to functional safety and cybersecurity. […] | Continue reading
In this blog, you will learn about some of the new features now available in the latest MAAS release. For a deep-dive on some of these features, join our upcoming webinar on 31 March 2023. The first release of MAAS based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS With MAAS 3.3, we are now building th … | Continue reading
In this blog, you will learn about some of the new features now available in the latest MAAS release. […] | Continue reading
Canonical is happy to announce that Charmed Kubeflow 1.7 is now available in Beta. Kubeflow is a foundational part of the MLOps ecosystem that has been evolving over the years. With Charmed Kubeflow 1.7, users benefit from the ability to run serverless workloads and perform model … | Continue reading