UbuntuOnAir update

It’s been a couple of months since we restarted UbuntuOnAir. We had a few ideas, and lots of aspirations, but we wanted to be realistic and work our way up. You can read about why we brought it back and why we didn’t use the more mainstream channel “Celebrate Ubuntu” elsewhere. H … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Model-driven observability: modern monitoring with Juju

Learn how you can drastically simplify the monitoring setup for systems, reduce its ongoing maintenance costs and increase the actionability of your insights with Juju. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

From notebooks to pipelines with Kubeflow KALE

What is Kubeflow? Kubeflow is the open-source machine learning toolkit on top of Kubernetes. Kubeflow translates steps in your data science workflow into Kubernetes jobs, providing the cloud-native interface for your ML libraries, frameworks, pipelines and notebooks. Read more ab … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Running FIPS 140 workloads on Ubuntu

This is the first article in a two-article series regarding FIPS 140 and Ubuntu. The first part of this series, this article, covers running FIPS 140 applications on Ubuntu while the second part, will be covering the development of FIPS applications on Ubuntu. What is FIPS and wh … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Introduction to open source private LTE and 5G networks

It’s so easy these days to set-up your own WiFi network. You order a router online, plug it into the electrical socket, define a password and you’re good to go. WiFi is fast, reliable and easy to use. But if you want to cover a wider area or connect hundreds of small devices it q … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

The State of Robotics – June 2021

June was packed with interesting news. So this monthly blog won’t disappoint our readers. If you haven’t seen it already, we are running a content survey. It will take you 7 minutes to complete and it will help us create the content that you want to read. So if you haven’t done i … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Design and Web team summary – 16 July 2021

The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubunt … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Ubuntu in the wild – 22nd of July

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

How to test the latest Kubernetes 1.22 release candidate with MicroK8s

Today, the Kubernetes community made the 1.22 release candidate available, a few weeks ahead of general availability, planned for August the 4th. We invite developers, platform engineers and cloud tech enthusiasts to experiment with the new features, report back findings and bugs … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Why Ubuntu Certification Matters for AIoT

DFI is the world’s first industrial computer manufacturer to join the Ubuntu IoT Hardware Certification Partner Program. Three DFI products have been certified recently, which means you will have an out-of-box experience, secure, faster time to market with DFI products and Ubuntu … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

How to cache snap downloads and save bandwidth

For many people, fast broadband connection and unlimited data are a reality. For others, they are not. If you have several Linux hosts in your (home) environment, and you’re using snaps, each of these systems will separately communicate with the Snap Store and periodically downlo … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Ubuntu becomes #1 OS for OpenStack deployment

One of the core values of Canonical, that we all identify with, is the mission of bringing the power of open source to everyone on the planet. From developing to developed countries. From individuals to big enterprises. From engineers to CEOs. And there is only one way to find ou … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Linux kernel Livepatching

Canonical livepatch is the service and the software that enables organizations to quickly patch vulnerabilities on the Ubuntu Linux kernels. Livepatch provides uninterrupted service while reducing fire drills during high and critical severity kernel vulnerabilities. It is a compl … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

DHCP Server Conflict Detection

This blog title should really be, “Why you always, always, always want conflict detection turned on on all the networks MAAS touches,” but that’s really long as a title. But hear me out. As promised, here is another DHCP blog, this time explaining how you can have multiple DHCP s … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

DHCP scope

It’s possible to have more than one DHCP server on the same network and still have everything work right, with no conflicts and no dropped packets or IP requests. It’s really not that hard to pull together, either, but there are some things to know, and some things to consider be … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Canonical recognized as a 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year finalist

LONDON — July 8, 2021 — Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, today announced it has been named a finalist for a 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implemen … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Design and Web team summary – 2 July 2021

The web team at Canonical runs two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubun … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Moving toward Diátaxis

We discovered the Diátaxis Framework earlier this year. It’s been on our roadmap to shift MAAS doc to this cool new way of explaining things. This cycle, we plan to make it happen. You’d think it would be obvious…. Diátaxis is one of those ideas. Once you see it, you can’t figure … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

MAAS 3.0 released

We are happy to announce the release of MAAS 3.0. This release provides some new features and bug fixes. Here’s the tl;dr summary: PCI and USB devices are now modelled in MAAS PCI and USB device tabs are now available in machine details IBM Z DPM partitions are supported for MAAS … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Finserv open source infrastructure powers digital transformation

Covid-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges and opportunities for financial institutions to embrace digital transformation initiatives at pace and scale.  Finservs are enhancing their purview of digital transformation initiatives to stay relevant and create a technol … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Ubuntu in the wild – 06th of July

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

How to ensure your snap uses the correct theme

An app is an app is an app. But in the world of Linux, things are a little more nuanced. Take VLC as an example. The software may be packaged ever so slightly differently in various Linux distribution archives, even different releases of the same distribution – the av01 codec is … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Top 10 apps for a fresh Linux install in 2021

Are you struggling with too much lag? Is it time for a spring clean and a fresh Linux install? Ready to upgrade to Focal Fossa (LTS) or Hirsute Hippo? Whatever situation you are in, get started quickly with some of the most popular apps you need for a fresh Linux install. Here ar … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Industry global survey from Canonical: 85% of enterprises have yet to cross the chasm to full Kubernetes and Cloud Native adoption

Data from 1,200 respondents and insights from seven industry experts reveal rapid growth, some growing pains Read full report London, UK, June 29, 2021 – Despite high adoption rates of cloud native technologies in recent years, enterprises have yet to cross the chasm to full adop … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Ubuntu Blog: 85% of Enterprises Have Yet to Cross the Chasm to Full Kubernetes and Cloud Native Adoption, According to Industry Global Survey from Canonical

Data from 1,200 respondents and insights from seven industry experts reveal rapid growth, some growing pains London, UK, June 29, 2021 – Despite high adoption rates of cloud native technologies in recent years, enterprises have yet to cross the chasm to full adoption, but they’re … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

How to use managed IT services like the Fortune 500

How to use managed IT services to cut down your costs, optimise your operations and accelerate your private/hybrid cloud like the Fortune 500. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Design and Web team summary – 28 June 2021

The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites, product web interfaces and much more. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Ceph for Enterprise, a shared mission.

This week, the final week of Ceph Month, the Ceph Foundation announced the creation of the Ceph Market Development Working Group.  Canonical is proud to be amongst the founding members of the group, alongside fellow community members RedHat and SoftIron. Open source enterprise st … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Ubuntu 21.10 Wallpaper Competition

We are incredibly proud to announce the beginning of the Impish Indri wallpaper competition! (That’s the code name for Ubuntu 21.10) You can submit your artwork and read the rules over on the Ubuntu discourse. Every new release of Ubuntu comes pre-loaded with new background image … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

A technical introduction to the Snap Store Proxy

In the world of IoT, it is crucial to be fully in control of your devices. Over-the-air (OTA) updates are essential for a distributed set of devices. This must be carefully managed to ensure that an update is not pushed at a time where the device is active and operation should no … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Canonical enables Ubuntu on SiFive’s HiFive RISC-V boards

With Canonical announcing Ubuntu support for so much new hardware, the announcement of Ubuntu ported to a new architecture can go unnoticed. But today, we have a big one. Working  with the leading RISC-V core IP designer and development board manufacturer, SiFive, we are proud to … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Canonical launches Blender LTS support

SMEs and studios can put the world’s most popular 3D creation software into production with Canonical enterprise-grade support. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Ubuntu in the wild – 22nd of June

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

How’s my snap faring on different distributions?

The life of an application can roughly be divided into two: everything that happens before it goes live – building, packaging, publication – and then, everything that happens after that milestone. Traditionally, on Linux, developers didn’t always have an easy way of deriving usef … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Mir 2.4, enhancing digital signage and smart screen development

Another cycle brings another release of Mir, with new features and new innovative use cases. For those of you new to Mir, our flexible display server provides a set of libraries and Wayland compositor for building Wayland-based shells with integrated window management. It is wide … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Basic DHCP concepts

Let’s step back and take a very basic look at DHCP. In fact, let’s look at the analogy of assigning a street address to your house. Usually, this is done by the local 911 dispatch office, or some other central authority. They typically use either a survey map or a latitude, longi … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Two-factor authentication coming to Ubuntu One

What is 2-factor authentication (2FA)? Two factor authentication (2FA) increases your account security further than just using a username and password. In addition to a password (the first factor), you need another factor to access your account. A great example to demonstrate thi … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Design and Web team summary – 4 June 2021

The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Meet the team My name is Beth Collins and I’m a Web Engineer in the Web squa … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Canonical presents EdgeX to the community

With a longstanding commitment to Edge and IoT applications, Canonical has historically placed great emphasis on EgdeX – a set of microservices that enable developers to build apps that run at the edge and act as a middleware connecting the things and the cloud . It’s no surprise … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

How to manage a 24×7 private cloud with one engineer

Recent reports show that over 80% of organisations are either transitioning to a private cloud or considering building their own, making cloud software solutions such as Openstack the focal point for the majority of organisations. This has also led to increasing interest in cloud … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Introducing Ubuntu Pro for Google Cloud

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

The State of Robotics – May 2021

May was another fantastic month for robotics developments. In a continuously growing field, where the opportunities are many and the challenges require innovative solutions, researchers keep leading the way. Here at Canonical, we understand the value of open knowledge and collabo … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

What has snapd ever done for other distros?

Snaps are self-contained applications designed with ease of use, security and portability in mind. They bundle their necessary dependencies, so they can work and run without modifications across numerous Linux distributions. How many? More than 40. Yet, often when technology is s … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Off the grid, with a purpose

So the MAAS blog been off the grid since late January, mostly because, well, lots of meaningful doc work. And we’re taking it up a notch this cycle, trying to make RAD smoother, more transparent, and easier to crowd-source updates. But that’s another story for a later blog, close … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

Publishing sonar readings with micro-ROS on the Raspberry Pi Pico

In this post, we will see how to wire up an HC-SR04 range sensor to the Raspberry Pi Pico and publish its readings to the ROS 2 graph using micro-ROS. This builds upon the previous post ‘Getting started with micro-ROS on the Raspberry Pi Pico’. As such, I’d encourage you to read … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

The story of a feature: “View my invoices”

In this blog post, I’ll do a deep dive into the process of designing a small feature on ubuntu.com – from the original need, right through the design phase until it’s handed over to engineering. It intends to give you a good high-level overview of how we do user experience (UX) d … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology taps Canonical for cloud computing overhaul

New OpenStack and Kubernetes deployments improve computing performance for researchers, ease management pains for IT staff SAUDI ARABIA, June 8, 2021 — Canonical, the publisher ofUbuntu, announced today that it is working with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (K … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago

How to accelerate migration towards NFV with Open Source MANO

Download whitepaper Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Cloud native network functions continue to draw immense attention from the telecom sector. From the beginning, virtualisation is trying to fulfill the promises of reducing CapEx and OpEx by decoupling Network Functions … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 3 years ago