Picture this: you’re on a dream vacation with your family on a serene tropical island. The weather is perfect, the sea is mesmerising, and you’re ready to enjoy a relaxing day at the beach. Just as you’re about to unwind, your phone rings: it’s your manager calling to inform you … | Continue reading
I’ve read and watched more than a few articles about ChatGPT in the last couple of months. It seems the large language model AI hype machine just can’t stop. As somebody with a passion for music production, some of the more interesting things I’ve seen included a guy using ChatG … | Continue reading
Imagine if – as a job applicant – you could put yourself right in front of the hiring lead, and tell them, in your own words, in your own time, without interruption or distraction or pressure, why you think you’d be an excellent person for the role. What kind of applicant would b … | Continue reading
While information technology continues to evolve rapidly, virtualization remains a cornerstone of modern computing, enabling businesses to maximise resource utilisation, enhance flexibility, and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). It is a key building block of the cloud com … | Continue reading
Seamlessly upgrade from Ubuntu Server to Ubuntu Pro on Azure without downtime. Explore advanced security, compliance, and long-term support features. Enhance your enterprise functionality and optimize your cloud journey with Ubuntu Pro. […] | Continue reading
Tech Mahindra details how their partnership with Canonical enabled them to shift the balance for a major Fortune 500 life insurance company. […] | Continue reading
eProsima’s advanced toolset for ROS 2 is now available in the Snap Store A surprise is awaiting all ROS developers in the Snap Store with the release of the Vulcanexus tool kit. They are one command away from getting eProsimas’ new contribution to the robotics community. From mon … | Continue reading
Date: 13-14 September, 2023 Location: Berlin, Germany Join us for stackconf at the NH Hotel Alexanderplatz to learn about the latest developments in open source technology. Find out how to accelerate your development and deployment cycles, and how to make your operations more r … | Continue reading
Canonical integrates Ubuntu Pro update awareness into Azure, highlighting additional updates including extended security maintenance for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This feature helps identify Ubuntu instances lacking security updates, offering a solution through Ubuntu Pro subscription, e … | Continue reading
Delivering a comprehensive real-time solution for industrial systems requires careful work at every layer of the stack. Since standalone hardware or software components are not sufficient, Canonical and Intel have joined forces to deliver an out-of-the-box real-time solution. Thi … | Continue reading
Canonical will participate in Siggraph 2023 in Los Angeles on August 8 -10 for the second time to help you explore the future of storytelling with Ubuntu. This is an additional step in working even closer with the VFX Media & Entertainment community. Siggraph 2022 Last year we bu … | Continue reading
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally renowned public research university and academic medical centre that has more than 22,000 students enrolled, and 24,000 faculty members. UAB generates $12.1 billion in annual economic impact within the State of A … | Continue reading
A podcast on open source, machine learning and levelling the playing field for data-driven innovation. In a world where generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are the new hot topics, having conversations about machine learning, MLOps or open source is a real need. This i … | Continue reading
Canonical delivers Real-time Ubuntu on Intel Core processors with TSN and Intel TCC support. London, 26 July 2023: Canonical today announced the availability of Real-time Ubuntu optimised on Intel Core processors. The solution enables enterprises to harness the power of optimi … | Continue reading
We’re super happy and excited to announce the new logo for this year’s Ubuntu Summit: The Ubuntu Summit this year is held in Riga, Latvia, November 3-5 2023. This event is focused on the Linux and open-source ecosystem. It is a great opportunity for the broad and diverse open-sou … | Continue reading
Rust has been the language most loved by developers for the last 8 years and it is seeing increased adoption by software companies of all sizes. However, its many high-level rules and abstractions create a steep initial learning curve which can leave the impression that Rust is t … | Continue reading
Confidential computing is not limited to public cloud environments; it also has significant value in private data centers. While private data centers offer data governance, control, and physical security, they are still vulnerable to insider attacks and share the same system soft … | Continue reading
SEV-SNP is a new security feature that is available on AMD’s EPYC processors. It stands for Secure Encrypted Virtualization Secure Nested Pages. SEV-SNP provides a new level of protection for firmware by encrypting the memory pages that contain the firmware code. This makes it mu … | Continue reading
The High-Performance Computing (HPC) community team is the latest engineering team to join the Ubuntu project. […] | Continue reading
According to a recent study, 96% of applications in the enterprise market use open-source software. As the open source landscape becomes more and more fragmented, the task to assess the impact of potential security vulnerabilities for an organisation can become overwhelming. Ubun … | 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 recipe for MySQL high availability. We will also explain how our solution interacts with K8s objects to provide some of its features. Why use MySQL MySQL is … | Continue reading
Last week we released a new major version of the Vanilla framework. Vanilla 4.0 introduces the elements of the new style used for a current rebranding of Canonical’s brochure websites, including typography changes of headings utilising new variable Ubuntu font, wider grid width, … | Continue reading
Learn how Netplan simplifies Linux networking by providing a common interface across a range of technology stacks to enable easier administration. […] | Continue reading
Eight trends to keep an eye on this Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day On 16 July the world celebrates International Artificial Appreciation Day. In the previous century, science fiction often covered topics and inventions that are now closer to science fact, such as humano … | Continue reading
We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now available on Arm series Virtual Machines on Google Cloud. You can now launch or upgrade Ubuntu Arm instances to Ubuntu Pro on Google Compute Engine. Arm series Virtual Machines on Google Cloud Renowned for their exceptional performa … | Continue reading
Canonical Kubernetes 1.28 Pre-GA. Charm Kubernetes 1.28MicroK8s 1.28Kubernetes upstream 1.28 […] | Continue reading
Large language models (LLMs) are machine-learning models specialised in understanding natural language. They became famous once ChatGPT was widely adopted around the world, but they have applications beyond chatbots. LLMs are suitable to generate translations or content summaries … | Continue reading
Why companies in automotive prefer Ubuntu Automotive as an industry is constantly looking for ways to improve its processes and efficiency. The one common tool that is at the intersection of all software development activities is the operating system (OS). From advanced simulatio … | Continue reading
Confidential computing disrupts the traditional threat model by decoupling resource management from data access. It introduces new CPU security extensions like AMD SEV and Intel TDX, providing memory isolation through encryption and hardware access control mechanisms. While confi … | Continue reading
Smart homes are changing. A modern smart home typically isn’t a self-contained, set-it-and-forget-it, custom installation. It’s a hyper-connected set of devices that work together to automate and enhance the users’ living space. Today’s smart homes contain devices from many manuf … | Continue reading
Note: This post is co-authored by Simon Aronsson, Senior Engineering Manager for Canonical Observability Stack. AI/ML is moving beyond the experimentation phase. This involves a shift in the way of operating because productising AI involves many sophisticated processes. Machine l … | Continue reading
Choosing the right operating system for your enterprise developers is a strategic choice. Ubuntu vs macOS, which is right for you? | Continue reading
Canonical at PEARC23, learn more about Ubuntu and HPC attend the session on Container usage and training at HPC centers. […] | Continue reading
The Canonical Data Fabric team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Charmed Spark, our solution for Apache Spark. Apache Spark is a free, open source software framework for developing distributed, parallel processing jobs. It’s popular with data engineers and data sci … | Continue reading
We’re happy to announce that snapcraft.io has a fresh, new look! Time for an update After keeping the same user interface and style for several years, we embarked on a project to redesign snapcraft.io and give it a more modern look. We spent a lot of time analysing how we could i … | Continue reading
Range anxiety refers to the fear of running out of battery while driving. Of course, with more range or more charging stations, range anxiety decreases. Unfortunately, most countries lack EV charging infrastructure that meets consumer expectations. […] | Continue reading
In Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises,” there is a memorable exchange between the author and the main character, Mike. When asked how he went bankrupt, Mike responds with a concise yet profound answer: “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Innovation happens much in th … | Continue reading
Complying with US government security standards such as FIPS, FedRAMP, and DISA-STIG is essential for federal agencies and any business that deploys systems and services for government use. However, maintaining a compliant IT ecosystem is a major undertaking, as each regulation b … | Continue reading
Strengthen your cloud cyber security with Ubuntu Pro and confidential VMs. This blog dives into the crucial role your OS plays in cloud security and highlights the extensive security measures offered by Ubuntu, including the game-changing confidential computing technology. […] | Continue reading
Co-written with Sergio Costas Rodríguez. As the number of snaps increases, the need for automation grows. Any automation to help us maintain a group of snaps is welcome and necessary for us to be able to scale. The solution detailed in this article has two main benefits: Any user … | Continue reading
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is thrilled to announce its membership of the Eclipse Adoptium Working Group. As an esteemed project under the Eclipse Foundation, the Adoptium Working Group brings together renowned OpenJDK builders and distributors such as Alibaba, Azul, Hu … | Continue reading
Early access to LXD graphical user interface is now available. […] | Continue reading
Data scientists and machine learning engineers are often looking for tools that could ease their work. Kubeflow and MLFlow are two of the most popular open-source tools in the machine learning operations (MLOps) space. They are often considered when kickstarting a new AI/ML initi … | Continue reading
How enterprise DevOps teams can automate repetitive tasks while staying in control Low-ops means minimising the effort for operating applications by automating as many tasks as possible. However, given the maximum automation, how can an SRE or DevOps engineer stay in control? Do … | Continue reading
We are very excited about the upcoming Ubuntu Summit 2023! This year, we’ll be gathering in the beautiful city of Riga, Latvia, from November 3rd-5th. There are many reasons to attend the Ubuntu Summit, including electrifying talks from industry leaders, invigorating hands-on wor … | Continue reading
This blog expands our technical deep-dive into a real-time kernel. You will need to be familiar with a real-time kernel to understand the tuning concepts in this blog. If you are starting from scratch and need to revisit the basics of preemption and a real-time system, watch th … | Continue reading
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One of the most frequent questions we get during conversations with our customers is “What’s the difference between security maintenance and support?” The word “support” has a wide range of meanings and can be interpreted in different ways depending on where it is used. Especiall … | Continue reading