Simplifying software-defined vehicles (SDVs) with EB corbos Linux – built on Ubuntu

Carmakers are facing numerous challenges on the path towards software-defined vehicles (SDVs), such as legacy vendor dependence, which is leading to a lack of scalability, and high maintenance costs. Adopting a software-centric approach should reduce complexity and costs, acceler … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

KDE, Ubuntu, and a Million Reasons Why Snaps are Important: Akademy 2023

Join us in Thessaloniki this July for KDE Akademy! Witness the convergence of Ubuntu’s passion for user-friendly, cutting-edge technology with KDE’s innovative spirit. Engage in inspiring discussions and envision the future of the open-source community with us. | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

ROS architectures with snaps

Choosing the right architecture can be hard, but we want to help. In this blog, we’ll look at different architectures and their pros and cons. We’ll also show you how to apply the chosen architecture to a mobile robot software stack with three essential apps. With this blogpost, … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

How we improved testing Ubuntu on WSL – and how you can too!

We’ve created a set of new GitHub actions to improve testing on WSL and deliver a robust Ubuntu experience for Windows developers. Try them yourself today! […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Canonical solutions reduce SmartNIC time-to-market and drive efficiency in enterprise data centres

Data centre efficiency is a central cost factor in enterprise IT environments. So, in the face of rising energy costs and increasingly resource-intensive workloads, it is more important than ever for businesses to seek out greater optimisation. Traditionally, CPUs have been used … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Canonical solutions reduce SmartNIC time-to-market and drive efficiency in enterprise data centres

Data centre efficiency is a central cost factor in enterprise IT environments. So, in the face of rising energy costs and increasingly resource-intensive workloads, it is more important than ever for businesses to seek out greater optimisation. Traditionally, CPUs have been used … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Canonical extends its commercial OpenStack offering to small-scale cloud environments with project Sunbeam

June 13, Vancouver, OpenInfra Summit – Canonical today announced the extension of its commercial OpenStack offering to small-scale cloud environments with a new project Sunbeam. The project is 100% open source and is available free-of-charge. Early adopters can also opt-in for co … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Canonical at HPE Discover 2023

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is proud to sponsor HPE Discover this year again and have a presence at the Expo. Join us in Las Vegas on June, 20–22 to learn how Canonical and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) can help you securely advance your business with comprehensive o … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Minimising latency in your edge cloud with real-time kernel

Learn how to enable real-time kernel in MicroClouds, serving your low latency requirements. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Release management for snaps made simpler

Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, testing and deploying new versions of software. To make this process simpler for snap developers, we have released a new feature called progressive releases. Continue reading to understand what they are, why they are impo … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Technical deep-dive into a real-time kernel

Canonical announced the general availability of Ubuntu’s real-time kernel earlier this year. Since then, our community raised several questions regarding the workings of the kernel and tuning guidelines. We aim to provide answers in this and an upcoming follow-up post.  Depending … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Charmed MLFlow Beta is here. Try it out now!

Canonical’s MLOps portfolio is growing with a new machine learning tool. Charmed MLFlow 2.1 is now available in Beta. MLFlow is a crucial component of the open-source MLOps ecosystem. The project announced it had passed 10 million monthly downloads at the end of 2022. With Charme … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

How telco companies can reduce 5G infrastructure costs with open source

5G has the potential to revolutionise the telecommunications industry, offering high speed and connectivity for a wide range of devices ranging from radio access networks (RAN), user equipment (UE), and core networks. However, the high costs associated with 5G infrastructure have … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Meet Canonical at SmartNICs Summit 2023

SmartNICs, the programmable network adapters that make data centre networking, security and storage efficient, scalable and modular, have started to play a significant role in the industry. Combining traditional NIC capabilities with advanced processing power, smartNICs allow man … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Summit 2023 – Call for Proposals

Do you have a revolutionary project that’s pushing the boundaries of the open source landscape? Are you an inspiring community leader who’s building a sustainable coalition for the future? Is your passion for education and advocacy helping foster the next generation of innovators … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Docker container security: demystifying FIPS-enabled containers with Ubuntu Pro

In today’s rapidly changing digital environment, the significance of robust Docker container security measures cannot be overstated. Even the containerised layer is subject to compliance standards, which raise security concerns and compliance requirements. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Business benefits of artificial intelligence in retail

The retail industry is going through a period of major upheaval. AI is transforming the landscape at a rapid pace. Grand View Research evaluated the market value at USD 5.79 billion in 2021 and this is expected to grow at a 23.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2022 to 20 … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Core as an immutable Linux Desktop base

Join us as we discuss the architecture of immutable operating systems and the role of Ubuntu Core in the future of the immutable Linux desktop. | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Join the Ubuntu crew at GUADEC 2023

Save the date, join us in Riga for GUADEC 2023!  GUADEC is the GNOME community’s yearly event. A great week of talks and workshops brings hundreds of GNOME developers, users, supporters and community members together. This year GUADEC will be held in Riga, Latvia, from July 26 to … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Blog: Ubuntu Summit 2023

Laipni lūgti Latvijā! Welcome to Latvia! After the success of last year’s Ubuntu Summit in Prague, the organizers at Canonical set a goal to make this year’s Summit bigger, better and bolder. With this goal in mind, we are all extremely excited to announce that this year’s Ubuntu … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Time to prepare for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS end of standard support on 31 May 2023 – Options for Google Cloud users

In accordance with the information shared in our latest blog post, it is important to note that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, codenamed ‘Bionic Beaver,’ is approaching the end of its standard five-year maintenance period on 31 May 2023. Consequently, unless you hold an Ubuntu Pro subscriptio … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

How to secure your MLOps tooling?

Timely patching with Ubuntu Pro for fully secured MLOps Generative AI projects like ChatGPT have motivated enterprises to rethink their AI strategy and make it a priority. In a report published by PwC, 72% of respondents said they were confident in the ROI of artificial intellige … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Secure containerised Ceph with Ubuntu container images

As we announced at Cephalocon 2023 in Amsterdam, Canonical has started to make container images for Ceph available.  We received lots of questions at the booth about what it means to the average Ceph user who has or wants to deploy Ceph on Ubuntu.   In this blog post, we will cov … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu at OSCAfest 2023

The Open Source Community Africa Festival (OSCAFEST) is a prestigious yearly conference that garners a significant turnout of students, developers, designers, and corporate entities. It encompasses an array of talks, workshops, and initiatives aimed at promoting the growth of ope … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Collaboration, openness and partnership: key themes from this year’s WomenTech Global Conference

From 9 to 12 May this year, people from 165 countries gathered virtually for the Women in Tech Global Conference. The conference is the flagship event of the WomenTech Network, a community for women in tech worldwide. Canonical was a gold event sponsor, and several team members p … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Pro is now available on Graviton (ARM) instances

Introduction We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now available on Graviton (ARM) instances of all generations. You can now launch or upgrade Ubuntu Graviton instances to Ubuntu Pro on AWS EC2. Why is this good? Ubuntu Pro: Improved Security Coverage Ubuntu Pro enables you … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Linux for schools: why use Ubuntu for education

How Ubuntu Desktop combines hardware support, administrative and productivity tools to empower students and keep control in the hands of educators. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Canonical at AWS Summit Washington, DC 2023

We will discuss the most cutting-edge cloud solutions for the Public Sector, such as security and compliance, AI/ML solutions and improved functionality. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

AI in the public sector: practical applications and use cases

The public sector is investing heavily on artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives. Deloitte AI Institute reported that 60% of government AI and data analytics investments aim to directly impact real-time operational decisions and outcomes by 2024. From automating … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Docker vs Snaps: a side by side comparison

The Docker project was initiated by dotCloud, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company that created Docker to run their internal infrastructure. Slowly, Docker became more successful than any of their other products, so dotCloud rebranded as Docker Inc. Docker provides easy-to-use … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

A brief history of MicroStack

OpenStack is no doubt a wonderful and successful piece of software. It allows you to create your own cloud infrastructure, and thanks to its open-source nature, it’s free to use for everyone. But as with many giant software projects, all that power comes with a challenge: it is r … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Blog: Canonical at Dell Technologies World 2023

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is proud to sponsor Dell Technologies World this year and have presence on the Expo. Join us in Las Vegas on May, 22–25 to discover how Canonical and Dell can help you securely advance your business and serve your customers with cutting-edge … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Blog: Matter on Ubuntu: getting started with the standard for smart home devices

Canonical joined the Connectivity Standards Alliance last year to lead the charge for Linux in the smart home. The Matter standard is a particular focus for us. Its secure design and open ecosystem align well with Ubuntu’s own values of security and openness. Ubuntu Core and Matt … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

OpenInfra Summit Vancouver 2023 is coming

Heads up! The OpenInfra Summit Vancouver 2023 is coming!!! After the successful resurrection of the event in Berlin last year, the OpenInfra Summit is back as an in-person event again. The conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada, on June 13-15. As usual, Canonical will be … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Kubecon EU 2023: Operator Day hosted by Canonical – recordings available

The Operator Day at KubeCon EU 2023, hosted by Canonical, took place on Monday, 17 April  2023. We thank everyone for attending the event. Our thanks go out especially to those who engaged with each other during the sessions, asked questions and contributed to our  interactive ev … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Spring news from the LXD team

In this blog, we will go through some of the most significant features we have included in our monthly releases so far this year. Links to each of the release announcements are linked for detailed information. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

ROS development on Linux, Windows and macOS

Historically ROS has been developed on top of Ubuntu, relying on the distribution as a stable base providing tools (like GCC, CMake, Python to name a few) and libraries (such as Boost, Eigen, PCL) and following its release cycle (a distribution per year, an LTS every two years). … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Big data security foundations in five steps

We’ve all read the headlines about spectacular data breaches and other security incidents, and the impact that they have had on the victim organisations. And in some ways there’s no place more vulnerable to attack than a big data environment like a data lake. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Pro is now part of the Amazon EC2 console

[London, UK, May 2, 2023] – Canonical, a leading open-source provider of cloud computing services, has announced that Ubuntu Pro is now available in a subscription-included model on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Users can now launch Ubuntu Pro on-demand instances and purchase Ubuntu … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Blog: Accelerating the adoption of AI in banking with MLOps

There is rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the finance sector. AI in banking is reshaping client experiences, including communication with financial service providers (for example, chat bots). Banks are exploring ways to use AI/ML to … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Blog: Upgrade your existing Ubuntu LTS instances to Ubuntu Pro in AWS

In April 2023, Amazon Web Services (AWS) released a new functionality that allows users running Ubuntu LTS to upgrade their instances to Ubuntu Pro with just a few clicks. This upgrade provides additional security features, including patching for universe packages, extended secur … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Blog: Optimise your ROS snap – Part 6

Welcome to Part 6 of our “Optimise your ROS snap” blog series. Make sure to check Part 5. This sixth and final part will  summarise every optimisation that we did. We will provide a critique for every optimisation that we tried along this series of blogs. Finally, we have rea … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

ChatGPT uncertain about the future of cloud computing

ChatGPT has been the talk of the town for more than four months now. As the first ever artificial intelligence (AI) -powered chatbot, it has quickly gained immense popularity, helping students, engineers and even executives generate content, write and debug code and run market an … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Pro is now part of the AWS EC2 console

We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now available as a native product on AWS. You can now enjoy premium enhanced security coverage for your Ubuntu machines by launching Ubuntu Pro instances from the EC2 console with no additional requirements, subscriptions or long term c … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Try Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel TDX today: limited preview now available on Azure

On behalf of the Canonical confidential computing team, I am happy to announce the limited preview of Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Microsoft Azure. As part of the DCev5-series and ECesv5-series VMs, they’re available for you to try today! This exciting development is … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Optimise your ROS snap – Part 5

Welcome to Part 5 of our “Optimise your ROS snap” blog series. Make sure to check Part 4. This fifth part is going to cover two different optimisations. The first one, covers the compression algorithm. The second one, is about implementing extremely risky but efficient file delet … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

How we designed the new Ubuntu Desktop installer

A modern user interface, improved configuration options and a celebration of the mission of Ubuntu Desktop, to make Linux accessible to all. […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago

Ubuntu Blog: Optimise your ROS snap – Part 4

Welcome to Part 4 of our “optimise your ROS snap” blog series. Make sure to check Part 3 before. This fourth part is going to explain what dynamic library caching is. We will present how to use it to optimise ROS snaps, along with the different points to be careful about. Fin … | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 1 year ago