Open source has come a long way. Recently I was watching a keynote address by our founder, Mark Shuttleworth, in which he discussed his vision for Ubuntu to provide quality support and security maintenance across the broad open source ecosystem, and it made me reflect on how far … | Continue reading
Sylva 1.5 becomes the first release to include Kubernetes 1.32, bringing the latest open source cloud-native capabilities to the European telecommunications industry With the launch of Sylva 1.5, Canonical Kubernetes is now officially part of the project’s reference architecture … | Continue reading
Ubuntu Pro now supports LTS releases for up to 15 years through the Legacy add-on. More security, more stability, and greater control over upgrade timelines for enterprises. | Continue reading
Deploy a FedRAMP-ready Kubernetes cluster and application suite, with FIPS 140-3 crypto and DISA-STIG hardening, Today at KubeCon North America, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, released support to enable FIPS mode in its Kubernetes distribution, providing everything needed to … | Continue reading
This is the first of two blog posts about how we created the color palette for a new design system at Canonical. In this post I share my journey into perceptually uniform color spaces and perceptual contrast algorithms. If you’re already familiar with these concepts, skip to thi … | Continue reading
The Web Engineering team is thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of our third annual Hack Week! Over the past three years, this initiative has become a cornerstone of our collaborative spirit and commitment to innovation. With 126 significant contributions to date, Hack … | Continue reading
Ubuntu images on Microsoft Azure have recently started shipping with the open source package azure-vm-utils included by default. Azure VM utils is a package that provides essential utilities and udev rules to optimize the Linux experience on Azure. This change results in more rel … | Continue reading
Organizations everywhere are pushing AI and networks closer to the edge. With that expansion comes a challenge: how do you ensure reliable performance, efficiency, and security outside of the data center? Worker safety, healthcare automation, and the success of mobile private net … | Continue reading
On October 23rd, we announced the beta availability of silicon-optimized AI models in Ubuntu. Developers can locally install DeepSeek R1 and Qwen 2.5 VL with a single command, benefiting from maximized hardware performance and automated dependency management. Application develope … | Continue reading
At NVIDIA GTC Washington D.C., Canonical is pleased to support the arrival of the NVIDIA BlueField-4 – the newest generation of the data processing unit (DPU) family. NVIDIA BlueField-4 is an accelerated infrastructure platform for gigascale AI factories. By combining NVIDIA Grac … | Continue reading
How Anbox Cloud streamlines localization testing Wherever users are based, they expect apps to just work, whether in Japanese, Arabic, or Spanish. But anyone who’s touched localization knows it’s more than translation. Real quality comes from testing how your app behaves across l … | Continue reading
Ubuntu now runs natively on the Thundercomm RUBIK Pi 3 developer board – a lightweight Pi created for AI developers which runs on the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS6490 processor. October 23, 2025 – Today Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced an optimized, pre-installed Ubuntu … | Continue reading
Validate your skills and advance your career with recognized qualifications from the publishers of Ubuntu London, October 23 2025 – Canonical today announced the launch of Canonical Academy, a new platform that enables individuals and enterprises to validate their open source ski … | Continue reading
Canonical today announced optimized inference snaps, a new way to deploy AI models on Ubuntu devices. Install a well-known model like DeepSeek R1 or Qwen 2.5 VL with a single command, and get the silicon-optimized AI engine automatically. | Continue reading
October 23, 2025 – Today, ESWIN Computing and Canonical announced the pre-installation of Ubuntu on EBC7702 Mini-DTX Mainboard – a hardware platform designed to offer developers high computing power in resource-constrained environments. Developers will now be able to benefit from … | Continue reading
Alibaba Damo Academy and Canonical today announce a new collaboration to bring the Ubuntu operating system to the latest XuanTie C930 processor. This collaboration will give users access to a robust, reliable and production-ready platform for modern workloads running on the XuanT … | Continue reading
Another year, another ROSCon! This year we’re heading to Singapore, and Canonical is once again thrilled to sponsor this important community event. Just like last year in Odense, Denmark, we’re looking forward to the talks and workshops, which always inspire us and teach us new t … | Continue reading
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka has landed, marking the final interim release before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and it’s a bold one. Interim releases have always been the proving grounds for features that define the next LTS, and this cycle is no exception. From memory-safe reimplementation … | Continue reading
The history of computing is a story of incredible change, but not every revolution happens at the same speed. It took decades to downsize the mainframe, invent the microprocessor, and bring computing into personal devices. Today, we are witnessing a new era: the move from massive … | Continue reading
The latest interim release of Ubuntu comes with compatibility enhancements at the silicon level, accessibility upgrades and a robust security posture that sets the stage for the next LTS. October 9, 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.10, codenamed “Questing Q … | Continue reading
Oracle Kubernetes Engine now supports Ubuntu images for worker nodes natively, with no need for custom images 8 October 2025 – Today Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced that Ubuntu worker nodes for Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) are now available in Limited Availability … | Continue reading
Happy birthday, OpenStack! It’s astonishing how fast time flies – fifteen years already. Yet, here we are: OpenStack cloud still stands as a de facto standard for open source cloud infrastructure implementation. It powers thousands of organisations around the world, across telco, … | Continue reading
London has called, and the Ubuntu community has answered! This year, the Ubuntu Summit has the ambitious goal of extending its reach to everyone, no matter where they are in the world. The event has not started yet, and we have been blown away by the excitement already! The desi … | Continue reading
The certification demonstrates alignment with cybersecurity standards that will further safeguard open source products and services for use in the most demanding enterprise environments. Canonical is proud to announce it has achieved the ISO/IEC 27001 certification for its Inform … | Continue reading
We’re pleased to share a security enhancement for Ubuntu workloads on Microsoft Azure. In collaboration with Microsoft, Ubuntu now supports Azure’s Metadata Security Protocol (MSP)—a feature that hardens access to the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) and WireServer. On Ubuntu, MS … | Continue reading
Designing a new, robust, sustainable, and truly holistic approach to cybersecurity Talk to any cybersecurity expert or IT security manager, and they’ll tell you they’re sick of alerts and issues. For a while now, the industry has slowly been realizing that there’s a better way to … | Continue reading
The purpose of this article is to share the technical realities of security patching for the Linux kernel, and the intended scope of the Linux kernel’s livepatch capability. We’ll cover when kernel live patching is most appropriate, and when rebooting is the best option. | Continue reading
Why cloud gaming? Cloud gaming is changing the way we play. Instead of buying expensive hardware, players stream games from the cloud, like Netflix for games. This is no longer a futuristic idea, it’s here. Services like NVIDIA GeForce Now, Sony PS Plus, and Xbox Cloud Gaming hav … | Continue reading
Canonical is proud to announce it has achieved compliance with IEC 62443-4-1 for cybersecurity in Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS). Building on Canonical’s existing ISO/SAE 21434 certification, this milestone expands Ubuntu’s leadership in securing critical infras … | Continue reading
Today Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced support for the NVIDIA CUDA toolkit and the distribution of CUDA within Ubuntu’s repositories. CUDA is a parallel computing platform and programming model that lets developers use NVIDIA GPUs for general-purpose processing. I … | Continue reading
How Vaultara achieved FedRAMP compliance with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu Pro helps businesses worldwide to innovate and shape the future. In this edition of What our users make with Pro, we talk to Dave Monk, CTO of Vaultara, a FedRAMP approved data-sharing platform trusted by the US gove … | Continue reading
New research suggests 86% of European organizations believe open source is valuable for the future of their industry – but only 34% have a clear and visible open source strategy The Linux Foundation’s latest report, Open source as Europe’s strategic advantage: trends, barriers, … | Continue reading
There are thousands of free-to-use, ready-built programs and code repositories that solve problems you’d otherwise need to spend weeks building the solutions for from scratch. However, like with all software, you still need to ensure that your software supply chain is secure and … | Continue reading
This is Part 2 in the series about our website Design sprint. View Part 1 if you haven’t already! At Canonical, our design team is dedicated to providing valuable resources and insights into designing for open source, especially when it comes to complex products. Recently, we sta … | Continue reading
The telecommunications industry is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. The move from vertically integrated, proprietary systems to disaggregated, cloud-native infrastructure has unlocked enormous potential for agility and innovation. Yet, for many operators … | Continue reading
Here at Canonical we are excited to announce that we have shipped the first release of our solution for enterprise-ready data lakehouses, built on the combination of Apache Spark and Apache Kyuubi. Using our Charmed Apache Kyuubi in integration with Spark, you can deliver a robus … | Continue reading
Europe’s open source ecosystem is at a turning point. The Linux Foundation’s Open Source as Europe’s Strategic Advantage: Trends, Barriers, and Priorities for the European Open Source Community amid Regulatory and Geopolitical Shifts report shows organizations across the continen … | Continue reading
How ISO/SAE 21434 helps you get ready for the Cyber Resilience Act If you work in automotive, you’ve probably already heard of the CRA – the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act. It’s one of the most ambitious pieces of cybersecurity regulation in years. And while it wasn’t written specific … | Continue reading
A note from the editor: This post was written by Zhanglei Mao. This blog explores the successful integration of Huawei OceanStor hybrid flash storage systems with Canonical Kubernetes, demonstrating how enterprises can unlock resilient, enterprise-grade storage in cloud-native en … | Continue reading
For the second time, and in less than one month, Canonical is coming to East Africa! Three weeks ago, we had the first-ever UbuCon Africa, which was co-located with DjangoCon Africa 2025, and on September 6, Canonical will be coming to Kenya to support OpenInfra Days Kenya 2025. … | Continue reading
Setting up a proof of concept (PoC) environment is often one of the first steps in any IT project. It helps organizations to get to grips with the technology, validate the idea, and identify any potential risks. However, setting up an OpenStack PoC has always been a challenge due … | Continue reading
& how real companies have used them to thrive Nearly a third of IT leaders say lack of expertise is the biggest obstacle they face in managing their open source environments. It’s a problem that slows progress, increases risk, and makes it tough for organizations to unlock the fu … | Continue reading
& how real companies have used them to thrive Nearly a third of IT leaders say lack of expertise is the biggest obstacle they face in managing their open source environments. It’s a problem that slows progress, increases risk, and makes it tough for organizations to unlock the fu … | Continue reading
& how real companies have used them to thrive Nearly a third of IT leaders say lack of expertise is the biggest obstacle they face in managing their open source environments. It’s a problem that slows progress, increases risk, and makes it tough for organizations to unlock the fu … | Continue reading
August 28, 2025 – We are excited to announce the general availability of Ubuntu Pro Minimal 22.04 LTS with CIS hardening, a new variant of Ubuntu designed for organizations that require tight security controls, minimal attack surface, and out-of-the-box compliance. This new offer … | Continue reading
Canonical commits to Ubuntu long-term support and security patching for NVIDIA Jetson Thor, bringing real-time performance, out-of-the-box compatibility, and a seamless runtime for AI inference workloads at the edge. | Continue reading
Collaboration combines the leading cloud OS with the industry’s first unified private cloud platform to accelerate cloud native innovation [LAS VEGAS] August 26, 2025—Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Canonical today announced an expanded collaboration to help customers ship moder … | Continue reading
Allow-listing web traffic – blocking all web traffic that has not been pre-approved – is a common practice in highly sensitive environments. It is also a challenge for developers and system administrators working in those environments. In this blog, we’ll cover an easy way to mit … | Continue reading