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13 posts from June 2016
HOWTO: Host your own SNAP store!
By Dustin Kirkland, 24 June 2016
SNAPs are the cross-distro, cross-cloud, cross-device Linux packaging format of the future. And we’re already hosting a fantastic catalog of SNAPs in the...
A New Research Cloud on Ubuntu OpenStack
By Canonical, 20 June 2016
If you’re starting from almost scratch, and – where many people are – you don’t have any skill, you don’t have any training, you don’t have much of an idea of...
The Changelog Podcast — Ubuntu Everywhere
By Dustin Kirkland, 18 June 2016
I had the honor and privilege a couple of weeks ago, to participate in a recording of The Changelog, a podcast dedicated to Open Source technology.You can...
sudo purge-old-kernels: Recover some disk space!
By Dustin Kirkland, 16 June 2016
If you have long-running Ubuntu systems (server or desktop), and you keep those systems up to date, you will, over time, accumulate a lot of Linux...
Juju Made the Deadline
By Konstantinos Tsakalozos, 15 June 2016
Ok… I am exaggerating. Juju did not make the deadline, Panagiotis and his co-authors with their hard work made the deadline. Ah, ok you caught me lying again…...
Special report: Low latency and real-time kernels for telco and NFV
By Canonical, 15 June 2016
The kernel is the fundamental core of a computer operating system. It is the first program to load, and it manages all core functions of the computer. With...
Universal “snap” packages launch on multiple Linux distros
By Canonical, 14 June 2016
Developers from multiple Linux distributions and companies today announced collaboration on the “snap” universal Linux package format, enabling a single...
June 2016: big software, new releases, and a CIO’s guide to telco
By James Donner, 10 June 2016
Welcome to our brand new monthly blog! This month, learn about the industry trend toward Big Software, highlights of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release, and our...
Apache Bigtop and Juju: a charming approach to big data
By Jorge O. Castro, 7 June 2016
Juju users have been enjoying our collection of Big Data charms for over two years. During this time, we’ve learned a lot about what our users want from this...
Scaling out ubuntu.com for 16.04 release
By Tom Haddon, 6 June 2016
On release day for Ubuntu, the amount of traffic to ubuntu.com increases significantly. Comparing the amount of hits the website received on release day for...
Over-The-Air 11: We’ve gone wireless!
By Amrisha Prashar, 1 June 2016
We’re pretty excited about this OTA! We’ve introduced wireless capabilities to the Meizu Pro 5, which gives users the full Ubuntu PC experience running from a...