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# Blog posts tagged "benchmark"

#### [Snap Performance Skunk Works – Ensuring speed and consistency for snaps](https://canonical.com/blog/snap-performance-skunk-works-ensuring-speed-and-consistency-for-snaps)

Snaps are used on desktop machines, servers and IoT devices. However, it’s the first group that draws the most attention and scrutiny. Due to the graphic nature of desktop applications, users are often more attuned to potential problems and issues that may arise in the desktop space than with command-line tools or software running in

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Company

#### [DISA has released the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS STIG benchmark](https://canonical.com/blog/disa-has-released-the-ubuntu-20-04-lts-stig-benchmark)

The Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) are developed by the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) for the U.S. Department of Defense. They are configuration guidelines for hardening systems to improve security. They contain technical guidance which when implemented, locks down software and systems to mitigate malicious att

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Security

#### [When you need the numbers just right – benchmark and profiling applications in the Snap Store](https://canonical.com/blog/when-you-need-the-numbers-just-right-benchmark-and-profiling-applications-in-the-snap-store)

The world of software is a vast and complex one, often too difficult to easily assess by human intuition alone. Which is why detailed and accurate measurements of software behavior are essential in helping us understand and gauge how well our applications perform. The Snap Store has a fair share of productivity tools and utilities,

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Cloud and server

#### [ROS Security Benchmark open for public comment](https://canonical.com/blog/ros-security-benchmark-open-for-public-comment)

We’re pleased to announce that the Center for Internet Security (CIS) has publicly released the ROS Security Benchmark for community discussion. When published, this benchmark will document community best-practice configuration settings to properly secure ROS Melodic running on Ubuntu Bionic. Hopefully this is just the beginning of an ong

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Robotics

#### [Ubuntu kernel 5.4: What’s new with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-kernel-5-4-whats-new-with-ubuntu-20-04-lts)

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has just arrived. The latest LTS comes with a new version of the Linux kernel – 5.4 – which brings a lot of exciting new features, faster boot times, enhanced performance and security. Additionally, the Canonical kernel team ran benchmark tests to validate the performance improvements of the new kernel. Defining which

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Cloud and server