--- title: Blog posts tagged "Linux" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/linux?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged "Linux" #### [54% of European enterprises want long term open source support: how Ubuntu Pro + Support delivers](https://canonical.com/blog/54-of-european-enterprises-want-long-term-open-source-support-how-ubuntu-pro-support-delivers) 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 continent are broadly adopting open source software (OSS). But adopt --- Company #### [What dedicated Linux support specialists do](https://canonical.com/blog/dedicated-linux-support) How real companies have used dedicated Linux support specialists 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 full value of technologies like --- Company #### [Ubuntu Pro Minimal 22.04 LTS with CIS hardening is now generally available on AWS](https://canonical.com/blog/cis-hardened-ubuntu-pro-minimal-available-on-aws) 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 offering combines the efficiency of Minimal Ubuntu with the enter --- Canonical announcements #### [What is Linux Support?](https://canonical.com/blog/what-is-linux-support) In the world of enterprise IT, “support” can mean many things. For some, it’s a safety net – insurance for the day something breaks. For others, it’s the difference between a minor hiccup and a full-scale outage. At Canonical, it means a simple, comprehensive subscription that takes care of everything, so that everything you build --- Company #### [What is System Hardening? Essential Checklists from OS to Applications](https://canonical.com/blog/what-is-system-hardening-definition-and-best-practices) Hardening a system aims to decrease its exposure to make it difficult to hack, and to lessen the potential collateral damage in the event of a compromise. --- CIS Benchmarks #### [Linux security: your questions, answered](https://canonical.com/blog/linux-security-frequently-asked-questions) At Canonical, we often get questions about open-source security and of course, Linux security is a common topic. Based on a recent webinar hosted by our security team and an accompanying blog post, we put together the most common questions we receive. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it should give you --- Confidential computing #### [Behind open DORS – Conference organizers share their thoughts on Canonical, Ubuntu, snaps, and open-source](https://canonical.com/blog/behind-open-dors-conference-organizers-share-their-thoughts-on-canonical-ubuntu-snaps-and-open-source) A Linux conference almost as old as Linux itself. In mid-May, DORS/CLUC hosted its 29th event at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, Croatia. With a long history of participation and contribution to open source communities, Canonical was one of the sponsors at the conference, with a busy schedule that included a --- Company #### [A guide to Linux for embedded applications](https://canonical.com/blog/linux-for-embedded-applications) An embedded device is a hardware and software system that performs a dedicated function within a larger computer system. It is typically resource-constrained and comprises a processing engine.  The software of an embedded Linux system runs on top of the Linux kernel, the fundamental core of the OS with complete control over everything occ --- Internet of Things #### [An overview of live kernel patching](https://canonical.com/blog/an-overview-of-live-kernel-patching) Learn how Canonical improves security on Linux with live kernel patching. Track Livepatch activity over time in Landscape. --- Cloud and server #### [Low latency Linux for industrial embedded systems – Part III](https://canonical.com/blog/industrial-embedded-systems-iii) Welcome to the concluding chapter of this three-part blog series on the low latency Linux kernel for industrial embedded systems.   Each blog is standalone and can be read independently from the others, although you may want to start at the beginning for some continuity. If you need a quick refresher on userland and kernel space, --- Internet of Things #### [Low latency Linux for industrial embedded systems – Part II](https://canonical.com/blog/industrial-embedded-systems-ii) Welcome to Part II of this three-part blog series on adopting the low latency Linux kernel for your embedded systems. In case you missed it, check out Part I for a brief intro on preemptable processes in multiuser systems and memory split into kernel and user space. The low-latency Ubuntu kernel ships with a 1000 --- Internet of Things #### [Low latency Linux for industrial embedded systems – Part I](https://canonical.com/blog/industrial-embedded-systems) Welcome to this mini blog series on the low latency Linux kernel for industrial embedded systems!  The real-time patch, which is not fully upstream yet, has had many developers wonder about stable alternatives for their projects adopting an embedded Linux operating system (OS) with latency requirements in the milliseconds’ range. The low- --- Internet of Things #### [Finserv hybrid cloud strategy – it starts with Linux](https://canonical.com/blog/finserv-hybrid-cloud-strategy-it-starts-with-linux) The future of financial services technology infrastructure is hybrid multi-cloud. Hybrid multi-cloud architecture provides financial institutions flexibility, portability, interoperability, and the control needed to consistently deploy and manage enterprise applications and workloads. By adopting hybrid cloud, finservs realise the benefit --- Financial Services #### [Canonical Transforms Linux on Mac](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-transforms-linux-on-mac) Developers can now launch Linux instances on Apple M1 with Multipass 1.8 November 9th London, UK: On the heels of Apple’s announcement of a new line of game-changing M1 MacBooks, Canonical is bringing fast and easy Linux to the M1 platform. Multipass, the quickest way to run Linux cross-platform, received an update last week allowing --- Canonical announcements #### [Ubuntu 21.10 has landed](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-21-10-has-landed) 14 October 2021: Today, Canonical released Ubuntu 21.10 – the most productive environment for cloud-native developers and AI/ML innovators across the desktop, devices and cloud. “As open source becomes the new default, we aim to bring Ubuntu to all the corners of the enterprise and all the places developers want to innovate,” said Mark Sh --- Company #### [KVM hypervisor: a beginners’ guide](https://canonical.com/blog/kvm-hyphervisor) KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is the leading open source virtualisation technology for Linux. It installs natively on all Linux distributions and turns underlying physical servers into hypervisors so that they can host multiple, isolated virtual machines (VMs). KVM comes with no licenses, type-1 hypervisor capabilities and a variety --- Cloud and server 1. *Previous page* 2. [1](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/linux?format=md&page=1) 3. [2](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/linux?format=md&page=2) 4. [3](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/linux?format=md&page=3) 5. [*Next page*](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/linux?format=md&page=2)