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David Beamonte
20 June 2025

Effective infrastructure automation to reduce data center costs

Cloud and server MAAS

To truly reduce OpEx, you must shift your perspective from seeing operations as custom, artisanal work to one where operations are standardized, automated, and repeatable.  In other words, commoditized. ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
19 June 2025

What are our partners building for device makers? Explore the highlights from Ubuntu IoT Day Singapore

Internet of Things Article

Our first Ubuntu IoT Day in Southeast Asia – and our first ever event in Singapore! It was long overdue, as several attendees were quick to remind us. Ubuntu has long been a quiet force in the region, powered by its rich ecosystem of innovators. More than 150 participants came together to represent Southeast Asia’s ...


ebarretto
18 June 2025

Fixes available for local privilege escalation vulnerability in libblockdev using udisks

Ubuntu Article

Qualys discovered two vulnerabilities in various Linux distributions which allow local attackers to escalate privileges. The first vulnerability (CVE-2025-6018) was found in the PAM configuration. This CVE does not impact default Ubuntu installations because of how the pam_systemd.so and pam_env.so modules are invoked. The second vulnerab ...


Rawand Benour
5 June 2025

What if your container images were security-maintained at the source?

Ubuntu Article

Software supply chain security has become a top concern for developers, DevOps engineers, and IT leaders. High-profile breaches and dependency compromises have shown that open source components can introduce risk if not properly vetted and maintained. Although containerization has become commonplace in contemporary development and deploym ...


Octavio Galland
30 May 2025

Apport local information disclosure vulnerability fixes available

Ubuntu Article

Qualys discovered two vulnerabilities in various Linux distributions which allow a local attacker with permission to create user namespaces to leak core dumps for processes of suid executables. These affect both apport, the Ubuntu default core dump handler (CVE-2025-5054), and systemd-coredump, the default core dump handler in Red Hat Ent ...


ilvipero
27 May 2025

Ubuntu Summit 25.10 is coming to your circle of friends, from London

Ubuntu Article

London calling… We have an exciting announcement about the Ubuntu Summit. We’ve been chatting with our community and contributors to see how we can bring our event, and the impact of open source, to even more people. This year, the Ubuntu Summit is reborn – read on to find out what changes we’re making. Twice ...


Tytus Kurek
26 May 2025

OpenStack with Sunbeam for medium-scale cloud infrastructure

Cloud and server Article

The rapid growth in OpenStack installation and orchestration tools that we have seen in recent years has effectively established OpenStack as the world’s leading open source cloud platform. Projects like Sunbeam or Kolla Ansible, for example, are effectively transforming OpenStack into yet another user application. By using containers and ...


Bertrand Boisseau
22 May 2025

Boost your Android development with remote app testing via Anbox Cloud

Ubuntu Article

In today’s hectic app development cycles, speed is key. But as teams scale and spread worldwide, and app complexity increases, traditional testing workflows become bottlenecks that can compromise security, increase operational costs, and delay product delivery. Simply sharing APKs or configuring physical test devices isn’t enough anymore ...


Miona Aleksic
21 May 2025

Simplify security maintenance and compliance with Ubuntu Pro auto-attach for LXD guests

Cloud and server Article

With the latest LXD release, Ubuntu Pro now supports auto-attachment for LXD guest instances, offering organizations a seamless way to extend Ubuntu Pro benefits across their infrastructure. ...


Matthew de Klerk
20 May 2025

What is geopatriation?

Cloud and server Article

Geopatriation refers to the relocation of workloads and applications from global cloud hyperscalers to regional or national alternatives due to geopolitical uncertainty. ...


Matthew de Klerk
19 May 2025

Rethinking virtualization: open source alternatives for resellers

Cloud and server Article

Organizations facing uncertainty in the virtualization market have multiple open source options to choose from, including OpenStack for large private clouds and MicroCloud for smaller setups. ...