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Rhys Davies
17 April 2020

What is an Ubuntu LTS release?

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

This article was updated in September 2021 to reflect the new Ubuntu lifecycle. Come April 23rd 2020, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will be available. It will be the first LTS version of Ubuntu since the 18.04 release, and in this blog, I want to answer the common question, what is an LTS? For a deeper look ...

Francis Ginther
16 April 2020

Introducing the Ubuntu AWS Rolling Kernel

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The linux-aws 4.15 based kernel, which is the default kernel in the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS AMIs, is moving to a rolling kernel model. Why is this changing? The Ubuntu rolling kernel model provides the latest upstream bug fixes and performance improvements around task scheduling, I/O scheduling, networking, hypervisor guests and containers to ou ...

Canonical
16 April 2020

You are invited to the virtual Ubuntu Masters event

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The Ubuntu Masters Conference is a platform for IT practitioners to share how they are solving industry-wide challenges with the global engineering community. These are the real-life use cases they are executing in their professional environments today, giving you actionable ideas to take into your own corporate setting. Join us on Thursd ...

Bill Wear
15 April 2020

LXD pod commissioning data

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

MAAS is built to manage machines, including the operating systems on those machines. Enlistment and commissioning are features that make it easier to start managing a machine – as long as that machine has been configured to netboot. Enlistment enables users to simply connect a machine, configure the firmware properly, and power it on so ...

Anthony Dillon
15 April 2020

Design and Web team summary – 15th April 2020

Design Ubuntu tech blog

Here are some of the highlights of our completed work over the previous iteration. Meet the team Heya, I’m Lilyana (Лиляна)!  I’m a senior UX designer and have been working primarily on MAAS since I joined Canonical two years ago. I love solving complex problems and learning more about the fascinating technology that drives the ...

regis paquette
14 April 2020

IBM Z delivers a Trusted Execution Environment with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and new single frame models

Confidential computing Ubuntu tech blog

In September 2019, IBM released z15 and LinuxONE III, the most secure cloud environment in the market featuring pervasive encryption built-in at its core with Ubuntu. This offered a solid foundation to launch hardened security offerings for the mainframe across platforms such as MongoDB, Postgres, IDAA, IBM Cloud Private and the IBM Hyper ...

Rhys Davies
10 April 2020

Robotics pages on Ubuntu: bridging the gap

Robotics Ubuntu tech blog

Today, 10/04/2020, new robotics pages went live on ubuntu.com. We want to show our involvement, our stance and our support for ROS and robotics. These three pages cover what we do in the robotics space, Canonical’s involvement with ROS and Open Robotics, and the relevance of community in the field of robotics. Our intention is ...

Guest
9 April 2020

Ubuntu Core: an independent security analysis

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is a guest blog by Trent R.Hein, Co-CEO of Rule 4. Once in a while an opportunity comes along that brings out our inner geek like no other, which is what happened when Canonical asked if we’d be willing to review the overall cybersecurity model of Ubuntu Core and its ecosystem. We’re no strangers ...

Bill Wear
9 April 2020

Questioning the doc

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Here’s a VLOG about some changes we’re making to the MAAS documentation. It’s all about using questions at the top of articles to help direct attention. This idea grew out of our frustration over long pages with lots of complex information. We tried a top table of contents, but that looks weird and requires a ...

Vineetha Kamath
9 April 2020

CIS hardened Ubuntu: cyber attack and malware prevention for mission-critical systems

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is a nonprofit organisation that uses a community-driven process to release benchmarks to safeguard enterprises against cyber attacks. It is one of the most recognised industry standards that provides comprehensive secure configuration and configuration hardening checklists in a computing environment ...

Igor Ljubuncic
9 April 2020

An adventure through the Snap Store

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

An application store with a large number of entries is a double-edged sword. It’s often a good sign of a vibrant, thriving community of software creators, developers and users working together. But then, people new to the ecosystem may struggle finding relevant content right away. The Snap Store currently offers about 7,000 applications, ...

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