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anaqvi
2 December 2019

Digest #2019.12.02 – Machine Learning VS Minecraft

Ubuntu Kubeflow

Google pushing TPU with new TensorFlow release – TensorFlow 2.1 is here, welcome to the TPU push; that’s good news for many. We’ll also see improved performance on Linux and Windows and GPU support out-the-box. There are a few changes and issues to be aware of and if you’re using Python 2, TF 2.1 will ...


Alex Cattle
29 November 2019

Build smart display devices with Mir: fast to production, secure, open-source

Internet of Things Article

Industrial robots, home appliances, advertising screens, office information boards… devices of every type around us are getting connected. As they do, their screens turn from single purpose displays to reconfigurable, multi-purpose smart display. As the amount of code required to build these displays, the production time and maintenance b ...


Igor Ljubuncic
28 November 2019

Productivity corner: free, versatile office suites in the Snap Store

Desktop Article

For the past few decades, the digital office formula has not changed much. It still revolves around three main components – text documents, data spreadsheets and visual slide decks, designed to convey a powerful business message. While simple in essence, this model is quite complex in practice, and choosing the best tools for the job ...


Chad Smith
26 November 2019

Ubuntu Server development summary – 26 November 2019

Cloud and server Article

Hello Ubuntu Server The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
26 November 2019

“Ubuntu at scale” roundtable at AWS re:Invent

Cloud and server Article

Let’s talk Ubuntu at AWS re:Invent! On Thursday 5th December AWS and Canonical are hosting an interactive roundtable from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at re-Invent, room Encore 3 at the Encore hotel, Las Vegas. This will be the opportunity to: Hear the latest news and announcements by AWS and Canonical  Learn about best practices ...


Robin Winslow
26 November 2019

Design and Web team summary – 22 November 2019

Design Article

This was a fairly busy two weeks for the Web & design team at Canonical.  Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web squad Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of the brochure websites across the Canonical. Takeovers and engage pages This iteration we built two webinars with engage ...


Galem KAYO
26 November 2019

Turning your Raspberry Pi 4 into an Edge Gateway (Part I)

Internet of Things Article

Developers get new opportunities to innovate with the emergence of edge computing. However, to unleash this innovation, form factors and software stacks suitable for hacking edge applications need to be made accessible. Canonical has enabled Ubuntu on the Raspberry Pi 4 for this purpose. Furthermore,  popular edge and IoT platforms are av ...


anaqvi
25 November 2019

Kubeflow Talks at Kubecon San Diego 1/2

Ubuntu Kubeflow

Throwback to Kubecon last week where Kubeflow was the most talked about topic other than Kubernetes itself. It was great to see so much excitement around Kubeflow. For those of you who missed the event, or were too busy to catch these talks, or just couldn’t be everywhere exciting at once, below is a list ...


anaqvi
25 November 2019

Kubeflow Talks at Kubecon San Diego 2/2

Ubuntu Kubeflow

KubeFlow’s Serverless Component: 10x Faster, a 1/10 of the Effort – Orit Nissan-Messing, Iguazio Enabling Kubeflow with Enterprise-Grade Auth for On-Prem – Yannis Zarkadas & Krishna Durai Measuring and Optimizing Kubeflow Clusters at Lyft – Konstantin Gizdarski & Richard Liu Towards Continuous Computer Vision Model Improvement with Kubefl ...


anaqvi
23 November 2019

KubeCon San Diego 2019 Flashback

Ubuntu Kubernetes

KubeCon San Diego 2019 was a blast; lot’s of sun, beer, food, amazing projects and learning opportunities! It was great to see the community come together for the love of all things Kubernetes. The Canonical booth was buzzing with excitement around MicroK8s, Multipass and Kubernetes clustering on that DIY Raspberry Pi clusters running Ubu ...


Tytus Kurek
22 November 2019

8th OSM Hackfest: the highlights

Telecommunications Article

The 8th OSM Hackfest is over, but the OSM (Open Source MANO) project continues to evolve and is now looking forward to landing release SEVEN. It was an exciting week in Lucca, Italy. We’ve seen a lot of interest from those who attended the event for the first time and a strong commitment from the ...