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Vergil Yotov
17 May 2023

Docker vs Snaps: a side by side comparison

IoT Article

The Docker project was initiated by dotCloud, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company that created Docker to run their internal infrastructure. Slowly, Docker became more successful than any of their other products, so dotCloud rebranded as Docker Inc. Docker provides easy-to-use tooling and grew into an entire ecosystem for container mana ...


Andre Ruiz
17 May 2023

A brief history of MicroStack

Cloud and server OpenStack

OpenStack is no doubt a wonderful and successful piece of software. It allows you to create your own cloud infrastructure, and thanks to its open-source nature, it’s free to use for everyone. But as with many giant software projects, all that power comes with a challenge: it is reasonably complex to install and configure. A ...


Felipe Vanni
11 May 2023

Canonical at Dell Technologies World 2023

AI Article

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is proud to sponsor Dell Technologies World this year and have presence on the Expo. Join us in Las Vegas on May, 22–25 to discover how Canonical and Dell can help you securely advance your business and serve your customers with cutting-edge technologies. Register to Dell Technologies World 2023 What ...


Nathan Hart
11 May 2023

Matter on Ubuntu: getting started with the standard for smart home devices

Internet of Things Article

Canonical joined the Connectivity Standards Alliance last year to lead the charge for Linux in the smart home. The Matter standard is a particular focus for us. Its secure design and open ecosystem align well with Ubuntu’s own values of security and openness. Ubuntu Core and Matter make for a powerful pair. Ubuntu Core’s containerisation ...


Canonical
10 May 2023

Canonical enables Ubuntu on StarFive’s VisionFive 2 RISC-V single board computer

Ubuntu Partners

May 10, 2023: Canonical published the optimised Ubuntu release for StarFive’s VisionFive 2, the world’s first high-performance RISC-V single board computer (SBC) with an integrated GPU.  RISC-V, a new paradigm for open source hardware Open standards and collaboration are strategic to both hardware and software across industries and geogra ...


Tytus Kurek
10 May 2023

OpenInfra Summit Vancouver 2023 is coming

Cloud and server Article

Heads up! The OpenInfra Summit Vancouver 2023 is coming!!! After the successful resurrection of the event in Berlin last year, the OpenInfra Summit is back as an in-person event again. The conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada, on June 13-15. As usual, Canonical will be there to share the latest news about OpenStack and ...


Michael C. Jaeger
9 May 2023

Kubecon EU 2023: Operator Day hosted by Canonical – recordings available

Charms Article

The Operator Day at KubeCon EU 2023, hosted by Canonical, took place on Monday, 17 April  2023. We thank everyone for attending the event. Our thanks go out especially to those who engaged with each other during the sessions, asked questions and contributed to our  interactive event. If you missed this 6th edition of Operator ...


Miona Aleksic
8 May 2023

Spring news from the LXD team

Cloud and server Article

In this blog, we will go through some of the most significant features we have included in our monthly releases so far this year. Links to each of the release announcements are linked for detailed information. ...


Jeremie Deray
5 May 2023

ROS development on Linux, Windows and macOS

Robotics Article

Historically ROS has been developed on top of Ubuntu, relying on the distribution as a stable base providing tools (like GCC, CMake, Python to name a few) and libraries (such as Boost, Eigen, PCL) and following its release cycle (a distribution per year, an LTS every two years). This synergy has worked great for more ...


robgibbon
3 May 2023

Big data security foundations in five steps

Data Platform Article

We’ve all read the headlines about spectacular data breaches and other security incidents, and the impact that they have had on the victim organisations. And in some ways there’s no place more vulnerable to attack than a big data environment like a data lake. ...