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Rhys Davies
16 March 2021

Running an open source multi-cloud with Ubuntu, LXD, and Mist

Cloud and server Article

This is a guest post authored by Chris Psaltis. We are reproducing it here with Chris’ permission. Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Mist.io and uses Ubuntu and LXD on his platform on a regular basis. Thanks, Chris! One of the advantages that Ubuntu brings to the cloud equation is improving an organization’s ability ...


Alan Pope
12 March 2021

All About That Base

Ubuntu Article

Snapcraft is our delightful tool for building snaps. It’s not the only way to build them, but it’s certainly a popular one.  A benefit of Snapcraft is that typically a developer can configure the packaging definition once, and not have to update it for a long time. Snapcraft will keep cranking out releases, via CI ...


Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Open source enterprise support vs free open source use

Cloud and server Article

Many enterprises use open source enterprise support from a vendor, such as Red Hat or Canonical, to boost uptime and peace of mind. Others choose to use open source without any additional vendor support, relying on one of the major benefits of open source – the robust community support that is freely available. Oftentimes, those ...


Alex Chalkias
9 March 2021

Multi-cloud Kubernetes management with Portainer

Ubuntu Article

If you feel intimidated by Kubernetes’ complexity but still need to modernize your business applications with containers, rest assured you’re not the only one. The container orchestration platform solves many problems but also creates new ones, so read on to find out about a new approach that can help you get just the benefits. Our ...


Rui Vasconcelos
8 March 2021

Latest community videos

Ubuntu Article

MLOps community jewels The MLOps community continues to grow and gift us with great content and discussions around the topic! Here are a couple of interesting discussions – a long one (1h) about Kubeflow, feature stores, and other platforms in the MLOps space, and a short one (3 min) on how to manage dependencies: Sneak ...


Kris Sharma
8 March 2021

Why is Ubuntu Linux the leading choice to replace CentOS for Finserv infrastructure?

Financial Services Article

Operating systems are the foundation blocks of technology stacks in organisations. When considering an open source operating system for Finserv infrastructure, there are four factors that are key to any enterprise using it – maintainability, continuity, stability and security. The Financial Services industry have started exploring options ...


Alex Murray
8 March 2021

Security podcast: February

Security Article

The Security Podcast covers the most interesting security fixes around Ubuntu, with in-depth discussions around the latest vulnerabilities and updates. ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
8 March 2021

ROS Kinetic and Ubuntu 16.04 EOL: how to mitigate the impact

Robotics Article

For more than ten years, the Robot Operating System (ROS) has been enabling innovators around the world to develop their robot platforms and applications. Through its collection of tools, libraries, and conventions, ROS simplifies the task of creating complex and robust robot behaviour.  Ubuntu has been the primary platform for ROS from t ...


Andreea Munteanu
5 March 2021

Code the future together using Ubuntu

Cloud and server Article

Where: CodeMotion 2021 – Italian edition When: March 23rd – 25th 2021 Location: virtual Italian space Get your ticket Described by the organisers as an event made by developers for developers, CodeMotion is an event that we love to attend. In November last year, we announced that Ubuntu wanted to code the future of Italy ...


Igor Ljubuncic
4 March 2021

Honey, I Shrunk the Snap!

Desktop Article

The year is 1989. I bought a computer game called F-16: Combat Pilot, a flight simulator featuring free-flight, five types of single-player missions, a full campaign mode, serial-port multiplayer, and then some. Gloriously wrapped in four colors and magnetized on two single-density 5.25-inch floppy disks. Total size: 680 KB. Nowadays, it ...


anastasiavalti
4 March 2021

Canonical keynote at Embedded World 2021: Bosch Rexroth achieves complete IoT automation with Ubuntu Core

Internet of Things Events

This year, we’re excited to be sponsoring Embedded World once again. We’re particularly thrilled to invite you to the speaker forum tomorrow, Friday the 5th, where one of our users will be walking you through their personal experience with Ubuntu. Bosch Rexroth will be giving a presentation entitled ‘Ubuntu Core for industry 4.0: Bosch Re ...