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Sohini Bianka Roy
21 April 2020

WSLConf: Sessions Part 1 – C++ cross-platform development and more

Desktop Article

Earlier this year, Canonical had the pleasure of hosting WSLConf, a virtual conference dedicated to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). We demonstrated what teamwork and community can achieve when we flipped the in-person conference to a virtual experience in less than a week. WSLConf united developers, security professionals, team lea ...


Canonical
21 April 2020

2004 to 20.04 LTS: Ubuntu in popular culture

Desktop Article

When we launched Ubuntu back in 2004, our mission to make well-supported, free open source software available to everyone, everywhere was a bold one – but today, Ubuntu is one of the world’s most popular operating systems. One consequence of that popularity is that Ubuntu has very much entered the public consciousness, and its influence ...


cmoullec
20 April 2020

Kubernetes: a secure, flexible and automated edge for IoT developers

Cloud and server Article

The factors for implementing Kubernetes successfully at the edge Cloud native software such as containers and Kubernetes and IoT/edge are playing a prominent role in the digital transformation of enterprise organisations. They are particularly critical to DevOps teams that are focused on faster software releases and more efficient IT oper ...


Heather Ellsworth
17 April 2020

GNOME 3.34 snapcraft extension

Desktop Article

We constantly strive to empower developers. Part of that aim extends to making development easier, for example improving build tools and documentation. As an element of this continued effort, we would like to introduce the new gnome-3-34 snapcraft extension! What is the GNOME snapcraft extension? The gnome-3-34 snapcraft extension is a co ...


Rhys Davies
17 April 2020

What is an Ubuntu LTS release?

Desktop Article

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 Article

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 Telecommunications

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 MAAS

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 Article

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 Confidential computing

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 Article

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 ...