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Claudio Gomboli
11 May 2021

Design and Web team summary – 11 May 2021

Design Design

The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. This iteration, part of the team joined the Product Roadmap sprint. Meet the team Hey, I’m Pete and I joined the Canonical team ...


Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2021

The snap developer’s guide on how to migrate to new bases

Apps Article

A couple of weeks ago, we published an article about Ubuntu 16.04 entering Extended Security Maintenance (ESM), and the implications of this change for snap publishers. We talked about the different options available to developers and publishers who still may rely on the older bases in their build process – free Ubuntu Advantage (UA) toke ...


Kris Sharma
4 May 2021

Fintech infrastructure and hybrid clouds

Financial Services Article

The future of Fintech infrastructure is hybrid multi-cloud. Using private and public cloud infrastructure at the same time allows financial institutions to optimise their CapEx and OpEx costs. Why Private clouds? A private cloud is an integral part of a hybrid multi-cloud strategy for financial services organisations. It enables financial ...


Tytus Kurek
4 May 2021

OpenStack Wallaby: OpenStack Charms 21.04

Cloud and server Article

OpenStack Charms 21.04 release brings native support for OpenStack Wallaby and Ceph Pacific in Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack. Those latest versions of OpenStack and Ceph come with numerous performance improvements, making the open infrastructure stack even more suitable for network and storage intensive workloads. In order to simplify Cha ...


Canonical
3 May 2021

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS transitions to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM)

Cloud and server Article

This article was updated in September 2021 to reflect the new lifecycle of 16.04. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ‘Xenial Xerus’ transitions into the extended security maintenance (ESM) support phase at the end of April 2021 from its standard, five-year maintenance window for Ubuntu long term support (LTS) releases. Xenial Xerus is still supported until ...


Lyubomir Popov
30 April 2021

Taming unruly logo sections

Ubuntu Article

Making logo sections can be tricky. Logos come in all shapes and sizes, and without proper care, it is easy to end up with a poorly balanced layout. The problem has two aspects: Creating a responsive section that respects the layout structure of the page it is part of, which in most cases means being ...


Anthony Dillon
27 April 2021

Design and Web team summary – 27 April 2021

Design Design

The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web squad The Web Squad develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more.  Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute ...


Leia Ruffini
27 April 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 27th of April 2021

Ubuntu Article

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. ...


Canonical
27 April 2021

Easily deploy and manage Mattermost on Kubernetes with the new Juju charmed operator

Canonical announcements Article

Introducing the Juju Charms Operator for Mattermost seamless application upgrades and supported features on Linux and Windows. We’re excited to announce our partnership with Canonical to build a Mattermost Operatorusing the Juju Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM), making it easy to install, integrate and upgrade Mattermost. The Mattermost O ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
26 April 2021

ROS ESM: 15 things you need to know

Robotics Article

With the announcement of Robot Operating System (ROS) Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM), we have received many questions from people in the robotics community who are interested in learning about this enterprise solution. This blog aims to answer some of the most common questions. For more background on this, please have a look at the R ...


Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

OpenStack CentOS alternatives:

7 reasons to migrate to Ubuntu

Cloud and server Article

Looking for OpenStack CentOS alternatives after recent changes in the CentOS project? Think Ubuntu – the most popular Linux distribution for OpenStack deployments across development and production environments. Wondering what makes Ubuntu different? Here are seven reasons you should consider Ubuntu when planning your CentOS migration. Ubu ...