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TaNeisha Page
23 April 2016

OpenStack Spotlight Carlos Gonzales and Josh McJilton

Cloud and server Article

Carlos Gonzales gives some insight about his role as a Engineer Manager for our Ecosystems and his outlook about meeting people at OpenStack. What does your department do at Canonical? My department develops, supports and sustain the OpenStack distribution as part of the Ubuntu package and Canonical’s Cloud product and service offering. I ...


John Zannos
22 April 2016

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for IBM LinuxONE and IBM z Systems is now available

Cloud and server Article

With the release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS we now offer the same great Ubuntu experience on z Systems and LinuxONE servers as x86 and OpenPower platforms. Download now Ubuntu is the platform of choice for new cloud-native applications from modern development teams. It dominates public cloud guest volume and production OpenStack deployments with ...


Redesigning ubuntu.com’s navigation

Ubuntu Featured

Last month, the web team had an offsite (outside of the office) week sprint in Holborn, central London. We don’t all work on exactly the same projects in our day-to-day, so it’s nice to have this type of sprint, where everyone can work together and show each other what we’ve been working on over the ...


Canonical
20 April 2016

Canonical unveils 6th LTS release of Ubuntu with 16.04

Cloud and server News

Introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format Introduces LXD pure-container hypervisor with OpenStack Mitaka Supports IBM Z and LinuxONE systems with flat pricing Steps towards converged Ubuntu across IOT, Phone, Desktop and Server Introduces ZFS and CephFS for large-scale cloud storage LONDON 20th April 2016: Canonical announced t ...


TaNeisha Page
19 April 2016

OpenStack Spotlight – Alexia Emmanoulopoulou and Danny Hammo

Cloud and server Article

In this blog series, learn about life at Canonical through the employees working on the cloud side. Alexia Emmanoulopoulou: Marketing Manager – Demand Generation Describe what do you do at Canonical I am a Demand Generation Marketing Manager in the Cloud Marketing team, responsible for the execution of marketing activities designed to dri ...


John Zannos
19 April 2016

Mesosphere announce open source project backed by Canonical

Cloud and server Article

Today Mesosphere announced the open source release of the DC/OS (Datacenter Operating System) Project, backed by dozens of partners including Canonical. DC/OS supplies an operating system model for the datacenter building on the Apache Mesos environment. The DC/OS project is an open source technology and a building ecosystem of more than ...


Stéphane Graber
18 April 2016

Directly interacting with the LXD API

Cloud and server Article

The next post in the LXD series is currently blocked on a pending kernel fix, so I figured I’d do an out of series post on how to use the LXD API directly.Setting up the LXD daemonThe LXD REST API can be accessed over either a local Unix socket or over HTTPs. The protocol in both case is identical, the only difference being that the Unix ...


Amrisha Prashar
18 April 2016

The tablet that turns into a PC is available to buy!

Phone and tablet Article

Last month we announced that the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet was available as a pre-order bundle. This time round, we’re pleased to let you know that it’s available to buy now! If you’ve already purchased a bundle during the pre-order – that’s awesome! And the good news is that shipping has already started…though if ...


Marco Ceppi
16 April 2016

Charm 2.0 makes it even easier to publish charms

Cloud and server Article

TL;DR There is a new package (and command) called charm that compliments the previous charm-tools package and provides a new way forward for managing charms and ...


Amrisha Prashar
15 April 2016

10 cool accessories for the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet

Phone and tablet Article

In the office we’ve been using the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet and have a few accessories to recommend with it! Check out the list below. Essentials Bluetooth Keyboard There are 100s of Bluetooth keyboards out there, and this one is definitely on the bulky side… But this one stands out for it’s super stable ...


Amrisha Prashar
15 April 2016

The world’s most affordable computer converged with our tablet!

Ubuntu Article

NexDock is a revolutionary laptop that harnesses the productivity of smartphones, tablets and mini PCs by adding a bluetooth keyboard, a capable battery and a 14-inch screen. The team in the bay area have collaborated with us on having the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet converged with NexDock. Check out this short video here that ...