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Matthieu James
26 November 2015

An expanded device mono icon set

Ubuntu Featured

We will soon push an update of the Suru icon theme that includes more device icons in order to support the Ubuntu convergence story. Because the existing icon set was focused on mobile, many of the new icons are very specific to the desktop, as we were missing icons such as hard disk, optical drive, ...


James Donner
25 November 2015

#MadeWithJuju: Apache Analytics SQL

Cloud and server Article

With last week’s announcement of Autopilot GA, we’re making the installation of OpenStack easier than ever. But once you’ve deployed OpenStack using our Autopilot tool, what’s next? Have you considered Juju for Big Data? Canonical’s service modeling tool allows you to deploy cloud services in seconds. With Big Data on the rise, Juju is be ...


Adam Stokes
25 November 2015

Juju plugin: search charmstore

Cloud and server Article

Sometimes it is just quicker to type a few commands on the cli than opening your browser window, going to jujucharms.com and typing out a search term to see what is available to you. So I wrote a tiny plugin to speed that up a bit. Install the plugin Currently supports Trusty, Vivid, and Wily ...


Adam Israel
24 November 2015

Diving into Juju

Cloud and server Article

In my last post, I introduced you to Juju and talked about how it could help you. Now I’d like to walk you through some real world examples of Juju in action. Workloads Bundles are used to represent workloads. Bundles can be simple, like the WordPress example in the previous post, or complex. OpenStack If ...


Canonical
24 November 2015

Opus 2 develops the “legal cloud of the future” on Ubuntu OpenStack

Cloud and server Case study

London-based Opus 2 International is an independent software and services provider specialising in technology for the legal profession. Opus 2’s flagship service, Magnum™, is built entirely on Ubuntu OpenStack and has dramatically simplified the way in which legal evidence is managed: Opus 2 Magnum™ users report 66% reduction in costs; 32 ...


Graham Bancroft
23 November 2015

Vanilla: theme wrapping

Ubuntu Development

If you’ve been following our Vanilla framework series of blog posts you’ll be aware of why we needed this new framework and have a little insight into how we’ve set about using it. With this post we’ll be delving a little further into how we include and customise the framework for our Ubuntu family of ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
20 November 2015

Snickerdoodle: the maker board with robotic powers!

Internet of Things Article

  Snickerdoodle is no ordinary maker board… it will let you achieve your wildest maker dreams from robotics to advanced networking! And their crowdfunding campaign is about to finish… so it’s your last chance to grab the”Raspberry Pi for Robots” A maker board with super powers Most makers will have experienced a feeling of frustration ...


James Donner
20 November 2015

Juju Charmer Summit: Designing For Success

Cloud and server Article

In our next video, watch Marco Ceppi, a prolific Juju Charmer, deliver a follow-up to Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote. This one is entitled “Designing For Success.” This talk provides a comprehensive introduction to the pieces that make Juju magic happen. We recommend that anyone interested in writing Charms or the process of charming watch t ...


Canonical
20 November 2015

Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day

Ubuntu Featured

Today we celebrate our amazing Ubuntu Community and show our appreciation for all the hard work put into making Ubuntu what it is today. Ubuntu is not just an operating system, it is a whole community in which everybody collaborates with everybody to bring to the life a wonderful human experience. When you download the ...


Maarten Ectors
20 November 2015

The Top 5 Telecom Problems can be Solved

Cloud and server Article

This year’s TAD Summit was a success but it was another sign that telecom operators are more likely to follow Kodak than become the next Google. The future of telecom will look very red, blood red, not Vodafone red, unless telcos start really upping their game. The future looks bad because telecoms have reached their ...


Canonical
19 November 2015

Phone Update: OTA-8

Phone and tablet Article

The full list of Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below: New weather application Improved Contacts sync (implements a new syncronisation engine) The sound indicator now provides audio playback controls – currently play and pause only, skip forward/skip backward to follow New Twitter scope includes the ability to tweeet, comment, follow a ...