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Alex Cattle
6 September 2019

Management of snaps in a controlled, enterprise environment

Ubuntu Article

Few enterprises want all their computing devices to be fully exposed to the internet. In an environment of ever-growing security threats, isolating internal networks from the wider internet is not simply best practice, but borderline essential. However, with all the benefits that restricted networks provide, it can pose challenges for ent ...


Jeremie Deray
5 September 2019

The teleop_tools arrive in ROS 2 Dashing!

Robotics Article

After exploring some ROS 2 subtleties and implementing some CLI tools we felt were missing, the time has come to get our hands even more dirty. What better way to learn than by doing? C’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron Humm, pardon my french, Practice makes perfect To enter the realm of ROS 2 and ...


Anthony Dillon
3 September 2019

Design and Web team summary – 03 September 2019

Design Article

This was a fairly busy two weeks for the Web & design team at Canonical.  Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web squad Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of the brochure websites across the Canonical. Build and release dqlite.io The dqlite.io site has been built and deployed. ...


Carmine Rimi
2 September 2019

Digest #2019.09.02 – The why of Kubeflow

AI Article

AI Tales: Building Machine learning pipeline using Kubeflow and Minio – Understand the Kubeflow value proposition in an entertaining format. The story starts with Joe, the neighbourhood Machine learning enthusiast. Joe reads a few things, becomes an expert, and then the real fun begins. He quickly runs into problems with portability, DevO ...


dragan-s
30 August 2019

Building a better TurtleBot3

Robotics Article

TurtleBot3 was released in 2017 and is positioned as a low-cost, open-source robot kit. For new owners of the TurtleBot3, there are various resources online that will assist you with building your brand new TurtleBot3 out of the box. One such example is the official TurtleBot3 instructional video. While it is a great video to ...


joemcmanus
29 August 2019

LXD in 4 Easy Steps

Cloud and server Article

I needed to install a clean instance of Bionic to test some code, but I did not want to use a full virtual machine as I was in a hurry.  To do this, I used LXD to quickly deploy new Bionic and Xenial instances in minutes.  If you are not familiar with LXD, it is ...


Igor Ljubuncic
29 August 2019

A technical comparison between snaps and debs

Desktop Article

How are snaps different from debs? This is a common question that comes up in technical discussions in the Linux community, especially among developers and users who have just embarked on their snap journey and are interested in learning more details. Indeed, the introduction of self-contained application format likes snaps has created a ...


Kyle Fazzari
28 August 2019

Canonical joins the ROS 2 Technical Steering Committee

Internet of Things Article

We at Canonical care deeply about robotics. We firmly believe that robots based on Linux are cheaper to develop, more flexible, more secure, and faster to market. One of the contributing factors to this being the case is the Robot Operating System (ROS). ROS is by far the most popular middleware for creating Linux-powered robots. ...


Andres Rodriguez
28 August 2019

Multi-tenancy in MAAS

Cloud and server Article

In this blog post, we are going to introduce the concept of multi-tenancy in MAAS. This allows operators to have different groups of users own a group of resources (machines) without ever even knowing about other groups of users enabling enhanced machine utilisation. A common use case for medium and large-scale environments is to provide ...


Jeremie Deray
27 August 2019

Components vs. Plugins in ROS 2

Robotics Article

After our series of post about ROS 2 CLI tools (1, 2), we continue exploring the ROS 2 realm taking a look at ROS 2 components and more specifically, how they compare to plugins. spoiler alert: Long story short, components are plugins. Short story long? Is that a thing? Well plugins and components are indeed ...


Alex Cattle
27 August 2019

A guide to developing Android apps on Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

Android is the most popular mobile operating system and is continuing to grow its market share. IDC expects that Android will have 85.5% of the market by 2022, demonstrating that app development on Android will continue to be an in-demand skill. For developers looking to build Android apps, Ubuntu is the ideal platform in conjunction with ...