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10 August 2017

Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes: Dev Summary 2017 (Week 32)

Cloud and server Article

August 4th concluded our most recent development sprint on the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes (CDK). Here are some highlights: Testing & Planning CDK offline testing plan. We wrote up a plan for testing CDK in an environment where there is no (or severely limited) egress internet access. The end goal is to ensure that CDK can be dep ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
10 August 2017

Fresh Snaps from July 2017

Cloud and server Article

If you’re thinking July = holidays… think again! This month’s pick of the top snaps is all about productivity. Graphic design tools, web code editor, Go IDE, JSON configuration, blockchain wallet and Openstack… Ready for an active summer? If the term “snaps” doesn’t ring a bell, they are a new way for developers to package ...


Canonical
9 August 2017

Weekly Kernel Development Summary – Aug 9, 2017

Cloud and server Article

This is the Ubuntu Kernel Team highlights and status for the week. If you would like to reach the kernel team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-kernel channel on FreeNode. Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu Kernel Team mailing list at: kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com. Highlights Add virtualbox guest driver to artful 4.13 kernel Start work ...


Canonical
9 August 2017

git ubuntu clone

Cloud and server Article

This is the second post in a collaborative series between Robie Basak and myself to introduce (more formally) git ubuntuto a broader audience. There is an index of all our planned posts in the first post. As mentioned there, it is important to keep in mind that the tooling and implementation are still highly experimental. In this post, we ...


Canonical
9 August 2017

68% of businesses are struggling to hire talent for IoT

Canonical announcements News

Research from Canonical shows businesses are battling with drought in the “Internet of Talent” pool London, 9th August 2017 – Businesses are struggling to recruit employees with the skills needed to make the internet of things a success according to a new IoT Business Models report from Canonical – the makers of the IoT operating ...


Frank
8 August 2017

Hardware cryptography with Ubuntu Server on IBM Z and LinuxONE

Cloud and server Article

Hardware cryptography with Ubuntu Server on IBM Z and LinuxONEThis time I’m proud to blog about the availability of a new technical paper that describes in detail, and based on many examples, how to use hardware supported cryptography on IBM Z and Linu ...


Canonical
8 August 2017

Ubuntu Foundations Development Summary: August 8, 2017

Cloud and server Article

This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Foundations Team.  There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the Foundations team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-devel channel on freenode. Highlights Brian Murray explains how one can ...


Udi Nachmany
8 August 2017

Ubuntu in NYC: Kubernetes in minutes and enterprise support on AWS

Cloud and server Article

On August 14th, at the Javits Convention Center in midtown Manhattan, Canonical will be participating in the AWS Summit. Ubuntu has long been popular with users of AWS due to its stability, regular cadence of releases, and scale-out-friendly usage model. Canonical optimizes, builds, and regularly publishes the latest Ubuntu images to the ...


Alan Pope
8 August 2017

Ubuntu Artful Desktop Fit and Finish Sprint

Desktop Article

The Artful development cycle is full speed ahead to the Ubuntu 17.10 release in October. As you may have heard, we’re switching the default desktop from Unity to GNOME Shell in this cycle. With such a significant change, we need all the eyeballs we can get on every part of the desktop experience. As usual ...


jeffpihach
7 August 2017

JAAS & Juju update: Juju GUI 2.8.0

Cloud and server Article

JAAS has seen 2 minor and 6 patch updates in the last nine weeks. Let’s talk about what’s new as of the 2.8.0 release. Direct Deploy Direct Deploy gets your solutions deployed easier and faster. The feature allows you to create Juju cards which will add the specified bundle or charm to a new model ...


Joshua Powers
4 August 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 4 Aug 2017

Ubuntu Article

The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team mailing list. Spotlight: git ...