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Gustavo Niemeyer
3 August 2017

Stable releases, sprints, & more: A snapd recap

Desktop Article

The past few weeks have been very busy in the snapd world, and involved not only coding by itself but also face-to-face meet ups to discuss and detail what is to come. If you’re interested in what has been going on and what is to come, please read on. 2.26 went stable! It has been ...


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3 August 2017

Upgrading your Ubuntu-on-Windows install to the app version

Desktop Article

Our team and Microsoft recently released Ubuntu as a Windows app store application! If you toyed with the “bash on Ubuntu on Windows” version before and would like to try the latest and greatest, read on! Saving your data If your “bash on ubuntu on windows” environment has some data you’d like to keep, make sure you ...


Canonical
2 August 2017

Weekly Kernel Development Summary – Aug 2, 2017

Cloud and server Article

Development (Artful / 17.10) We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. The artful kernel is now based on Linux 4.11. The Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017. The Artful kernel in the archive has been rebased to 4.11.12. The Artful staging repository has been rebased to 4.12.4. ...


Canonical
1 August 2017

Ubuntu Foundations Development Summary: August 1, 2017

Cloud and server Article

This newsletter is here 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 announced a change ...


Canonical
1 August 2017

Snap Updates are getting smaller, here’s why:

Cloud and server Article

This is a guest post by Thomi Richards. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com One of the nicest features of snap packages is that it allows publishers to control which dependencies are shipped with their application: It’s endlessly frustrating to find that your users are experiencing bro ...


Sarah Dickinson
31 July 2017

How to pick a winning IoT business model – Infographic

Internet of Things Article

The potential for IoT is huge but many businesses are still grappling with how it can benefit their organisation and how exactly to get started. Canonical recently surveyed over 360 IoT professionals to examine their current and future challenges plus opportunities that exist for organisations looking to become IoT ready. This infographic ...


Joshua Powers
28 July 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 28 Jul 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: Developing ...


Will Cooke
28 July 2017

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: July 28, 2017

Desktop Article

Here’s the latest in the world of Desktop: GNOME We’ve been looking at ways to port the feature of allowing the sound to go above 100%. This is needed because some computers (e.g. Thinkpad X220) have a fairly low volume at 100% and so adding some software amplification is a useful addition. While this does ...


Canonical
28 July 2017

The Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes: Development Summary #4

Cloud and server Article

This blog was originally posted by Tim Van Steenburgh July 21st concluded our most recent development sprint on the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes (CDK). Here’s a look at what we did. Fixes and Improvements Check out the full list on GitHub. Here are some notables: Made load balancer port configurable Changed default –service-cluste ...


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28 July 2017

MAAS Development Summary – July 30th 2017

Cloud and server Article

Hello MAASters! The MAAS development summaries are back!The past three weeks the team has been made good progress on three main areas, the development of 2.3, maintenance for 2.2, and out new and improved python library (libmaas).MAAS 2.3 (current development release)The first official MAAS 2.3 release has been prepared. It is currently u ...



27 July 2017

Weekly Kernel Development Summary – Wed July 27, 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 The upstream stable releases, 4.4.77 and 4.4.78, have been ap ...