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Magdalena Mirowicz
6 May 2016

How we introduced Scrum to the Web Team

Ubuntu Notes

At the beginning of the year our team – who look after the core websites in the Ubuntu ecosystem – decided to adjust our project delivery process and go full-on Scrum. This is hardly shocking news these days. Actually, you can find way more people writing about how they decided to ditch Scrum and what ...


matt-c-irvine
5 May 2016

What’s possible with Ubuntu on Mainframe?

Cloud and server Article

IBM Systems Magazine Webinar “Discover the Cloud and Scale Out World of Ubuntu”held on 27 April 2016 Recently announced support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on IBM LinuxONE and z Systems has created a paradigm shift in a world that often does not see much change. Systems that cannot fail, systems that the world relies on, ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
5 May 2016

Ubuntu Core now available for Samsung ARTIK 5 and 10

Internet of Things Article

If you have been waiting to try Ubuntu Core on the Samsung ARTIK 5 or 10… the wait is over! Developer images for the 2 boards are now available from developer.ubuntu.com . This image gives access to a number of the Samsung ARTIK functionalities, Bluetooth, wifi, and gives developer a powerful platform to build their ...


Christian Ehrhardt
5 May 2016

The new simplicity to consume DPDK

Cloud and server Article

DPDK is a fast moving project comprised of a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing. It utilizes polling threads, huge pages, numa locality and multi core processing to achieve low latencies and a high packet processing rate. Up until recently most guides to consume or experiment with DPDK looked like this: Download ...


Gustavo Niemeyer
4 May 2016

Security confinement in Ubuntu Core

Cloud and server Article

As much anticipated, the recent release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS included integrated support for snaps on classic Ubuntu. The snap format is part of Ubuntu Core, a modern software platform that includes the ability to define rich interfaces between snaps that control their security and confinement, comprehensive observation and control of syst ...


Amrisha Prashar
4 May 2016

What the community said about the M10 tablet

Phone and tablet Article

More, One, Needs, Life…these were some of the keywords used when we asked you, ‘What your life would look like if all your computing needs fitted into one device.’ With our first tablet that does just this – fit all your computing needs within one device – now available to buy, we wanted to celebrate ...


Amrisha Prashar
3 May 2016

Evolving the scopes journey

Phone and tablet Article

We’ve come along way on the Scopes journey. We first launched them over a year ago to show you a new way to enjoy content and services on your smartphones without relying on traditional apps. Scopes bring everything you need onto one screen without the need to open and switch between multiple apps – revolving ...


April’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

Here are the best links shared by the design team over the last month: Framer – Design tool for creating interactive designs, interfaces and animations Cinematic Continuity in User Interface Design The Design Issue 2016 – Bloomberg Businessweek Improving your UX and UI with phantom guides Still thinking you don’t need HTTPS? Your kids mig ...


Amrisha Prashar
29 April 2016

LTS 16.04 review roundup!

Desktop Article

What a month! We had the release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS that allowed us to bring out newer software for desktop in the form of snap packaging formats and tools. By bringing snap packages to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS we are unifying the experience for Ubuntu developers, whether they are creating software for PC, Server, Mobile, ...


Grazina Borosko
28 April 2016

Wallpaper design for Xenial Xerus 16.04

Ubuntu Featured

April marks the release of Xerus 16.4 and with it we bring a new design of our iconic wallpaper. This post will take you through our design process and how we have integrated our Suru visual language. Evolution The foundation of our recent designs are based on our Suru visual language, which encompasses our core ...


Dustin Kirkland
27 April 2016

Ubuntu & IBM on POWER and LinuxOne Webinar

Cloud and server Article

I’m delighted to share the slides from our joint IBM and Canonical webinar about Ubuntu on IBM POWER8 and LinuxOne servers.  You can download the PDF here, watch the recording here, or tab through the slides or watch the video embedded below. &nbs ...