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Jorge O. Castro
19 February 2016

Real world Big Data workloads in the cloud

Ubuntu Article

In this talk from SCaLE 14x Kevin Monroe talks about how we are working on getting production grade big data workloads in the cloud. ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
19 February 2016

Community collaborates on new convergent Ubuntu phones

Phone and tablet Article

Today, we’re celebrating the arrival of two new Ubuntu phone community ports! If you’re the lucky owner of a Sony Xperia Z1  you will soon be able to download an image to turn it into an Ubuntu phone and PC! Alternatively if you’re the owner of a OnePlus One you will be able to flash ...


Dustin Kirkland
18 February 2016

Container World 2016: Application and Machine Containers (slides)

Cloud and server Article

I had the opportunity to speak at Container World 2016 in Santa Clara yesterday.  Thanks in part to the Netflix guys who preceded me, the room was absolutely packed!You can download a PDF of my slides here, or flip through them embedded below.I’d ...


Canonical
18 February 2016

Canonical and Samsung demonstrate Ubuntu Core on SAMSUNG ARTIK™

Internet of Things News

‘snappy’ Ubuntu Core ported to SAMSUNG ARTIK™ platform, running sample applications Best of breed security critical for IoT Canonical today announced that it has joined the SAMSUNG ARTIK™ IoT ecosystem to enable faster development and deployment of IoT applications and services. Canonical is publishing a developer image of ‘snappy’ Ubuntu ...


Dustin Kirkland
18 February 2016

ZFS Licensing and Linux

Cloud and server Article

We at Canonical have conducted a legal review, including discussion with the industry’s leading software freedom legal counsel, of the licenses that apply to the Linux kernel and to ZFS.And in doing so, we have concluded that we are acting within the r ...


Canonical
18 February 2016

MWC stand: behind the scenes (part 2)

Ubuntu Featured

It’s day two behind the scenes at MWC and the stand is starting to take shape. The iconic orange Ubuntu flags are up, the walls and doors have been assembled, and the flooring has been put down. We are nearly there…   Stay tuned tomorrow to see our final preparations for the stand. ...


Jorge O. Castro
17 February 2016

Juju Office Hours for February 2016

Cloud and server Videos

Come join the Charmer Summit After Party! We’re back from FOSDEM and Config Management Camp! In this session we’ll talk about the events, topics covered, and give you a sneak peek of what’s coming up in Juju 2.0. ...


Jorge O. Castro
17 February 2016

Juju GUI 2.0.3 released

Cloud and server Videos

The latest release of the Juju GUI has just been packaged up and brings with it a number of small but important bug fixes: Fixed an issue where deploying the same charm multiple times would generate invalid charm names. Fixed an issue where it would require two clicks to click between services on the canvas. ...


Canonical
17 February 2016

Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition launches globally

Phone and tablet Article

Highest specification Ubuntu phone launches internationally with Meizu Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition available for pre-order during Mobile World Congress 2016 Host of new features: the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and partners in 12 months Chinese smartphone manufacturer Meizu, jointly with Canonical, announces the global launch ...


Kevin W Monroe
16 February 2016

Juju Big Data hits the conference scene

Cloud and server Article

Though only a few weeks into 2016, the Juju Big Data team has already been busy engaging diverse communities at conferences and meetups. We’d like to share our perspective on a few of those engagements here. SCaLE 14x / UbuCon, Jan 20-24, Pasadena This year’s Southern California Linux Expo was especially exciting as it also ...


Dustin Kirkland
16 February 2016

ZFS is *the* FS for Containers in Ubuntu 16.04!

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) is only a few short weeks away, and with it comes one of the most exciting new features Linux has seen in a very long time…ZFS — baked directly into Ubuntu — supported by Canonical.What is ZFS?ZFS is a combination of a vol ...