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Canonical
22 October 2015

What’s new in Ubuntu 15.10: desktop and devices

Desktop Article

The desktop edition of Ubuntu 15.10 will be available for download from today – 22nd October – with the latest developer tools and freshest desktop interface, with a preview of the converged phone, desktop and tablet experience that has been making waves in the tech community. Over-the-air updates to Ubuntu Phone Users of the Ubuntu ...


Canonical
22 October 2015

What’s new in Ubuntu 15.10: cloud and server?

Cloud and server News

General availability of Canonical’s OpenStack Autopilot, the fastest and easiest way to build an Ubuntu OpenStack cloud LXD machine containers: a pure container hypervisor hosting Ubuntu, CentOS and other Linux guests Tech Preview:  nova-compute-lxd OpenStack driver for machine containers Tech Preview: DPDK fast network packet processing ...


Canonical
21 October 2015

Announcing the UbuCon Summit

Desktop Article

I am thrilled to announce the next big event in the Ubuntu calendar: the UbuCon Summit, taking place in Pasadena, CA, in the US, from the 21st to 22nd of January 2016, hosted at SCALE and with Mark Shuttleworth on the opening keynote.Taking UbuCons to the next levelUbuCons are a remarkable achievement from the Ubuntu community: a network ...


Canonical
21 October 2015

Snappy Core unlocks IoT value within the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series

Internet of Things News

Yesterday marked the launch of the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series, a purpose-built IoT gateway designed to work in the most extreme conditions and to enable customers to perform analytics on the edge of the network; pre-transmitting them to the cloud. It has many mounting and connectivity options which enables it to be used in previously ...


Richard Collins
20 October 2015

Ubuntu’s path to convergence

Desktop Article

Ubuntu device convergence is now starting to happen as we move closer to bringing the first smartphones to market carrying a full Ubuntu desktop interface. The real test for a smartphone which can double up as a PC is to give users the same experience from their smartphone as they get from their primary PC. ...


Andrew McLeod
19 October 2015

Juju Big Data at Strata+Hadoop World

Cloud and server Article

Earlier this month, myself and Kevin — another member of the Juju big data team — attended the 2015 Strata+Hadoop World conference in New York City. As my first big data conference since joining the Juju team, it was an impressive experience, both running the competition pod at our Canonical booth and hearing speakers go ...


Jorge O. Castro
19 October 2015

Announcing the 2nd Juju Charmer Summit

Cloud and server Article

After a wonderful start in Washington DC the Juju Charmer Summit is back! This time we’ll be colocated with Config Management Camp, 1-3 February 2016, in beautiful Gent, Belgium. Join us for three full days of training, workshops, talks, and community collaboration with other automation tool communities. We’ve launch a little mini-site wi ...


Amrisha Prashar
19 October 2015

Phone update: OTA-7

Phone and tablet Article

The full list of Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below: Scopes Improved social media handling – support for ‘Likes’ and ‘Retweets’ Browser Add search to history view Improved context menu with options to download links Http basic auth support Gallery Support SVG format Soundcloud webapp now plays in the background Bug Fixes Fix for test ...


Maria Bonnefon
19 October 2015

Tendering with Ubuntu

Ubuntu Article

Why are companies still panic stricken about the use of Linux? When you ask the general public how they feel about Android, Chrome or Chromium, most individuals have few concerns. They tend to cite numerous reasons for choosing a preferred operating system; raving about its superior quality. However, if you ask them how they feel ...


Amrisha Prashar
16 October 2015

Origami Wily Werewolf Competition

Phone and tablet Article

In March we held a competition that asked participants to create their best version of a Unicorn Origami to celebrate our design theme for the Ubuntu Phone. With the upcoming launch of 15.10, we’d love to see your best version of Wily Werewolf using your Origami skills. The following pdf can help you design your ...


Maarten Ectors
16 October 2015

PiGlow API: one small snap for humanity…

Internet of Things Article

Victor Palau created a very nice blog post around the PiGlow. With his permission we are reproducing it here. My first steps into snappifying, I have publish a RestApi for PiGlow (glowapi 0.1.2). I though it might be a good first step and mildly useful for people wanting to set up build notifications, twitter mentions, ...