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Rhys Davies
5 November 2019

ROSCon 2019 – Canonical

Robotics Article

What an exhausting, yet intriguing few days. Huge thanks to Open Robotics et. al. for hosting and setting it up. The fantastic community came in full force with far more people than last year, more people than ROSCon JP and more people than I would have ever guessed. Which is to say, there were more ...


Canonical
5 November 2019

Access ESM, now free to the community, via the updated Ubuntu Advantage client

Cloud and server Article

Canonical is happy to announce that all community users are entitled to a free Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure account for access to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) and Kernel Livepatch* for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) for up to three machines, and up to 50 machines for all official Ubuntu Members. ESM provides fixes for high ...


Galem KAYO
3 November 2019

Roadmap for Ubuntu official support for the Raspberry Pi 4

Internet of Things Article

Update: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 19.10 images for the Raspberry Pi 4 are now available on the Raspberry Pi downloads page. With 19.10 release of Ubuntu Server, Canonical announced official support for the Raspberry Pi 4. The latest board from the Raspberry Pi Foundation sports a faster system-on-a-chip with a processor that uses the Cortex-A7 ...


Rhys Davies
1 November 2019

The State of Robotics – October 2019

Internet of Things Article

October came, and October went. Happy November everybody. This month, since last month was quite Ubuntu robotics heavy, the focus is more on you. For you. Community news. But before we get to that, there are several updates from October to cover just in case you missed them. First, this month Canonical, the company that ...


Peter Mahnke
1 November 2019

Design and Web team summary – 25 October 2019

Design Article

Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web squad Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of the brochure websites across the Canonical. This was a very busy two weeks for the Web squad, especially with the exciting Ubuntu 19.10 release updates to be done. Takeovers and engage pages This ...


Chad Smith
29 October 2019

Ubuntu Server development summary – 29 October 2019

Cloud and server Article

Hello Ubuntu Server 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 ...


Tytus Kurek
29 October 2019

OpenStack Charms 19.10 – Train, Policy Overrides and more

Charms Article

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 19.10. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack across various areas. To learn more about Charmed OpenStack, visit our page. OpenStack Train This release introduces support for OpenStack Train on Ubu ...


Kyle Fazzari
28 October 2019

PSA for ROS users: Some things to know as Python 2 approaches EOL

Robotics Article

We recently got an interesting question from a customer, and I think the answer might be helpful to a wider audience. Python 2 will reach end of life in two months. This shouldn’t be news to anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock, and plans are in place to use Python 3 in Noetic ...


Katie Elston
28 October 2019

The masters speak: Forward-thinking Ubuntu users gather to share their experiences

AI Article

The inaugural Ubuntu Masters event brought together leaders from some of the world’s most exciting companies to talk about their infrastructure challenges and how they’re relying on open-source innovation to solve them. Comprised primarily of engineers and developers, the group convened at the NVIDIA campus in Santa Clara, CA, on October ...


Sarah Dickinson
28 October 2019

Standardising software to quickly deliver a smart city platform for millions

Internet of Things Article

New York has the highest population density of any city in the United States with over 27,000 people per square mile. The average New Yorker has a commute of 40 minutes, 14 more than the national average. There are over 200 languages spoken in the city. These statistics alone illustrate the challenge of communicating to ...


anaqvi
28 October 2019

Digest #2019.10.28 – AI for Biodiversity Research

Ubuntu Kubeflow

AI for Biodiversity Research – Google, in collaboration with Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), iNaturalist, and Visipedia is making a push to bring AI to biodiversity research. While ML is prevalent in biodiversity research, proper attribution and oversight is a hit or miss. Google is hoping to bridge the gap and raise the ...