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Canonical and Wolfram Research® are excited to announce the first app collaboration with cloud connect functionality for Ubuntu developers and users. The Wolfram Data Drop™ Logging mobile application is available now on the Ubuntu Phone and is already available to download from the Ubuntu Store. This is the first in a series of initiative

This is the ninth blog post in this series about LXD 2.0.IntroductionOne of the very exciting feature of LXD 2.0, albeit experimental, is the support for container checkpoint and restore.Simply put, checkpoint/restore means that the running container state can be serialized down to disk and then restored, either on the same host as a stat

This week at the Openstack Developers Summit we are excited to showcase how Canonical with IBM, Mesosphere, Skymind and Data Fellas are working together to make the opportunities of deep learning easier for everyone to access. Deep learning is a completely new way of building applications. These applications, built around neuronet models

With the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Editon tablet seeping into the hands of many and questions asked around how the tablet has the ability to take on various modes – we thought we’d create a DIY one-pager that shows you how versatile the tablet truly is! Check out the guide below to follow the steps

Carlos Gonzales gives some insight about his role as a Engineer Manager for our Ecosystems and his outlook about meeting people at OpenStack. What does your department do at Canonical? My department develops, supports and sustain the OpenStack distribution as part of the Ubuntu package and Canonical’s Cloud product and service offering. I

With the release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS we now offer the same great Ubuntu experience on z Systems and LinuxONE servers as x86 and OpenPower platforms. Download now Ubuntu is the platform of choice for new cloud-native applications from modern development teams. It dominates public cloud guest volume and production OpenStack deployments with

Last month, the web team had an offsite (outside of the office) week sprint in Holborn, central London. We don’t all work on exactly the same projects in our day-to-day, so it’s nice to have this type of sprint, where everyone can work together and show each other what we’ve been working on over the

Introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format Introduces LXD pure-container hypervisor with OpenStack Mitaka Supports IBM Z and LinuxONE systems with flat pricing Steps towards converged Ubuntu across IOT, Phone, Desktop and Server Introduces ZFS and CephFS for large-scale cloud storage LONDON 20th April 2016: Canonical announced t

In this blog series, learn about life at Canonical through the employees working on the cloud side. Alexia Emmanoulopoulou: Marketing Manager – Demand Generation Describe what do you do at Canonical I am a Demand Generation Marketing Manager in the Cloud Marketing team, responsible for the execution of marketing activities designed to dri

Today Mesosphere announced the open source release of the DC/OS (Datacenter Operating System) Project, backed by dozens of partners including Canonical. DC/OS supplies an operating system model for the datacenter building on the Apache Mesos environment. The DC/OS project is an open source technology and a building ecosystem of more than

The next post in the LXD series is currently blocked on a pending kernel fix, so I figured I’d do an out of series post on how to use the LXD API directly.Setting up the LXD daemonThe LXD REST API can be accessed over either a local Unix socket or over HTTPs. The protocol in both case is identical, the only difference being that the Unix

Last month we announced that the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet was available as a pre-order bundle. This time round, we’re pleased to let you know that it’s available to buy now! If you’ve already purchased a bundle during the pre-order – that’s awesome! And the good news is that shipping has already started…though if

TL;DR There is a new package (and command) called charm that compliments the previous charm-tools package and provides a new way forward for managing charms and

In the office we’ve been using the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet and have a few accessories to recommend with it! Check out the list below. Essentials Bluetooth Keyboard There are 100s of Bluetooth keyboards out there, and this one is definitely on the bulky side… But this one stands out for it’s super stable

NexDock is a revolutionary laptop that harnesses the productivity of smartphones, tablets and mini PCs by adding a bluetooth keyboard, a capable battery and a 14-inch screen. The team in the bay area have collaborated with us on having the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet converged with NexDock. Check out this short video here that

I’m thrilled to introduce Docker 1.10.3, supported on every Ubuntu architecture, for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and announce the General Availability of Ubuntu Fan Networking!That’s Ubuntu Docker binaries and Ubuntu Docker images for:armhf (rpi2, et al. IoT devices)arm64 (Cavium, et al. servers)i686 (does anyone seriously still run 32-bit intel se