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Kyle Fazzari
17 June 2020

ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy and its Enhanced Security Monitoring

Robotics Article

We’re pleased to welcome the newest ROS 2 release, Foxy Fitzroy. A long-term support (LTS) release, (supported for three years), Foxy runs on the latest Ubuntu LTS, the also-recently-released Ubuntu 20.04 (supported for five years, or even longer with an ESM subscription). Putting together a distribution like Foxy is a ton of work. Open R ...


Rhys Davies
16 June 2020

The Ubuntu Appliance portfolio

Internet of Things Article

We are delighted to share a new initiative – the Ubuntu Appliance portfolio. Together with NextCloud, Mosquitto, Plex, OpenHAB and AdGuard, we have created a new class of Ubuntu derivatives: specialised appliance images that do one thing beautifully. Ubuntu Appliances transform a Raspberry Pi or PC into a secure, self-updating solution, f ...


Tytus Kurek
16 June 2020

Is Ubuntu an enterprise Linux distribution?

Cloud and server Article

Is Ubuntu an enterprise Linux distribution? If you are asking, you are probably wondering if you can use Ubuntu anywhere else other than your workstation or development environment. Perhaps you are wondering whether you can implement Ubuntu in your enterprise, including production environments? If that is the case, I have good news for yo ...


Canonical
15 June 2020

OVHcloud drives flash storage strategy with LXD

Ceph Article

With more than 1.5 million global customers – including Sainsburys and Michelin – OVHcloud is Europe’s largest cloud computing provider, and the third largest web hosting company in the world. It goes without saying that storage is mission critical for an organisation like OVHcloud, but finding a solution that was compatible with their ex ...


Igor Ljubuncic
12 June 2020

Productivity is but a snap away – useful applications for your everyday needs

Desktop Article

The state of being productive comes in various guises. Sometimes, you want to do more. Sometimes, you want less. It’s been a while since we toured the Snap Store, and we thought you would be interested in a fresh batch of cool, fun and useful applications that can help you perfect your daily digital activities. ...


Rui Vasconcelos
12 June 2020

Security breach

Ubuntu Article

Microsoft exposes attacks to Kubeflow deployments Microsoft publishes report detailing series of attacks against clusters running Kubeflow with the purpose of mining cryptocurrencies. To ensure that you are on the safe side, follow the steps below: 1. When deploying Kubeflow, make sure that its dashboard isn’t exposed to the internet: che ...


Pierre Equoy
10 June 2020

People and processes behind “Ubuntu certified” devices

Desktop Article

While searching for your next GNU/Linux enabled computer, you may have found that some vendors such as Dell, HP and Lenovo sell a selection of desktops and laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed. In fact, Ubuntu is certified on an ever-growing list of hardware. But what does it mean exactly for such a device to be “Ubuntu ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
9 June 2020

Ubuntu at the Microsoft European Virtual Open Source Summit

Cloud and server Article

Event overview and main themes On June 16th 2020, the Microsoft European Virtual Open Source Summit will be the occasion to meet and hear from all the communities, entrepreneurs and developers involved in building the future of open source technologies in the cloud. This is an opportunity to explore all the areas where Microsoft and ...


Anthony Dillon
9 June 2020

Design and Web team summary – 9th June 2020

Design Article

The web team here at Canonical run two-week iterations. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Meet the team 👋 My name is Sam, and I am a project manager on the web team. I help run a few of our squads in the web team. The web squad, ...


Igor Ljubuncic
5 June 2020

Fabrica – Your self-hosted snap factory

Cloud and server Article

There are many ways one can go about building snaps. You can do it on your local system, by manually running commands in a terminal window. If you have a developer account in the Snap Store, you can use the integrated build functionality to create snaps. You can also use Launchpad, Electron Builder or a ...


Alex Chalkias
5 June 2020

OSM#9 Hackfest: the highlights

Cloud and server Article

Canonical concluded its participation in the 9th OSM Hackfest with a renewed sense of fellowship with the Open Source MANO (OSM) community and great pride in the collaborative work that enabled an end-to-end mobile network orchestration demo using OSM’s model-driven capabilities to onboard network services. Following the successful organi ...