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Hugo Huang
14 December 2021

Data Pipelines Overview

Cloud and server Article

A Data Pipeline is a series of processes that collects raw data from various sources, filters the disqualified data, transforms them into the appropriate format, moves them to the places you want to store them, analyzes them, and finally presents them to your audience. As we can see in the chart above, a data pipeline ...


Edoardo Barbieri
13 December 2021

Internet of Things and Ubuntu: 2021 highlights

Internet of Things Article

With rising unit shipments and hardware spending, 2021 will go into the record books as a critical year in the ever-increasing adoption of connected devices. Ubuntu – the modern, open-source Linux operating system for the enterprise server, desktop, and cloud – is rapidly becoming the de-facto standard for Internet of Things ( IoT) device ...


Bill Wear
13 December 2021

Linux deployment tools: MAAS 3.1 for hot metal

Cloud and server Article

Back a few months ago, we did a feature poll on our MAAS forum, and the most-requested new feature turned out to be “Recommission/rescan a machine after it has been deployed“. With the release of MAAS 3.1, we’ve added that feature, making MAAS an even better choice for linux deployment tools. Here’s a sample of ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
11 December 2021

The State of Robotics – November 2021

Robotics Article

Learning how to fly. Again. Because certain technologies and processes can always be optimized. Take laptops, for instance (I always wanted to become a laptop designer!). From foldable screens to computers that incorporate e-readers, we are always pushing for new designs that address ergonomic requirements but also improve the way we work ...


Maciej Mazur
10 December 2021

WSL for data scientist

AI Article

Windows Subsystem for Linux for data scientists Ubuntu is the number one choice for data scientists worldwide. It is also by far the most popular Linux distribution used on public clouds with machine learning offerings. However, we don’t forget about our Windows friends – many of whom had their operating system chosen by corporate IT ...


Oliver Smith
9 December 2021

Raspberry Pi Tutorial: Host a Minecraft server on Ubuntu Desktop

Desktop Article

Welcome to the second in our series of Linux gaming posts in the run up to the holidays. This week, we’ve put together a tutorial that teaches you how to create a basic Minecraft Server on a Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu Desktop, so you can play locally with your friends. This is a great afternoon ...


Oliver Smith
9 December 2021

What FlutterFire’s announcement means for Desktop Developers

Desktop Article

We cover what Flutter’s latest Firebase announcement means for desktop developers and how to get started with Flutter on Ubuntu Desktop. ...


Valentin Viennot
9 December 2021

How to colourise black & white pictures with OpenVINO™ on Ubuntu containers (Part 2)

AI Article

This blog is the last part of a series – don’t miss parts one and zero. We’re on a mission to demonstrate OpenVINO™ on Ubuntu containers; from the consistently outstanding developer experience to the added trust to your software supply chain. In this blog, I’ll guide you on your way to building and deploying an ...


Maciej Mazur
9 December 2021

Canonical joins Magma Foundation

Telecommunications Telecommunications

We at Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, are pleased to join hands with the Magma Foundation. Magma connects the world to a faster network by providing operators an open, flexible, and extendable mobile core network solution. Its simplicity and low-cost structure empower innovators to build mobile networks that were never imagined befo ...


Bill Wear
6 December 2021

Announcing MAAS 3.1: bare metal cloud gets easier

Cloud and server Article

We are happy to announce that MAAS 3.1 has been released. Bare metal provisioning just got even easier! MAAS 3.1 brings some of the most frequently-requested features into the product. A lot of this is serendipity — or maybe you could say that it’s about like minds tracking the same problem. Either way, we’re doing ...


robgibbon
6 December 2021

Canonical Data Platform 2021 winter roundup

AI Article

Canonical Data Platform: that was 2021 It’s that time of the year again: many folks are panic buying cans of windscreen de-icer spray and thermal underwear, bringing pine trees into the front room and preparing to enjoy an extended break with the family. So we thought to ourselves, what better time than now to take ...