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anastasiavalti
17 August 2020

Canonical demoes its Kubernetes solutions live at KubeCon EU 2020!

Kubernetes Article

The wait is over – KubeCon & ClouNativeCon Virtual EU 2020 is finally here and we’re so thrilled to open our booth’s proverbial doors to all you fellow Kubernetes folks! We’ve already mentioned a couple of things about what you can expect to find at the Canonical and Ubuntu booth at KubeCon this year, but ...


Kris Sharma
14 August 2020

Optimised authentication methods for Ubuntu Desktop

Desktop Article

Still counting on passwords to protect your workstation? When set up properly, alternatives to passwords provide a streamlined user experience while significantly improving security. These alternative authentication methods can also easily be combined to create a custom and adaptive authentication profile. This whitepaper introduces three ...


Tytus Kurek
14 August 2020

OpenStack Charms 20.08 – TrilioVault, Arista and more

Cloud and server Article

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 20.08. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack. TrilioVault backup and recovery One of the biggest enhancements brought by the OpenStack Charms 20.08 release is an addition of TrilioVault for OpenSt ...


Canonical
13 August 2020

Trilio and Canonical extend partnership to enable data protection for Charmed OpenStack

Cloud and server Article

Canonical and Trilio, announced today an extension of their partnership to include TrilioVault data protection capabilities with Charmed OpenStack as a tested and validated joint solution. TrilioVault for OpenStack is a cloud-native, application-centric data protection platform that was designed to provide native backup and recovery for p ...


Sohini Bianka Roy
13 August 2020

Registration is now open for microWSLConf 2020

Desktop Article

Join us on September 9th/10th for a free celebration of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Register Now Canonical is honoured to unite our growing and diverse community for two packed days of presentations, breakout sessions, and workshops on WSL. You’ll get to hear from the core Canonical team, innovative trailblazers in the community, as ...


Rhys Davies
13 August 2020

Develop Uno Platform projects on Linux with Visual Studio

Internet of Things Article

Uno Platform is bringing their support to Linux. Uno allows you to build native mobile, desktop, and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML from a single code base. You can build Linux applications with Uno using Visual Studio and Ubuntu on WSL. In collaboration with Uno, we built a mock-up snap that measures and adjusts ...


Canonical
11 August 2020

Kubernetes 1.19 release candidate available for testing

Canonical announcements Article

The Kubernetes 1.19 release candidate is now available for download and experimentation ahead of general availability later this month. You can try it now with MicroK8s. To get the latest Kubernetes on your machine, install MicroK8s and get a lightweight, zero-ops K8s cluster in no time: sudo snap install microk8s –channel=1.19/candidate ...


haydenb
7 August 2020

Next WSLConf date set, CFP now open through 15th August

Ubuntu Article

WSLConf is the first and only community conference dedicated to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Canonical proudly sponsored the first WSLConf in March 2020. Since then Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL 2 has arrived and support for AI/ML workloads is available in Windows Insiders. With WSL growing, WSLConf community organizers did not want to wait a ...


Adi Singh
7 August 2020

The State of Robotics – July 2020

Robotics Article

We know a lot of you are on vacation so we’ll keep this month’s State of Robotics edition short and sweet. Try out the Hello World of ROS Looking for an easy way to get familiar with ROS 2? We recently published a few helpers on how to simulate robots with turtlesim to help our ...


Canonical
6 August 2020

Infographic: Ubuntu from 2004 to 20.04 LTS

Canonical announcements Article

Today, the first point release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS went live! To celebrate, we wanted to share how Ubuntu has evolved since the first release in 2004 to where we are today with 20.04. Thanks to those in the community and our users for your contributions and joining us on this journey. Upgrade to Ubuntu ...


Rhys Davies
6 August 2020

Set up Collabora Online on the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance

Internet of Things Article

Alongside five popular software projects, we recently launched a new initiative called Ubuntu Appliances. A portfolio of software that allows users to turn a Raspberry Pi or an Intel NUC into a secure, self-hosted device. The initial launch included the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance. An application that enables you to host your own cloud, on ...