Blog posts tagged
"centos"

11 posts

Lech Sandecki
23 October 2024

6 facts for CentOS users who are holding on

Article Cloud and server

Considering migrating to Ubuntu from other Linux platforms, such as CentOS? Find six useful facts to get started!

Lech Sandecki
23 October 2024

Kris Sharma
17 October 2024

Why is Ubuntu Linux the leading choice to replace CentOS for financial services?

Article Financial Services

Financial services are powered by technology. The customer experience is increasingly driven by data, with tailoring of products and services to reflect individual behaviors and preferences. All of this rests on a foundation of secure, stable technology that can support agility and flexibility to adapt to customer...

Kris Sharma
17 October 2024

Oliver Smith
17 May 2024

Migrating from CentOS to Ubuntu: a guide for system administrators and DevOps

Article Cloud and server

CentOS 7 is on track to reach its end-of-life (EoL) on June 30, 2024. Post this date, the CentOS Project will cease to provide updates or support, including vital security patches. Moving away from the RHEL-based ecosystem might appear daunting, but if you’re considering Ubuntu the switch can be both straightforward and...

Oliver Smith
17 May 2024

Canonical
9 March 2022

cPanel & WHM® expands collaboration with Ubuntu to bring full support for Ubuntu LTS in V102

Partners Canonical announcements

40% of the 2021 Open Stack Survey respondents indicated Ubuntu as their primary OS. Houston, TX – February 2022 – cPanel® L.L.C., the Hosting Platform of Choice, a WebPros® portfolio company, is expanding its collaboration with Ubuntu to provide full support for Ubuntu LTS 20.04 with cPanel & WHM version 102.  In the...

Canonical
9 March 2022

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

OpenStack CentOS alternatives:

7 reasons to migrate to Ubuntu

Article Cloud and server

Looking for OpenStack CentOS alternatives after recent changes in the CentOS project? Think Ubuntu – the most popular Linux distribution for OpenStack deployments across development and production environments. Wondering what makes Ubuntu different? Here are seven reasons you should consider Ubuntu when planning your...

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Open source enterprise support vs free open source use

Article Cloud and server

Many enterprises use open source enterprise support from a vendor, such as Red Hat or Canonical, to boost uptime and peace of mind. Others choose to use open source without any additional vendor support, relying on one of the major benefits of open source – the robust community support that is freely available....

Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
19 September 2019

Popular snaps per distro

Article Desktop

From a distance, Linux is one big, confusing ball of passionate users and hardcore technical jargon. But as you zoom in, you can start seeing patterns – and differences. Indeed, the individual and vastly varied choice of a favorite distribution has played a major part in shaping the community conversation in the Linux...

Igor Ljubuncic
19 September 2019

Canonical
21 November 2017

MAAS 2.3.0 (final) Released!

Article Cloud and server

This article originally appeared on Andres Rodriguez’s blog I’m happy to announce that MAAS 2.3.0 (final) is now available! This new MAAS release introduces a set of exciting features and improvements to the overall user experience. It now becomes the focus of maintenance, as it fully replaces MAAS 2.2 In order to...

Canonical
21 November 2017

Canonical
5 October 2017

MAAS 2.3.0 beta 1 released

Article Canonical announcements

MAAS 2.3.0 (beta1)New Features & ImprovementsHardware TestingMAAS 2.3 beta overhauls and improves the visibility of hardware test results and information. This includes various changes across MAAS:Machine Listing pageSurface progress and failures of hardware tests, actively showing when a test is pending, running,...

Canonical
5 October 2017

Christian Reis
8 September 2016

MAAS 2.0: high availability API-driven bare metal provisioning

Article Cloud and server

This week, the result of over a year of work by our engineering team is concluded: the final release of MAAS 2.0 is now available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and additionally from our stable release PPA. If you’ve never heard of MAAS before, here’s an introductory slide deck from a recent presentation at the OCP

Christian Reis
8 September 2016

Canonical
20 November 2014

MAAS 1.7: one MAAS, multiple operating systems

Article Cloud and server

A few weeks ago, we released Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for servers and cloud, which included a beta version of Metal-As-A-Service (MAAS) 1.7. Today, we are delighted to release this version for general availability. The flagship new feature is that MAAS is now able to provision all major server operating systems. Together with...

Canonical
20 November 2014