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Canonical
9 May 2025

New 50 TOPS DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC ships with Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS pre-installed

Article AI

Canonical is excited to announce the launch of DeepComputing’s new 50 TOPS DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC and AI PC Mini with Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS pre-installed. The PC was launched in collaboration with Framework and is powered by ESWIN’s advanced RISC-V AI SoC EIC7702X—featuring 8 SiFive’s high-performance P550 CPU cores . ...

Canonical
9 May 2025

Canonical
30 April 2025

Canonical announces first Ubuntu Desktop image for Qualcomm Dragonwing™ Platform with Ubuntu 24.04

Article Canonical announcements

This public beta enables the full Ubuntu Desktop experience on the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors and complements existing Ubuntu Server support with significant enhancements. Together, these updates provide a powerful development environment for building next-generation AI-driven edge applications....

Canonical
30 April 2025

Canonical
17 April 2025

Canonical Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin

Article Canonical announcements

The latest interim release of Ubuntu introduces “devpacks” for popular frameworks like Spring, along with performance enhancements across a broad range of hardware. 17 April 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed “Plucky Puffin,” available to download and install from...

Canonical
17 April 2025

Aaron Prisk
12 March 2025

Among the waves: Plucky Puffin

Article Desktop

Not to be confused with the titular Linux mascot and seabird cousin, the penguin, puffins are another distinctively colorful and whimsical nautical avian. Over the centuries, these beaky birds have been given numerous nicknames and monikers like the “sea parrot” and the harlequinesque appearance of their facial feathers...

Aaron Prisk
12 March 2025

Stefano Fioravanzo
3 March 2025

Experiment Tracking with MLFlow in Canonical’s Data Science Stack

Article Desktop

Welcome back, data scientists! In my previous post, we explored how easy it is to set up a machine learning environment with Canonical’s Data Science Stack (DSS) and run your first model using Hugging Face’s Smol Course. Today, let’s take it a step further with experiment tracking. Experimentation is at the heart of...

Stefano Fioravanzo
3 March 2025

Jean-Baptiste Lallement
5 February 2025

Ubuntu available in Microsoft’s new WSL distribution format

Article Desktop

New format in Windows Subsystem for Linux makes adoption easier in enterprise environments by enabling image customization and deployments at scale

Jean-Baptiste Lallement
5 February 2025

Luci Stanescu
28 October 2024

Imagining the future of Cybersecurity

Security Ubuntu

October 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu. The cybersecurity landscape has significantly shifted since 2004. If you have been following the Ubuntu Security Team’s special three-part series podcast that we put out to mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month, you will have listened to us talk about significant moments...

Luci Stanescu
28 October 2024

Canonical
10 October 2024

Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole

Article Cloud and server

The latest release of Ubuntu delivers a cutting edge kernel and enhanced desktop security. 10 October 2024 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 24.10, codenamed “Oracular Oriole,” available to download and install from ubuntu.com/download. Ubuntu 24.10 delivers the latest kernel, toolchains and GNOME 47...

Canonical
10 October 2024

Massimiliano Gori
16 September 2024

Announcing Authd: OIDC authentication for Ubuntu Desktop and Server

Article Ubuntu

Today we are announcing the general availability of Authd, a new authentication daemon for Ubuntu that allows direct integration with cloud-based identity providers for both Ubuntu Desktop and Server. Authd is available free of charge on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. At launch, Authd supports Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure...

Massimiliano Gori
16 September 2024

Richard Ferreira
4 September 2024

Meet Canonical at Open Source Summit Europe 2024

Article AI

Join Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, as we attend the upcoming Open Source Summit Europe 2024 in Austria. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, this summit is the premier event for developers, technologists, and community leaders with a keen interest in the innovation that open source enables. Mark your calendars for...

Richard Ferreira
4 September 2024

Richard Ferreira
29 August 2024

Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS is now available

Article Desktop

Whether you’re a first time Linux user, experienced developer, academic researcher or enterprise administrator, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat is the best way to benefit from the latest advancements in the Linux ecosystem — just in time for Ubuntu’s 20 year mark. The release of Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS represents the...