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Joshua Powers
8 May 2020

The New Ubuntu Server Guide

Article Cloud and server

This article originally appeared on Joshua Powers’ blog With the release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) the Ubuntu Server Guide has received a major set of updates and has moved to a new location on the Ubuntu website. The new location makes it much easier to read and contribute improvements. There is a link

Joshua Powers
8 May 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2020

How to preserve old software – with snaps

Article Desktop

If you have been using computers for some time now, you probably have fond memories of this or that piece of software from the past, an application or a game that was fun, useful and just plain great, but which isn’t available any longer. For those who have had a chance to experience the digital

Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2020

Joshua Powers
7 May 2020

QEMU and libvirt enhancements in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Article Cloud and server

This article originally appeared on Joshua Powers’ blog Ubuntu is the industry-leading operating system for cloud hosts and guests. Every day millions of Ubuntu instances are launched in private and public clouds around the world. Many launched right on top of Ubuntu itself. Canonical takes pride in offering the latest...

Joshua Powers
7 May 2020

Joshua Powers
6 May 2020

Updatable Ubuntu Server Live Installer

Article Cloud and server

This article originally appeared on Joshua Powers’ blog The Ubuntu Server Live Installer, introduced with the release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver), provides a live Ubuntu Server environment along with a streamlined server installation experience. Building on guided installs for LVM, RAID, encrypted disks and...

Joshua Powers
6 May 2020

nilayshrugged
5 May 2020

What is Cassandra and why are big tech companies using it?

Article Cloud and server

(Canonical recently added Apache Cassandra to its Managed Apps portfolio, based on customer demand. Want any cloud app managed? Reach out to Canonical now. You can also watch this webinar on how Managed Apps will help you maintain focus on your business, for more information.) It’s no secret that organisations have a...

nilayshrugged
5 May 2020

Joshua Powers
4 May 2020

Enhanced SSH and FIDO authentication in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Article Cloud and server

This article originally appeared on Joshua Powers’ blog One of the most exciting security enhancements in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) is the ability to use the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) or Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) devices with SSH. By using a second authentication factor via a device, users can add another layer...

Joshua Powers
4 May 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
4 May 2020

How to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS today

Article Desktop

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) was officially released on April 23. This is the latest Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release, with security patches and updates available until 2025. If you are currently using an older version of Ubuntu, you may be interested in upgrading. In this tutorial, we will show how to safely upgrade

Igor Ljubuncic
4 May 2020

Rhys Davies
1 May 2020

The State of Robotics – April 2020

Article Robotics

*Information and resources around robotics during the COVID-19 pandemic can be found at the end of this article.* So, we’ve passed the first quarter of 2020. What have we learned? You don’t need us to tell you that, but robots are still cool As usual, this State of Robotics post discusses work the Ubuntu robotics

Rhys Davies
1 May 2020

Rhys Davies
30 April 2020

How to use the Raspberry Pi High Quality camera on Ubuntu Core

Article Internet of Things

The new High Quality (HQ) camera from the people over at Raspberry Pi is now available. And as they say, it is really rather good. It has the option for interchangeable lenses, a 12 MP sensor, a distinct improvement from the previous 8MP V2 camera, and a tripod screw mount. In this post, I’ll walk

Rhys Davies
30 April 2020

Jeremie Deray
29 April 2020

How to set up TurtleBot3 in minutes with snaps (1/2)

Article Robotics

If you are a regular reader of our blog, you already know that our team got its hands on some TurtleBot3 robots. In previous posts, we have seen how to build them better, and how to improve the robot’s security with Ubuntu. In this post we will see how to build a snap to get

Jeremie Deray
29 April 2020

Adi Singh
29 April 2020

Go for ROS

Article Robotics

If you started reading this post thinking I would explain why you should go for ROS when building robots, think again. To be fair, that topic deserves a post of its own. But for this article, I’ll be using Go in the context of Golang. As in the Go programming language. As in the one

Adi Singh
29 April 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
27 April 2020

Work smart, not hard – fun applications to help you do less in your day

Article Desktop

Modern-day life is fast, hectic, demanding. Time is precious, and we often need to be able to squeeze every atom of efficiency from our environment and our tools. But sometimes, the best thing you can do for your productivity is – to do nothing. Sometimes, less is more. In this article, we want to show

Igor Ljubuncic
27 April 2020

Sohini Bianka Roy
27 April 2020

WSLConf: Sessions Part 2 – DevOps on WSL and more

Article Ubuntu

This is the second blog in our series releasing the WSLConf recordings. Be sure you check out the first blog here. You can also subscribe to our celebrateubuntu YouTube channel to stay up to date with the fresh content and features that will be released soon. Earlier this year, Canonical had the pleasure of hosting

Sohini Bianka Roy
27 April 2020

Luke Wesley-Holley
26 April 2020

We are changing the way you build snaps from GitHub repos

Article Desktop

On 11 March 2020 we introduced a new process for building a snap using GitHub repos to snapcraft.io. Here is all you need to know about this update. What is build.snapcraft.io? Build.snapcraft.io allows you to automatically build and release snaps from a GitHub repository. This means you can build your snaps for...

Luke Wesley-Holley
26 April 2020