Cloud and server

IBM & Canonical: A Virtualization and Cloud Computing (R-)Evolution

by Canonical on 15 June 2017

As modern IT evolves, there have been many milestones along the way. Starting with bare metal servers, followed by virtualization, then cloud computing, and...

Cloud and server

Custom user mappings in LXD containers

by Stéphane Graber on 15 June 2017

Introduction As you may know, LXD uses unprivileged containers by default. The difference between an unprivileged container and a privileged one is whether...

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Cloud and server

Kernel Team Summary- June 15, 2017

by Canonical on 15 June 2017

Introduction This blog is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team...

Desktop

Project Sputnik: crazy idea to community driven developer systems

by Guest on 14 June 2017

This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Five years ago, I...

Desktop

Vectr: a fresh take on vector graphics edition on Linux

by David Callé on 13 June 2017

There is new desktop app available in the Snap store: Vectr. A free vector graphics editor for the Web and the Linux desktop Following the Inkscape snap,...

Internet of Things

Amazon Greengrass launches as a snap on Ubuntu

by Canonical on 13 June 2017

Last week, Amazon launched Greengrass, their new IoT platform allowing developers to create intelligent edge software. Amazon is collaborating with a variety...

Desktop

Ubuntu Desktop – GNOME Extensions poll results

by Ken VanDine on 12 June 2017

Recently, with the help from our friends at OMG! Ubuntu, we ran a poll to collect data on usefulness of some GNOME Shell extensions. We limited the poll to a...

Cloud and server

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 9 Jun 2017

by David Britton on 9 June 2017

The purpose of this weekly update is to make sure our community can follow development with toes dipped in before & between jumping headlong into helping...

Desktop

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: June 9, 2017

by Will Cooke on 9 June 2017

GNOME We’ve made the decision to switch to using GNOME Display Manager (GDM) instead of LightDM. We had planned to try LightDM, and based on our...

Cloud and server

Webinar: How to get started with your Kubernetes strategy

by Peter Mahnke on 9 June 2017

On-demand webinar Kubernetes and containers are an exciting and evolving technology which can be daunting for teams and organisations to plan for. As the...

Cloud and server

Kernel Team Summary- June 8, 2017

by Canonical on 8 June 2017

Introduction This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects...