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Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
23 November 2021

Cloud-optimized Linux kernels – what makes Ubuntu the top OS across the clouds

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu is the platform of choice for deploying and running workloads on public clouds. No other operating system gives you better performance and consistency of experience across public clouds, including Amazon, Azure, Google, IBM and Oracle. There is a reason behind this exceptional experience. By design, Ubuntu images...

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
23 November 2021

darkolarczyk
23 November 2021

Canonical at RISC-V Summit 2021

Article Ubuntu

RISC-V Summit is an annual conference that showcases the power that open collaboration can have on the processor industry. This year, the event is taking place in San Francisco and virtually on December 6-8th and is co-located with the Design Automation Conference and SEMICON West. Canonical is a proud bronze sponsor of...

darkolarczyk
23 November 2021

Michele Mancioppi
23 November 2021

Observability vs. monitoring debate: An irreverent view

Article Observability

This post provides an irreverent view on the debate around observability vs. monitoring, which is a rather confounding topic.

Michele Mancioppi
23 November 2021

Philip Williams
22 November 2021

Dell EMC PowerEdge and Canonical Charmed Ceph, a proven solution

Article Cloud and server

Here at Canonical, we have lots of industry partnerships where we work jointly, hand-in-hand, to produce the best possible outcomes for the open source community. From getting early access to next generation hardware to ensure Ubuntu is fully compatible when it’s released, to creating solution orientated reference...

Philip Williams
22 November 2021

Oliver Smith
22 November 2021

Ubuntu Desktop Accessibility: Our VPAT Conformance Report

Article Desktop

Canonical is pleased to share that our latest Ubuntu Desktop Accessibility Conformance Report is now available for download, based on the VPAT Version 2.4.

Oliver Smith
22 November 2021

Massimiliano Gori
22 November 2021

History of Open Source Identity Management (part 2)

Article Security

This is the second blog post (part 1 available here) where we look at the history of open source identity management. This post focuses on Oauth and OpenID, the protocols currently used in modern applications and services. This post does not cover the technical details of the open source identity management standards,...

Massimiliano Gori
22 November 2021

Hugo Huang
22 November 2021

FIPS on Google Cloud

Article Cloud and server

In August 2016, the United States government announced a new federal source-code policy, which mandates that at least 20% of custom source code developed by or for any agency of the federal government must be released as open-source software (OSS). The memo of this policy also states that the Federal Government spends...

Hugo Huang
22 November 2021

Holly Hall
19 November 2021

Top 10 apps to boost your productivity

Article Apps

Winter is rolling in (for those in the Northern Hemisphere at least). Long summer evenings are on hold for now. In these colder months, it can be difficult to get back into work and feel efficient. But whether you are feeling tired, unorganised, or demotivated, there may be an application here to help you refocus

Holly Hall
19 November 2021

Malina
17 November 2021

Canonical chez Cloud Expo Europe Paris 2021

Article Ubuntu

Le salon Cloud Expo Europe Paris ouvre ses portes aux cadres et experts du Cloud et de la transformation digitale. Canonical sera présent en tant que Gold sponsor pour présenter les tendances et stratégies émergentes des leaders de l’industrie dans le cadre du DevOps live. Inscrivez-vous gratuitement Prenez rendez-vous...

Malina
17 November 2021

Daniele Procida
17 November 2021

The future of documentation at Canonical

Article Community

Our software documentation is part of how we talk to each other – our users, our colleagues, our community. It’s a way we demonstrate how we value each other – including how we value you. We’ve understood the importance of this for some time, but actually finding a way to express those values in our

Daniele Procida
17 November 2021

Anthony Dillon
16 November 2021

Design and Web team summary – 16 November 2021

Design Design

The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Meet the team Hi! My name is Marina and I’m a senior UX Designer in the Workplace Engineering squad. We

Anthony Dillon
16 November 2021

Hugo Huang
16 November 2021

Secure your Open-Source Freedom for 10 years

Article Cloud and server

If this is your desire, it is Ubuntu Pro’s commitment: “Ubuntu Pro will secure your Open-Source Freedom for 10 years”. Security and Freedom shouldn’t be a debate, a trade-off, even a dilemma. Security shouldn’t be your concern when you embrace Open-Source. A 10-year commitment Canonical backs Ubuntu Pro for 10 years,...

Hugo Huang
16 November 2021

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
12 November 2021

The‌ ‌State‌ ‌of‌ ‌Robotics‌ ‌-‌ ‌October‌ ‌2021‌ ‌

Article Robotics

October went fast, full of news and packed with interesting robotics applications. This month certainly doesn’t need an intro, so we will let the news take all your attention. ROS CVE alert- ensuring security for robotics Early in October 2021, Open Robotics registered a CVE security vulnerability that affects ROS...

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
12 November 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
12 November 2021

Snapcraft offline mode – Build snaps while saving data

Article Ubuntu

As part of the snap creation cycle, the Snapcraft tool creates isolated build instances inside which all of the necessary work – download of sources, compilation, packaging, etc. – is done in a safe manner, without touching the host system. While there are many advantages to the use of the virtual machines (via Multipass) or

Igor Ljubuncic
12 November 2021