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Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu"


Canonical
26 November 2018

Ubuntu at KubeCon & CloudNativeCon

Cloud and server Article

KubeCon and CloudNativeCon are just around the corner and Ubuntu will be out in force. Held between December 10th – 13th at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, KubeCon and CloudNativeCon will be a great opportunity to meet and talk with the Ubuntu team here at Canonical. The Ubuntu team will be showcasing their ...


James Nunns
21 November 2018

Ubuntu, security & compliance

Cloud and server Webinar

Security, regulations and compliance are everyday issues for businesses, whether global or not. HIPAA, GDPR, MiFID II, and a whole host of other regulations, security and compliance demands are shaping the way businesses operate and the technologies that they can use. Although technological choices are not always able to completely solve ...


Guest
14 November 2018

Innovating toward safety: computer controlled aerial robotic systems

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest blog by Jamie Branch, Corrosion Engineer at Apellix.  In the United States alone, 849 workers lost their lives in 2016 from falling while on the job. In the construction industry specifically, falls are the leading cause of worker fatality. At Apellix, we utilise Ubuntu and proprietary software to create innovative industr ...


Guest
9 November 2018

The rise of the Digital Smart Kiosk

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest blog by Jody Smith, Product Manager at Broadsign.  The world’s increasing demand for quick, personalised service often clashes with budgetary concerns and the limited throughput that individual workers are capable of. Fortunately, there’s a solution: touch-enabled, digital smart kiosks. Today’s smart kiosks are a far cry f ...


Canonical
8 November 2018

Samsung announce Linux on DeX with Ubuntu: for developers on the move

Desktop Article

The Samsung Developer Conference, held this week in San Francisco, brings creators together to discover and learn about the latest technologies in Samsung’s portfolio and further afield. One of the technologies showcased, following the initial demo in 2017, is Samsung’s Linux on DeX. Samsung DeX, launched last year, lets users of Samsung ...


Alex Cattle
6 November 2018

How Ubuntu is at the forefront of security & compliance

Cloud and server Article

Whether it is HIPAA, MiFID II or GDPR, the importance of being compliant cannot be underestimated. Protecting your customers and avoiding the significant financial and reputational ramifications that threaten non-compliant organisations, is a must, and this starts with the technology powering your enterprise. Ubuntu is used by businesses ...


Alex Murray
1 November 2018

A guide to snap permissions and interfaces

Desktop Article

Snap is a Linux application package management system which allow developers to easily publish self contained software packages (snaps) that work across many distributions and versions of Linux. Snaps have security at their heart, and are designed to ensure all applications support the principle of least privilege / authority. That is, ea ...


Canonical
1 November 2018

Canonical’s Distribution of Kubernetes supported on Arm architecture

Canonical announcements Article

Today, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, announces that Canonical’s Distribution of Kubernetes (CDK) is now commercially available and supported on processors and servers based on 64-bit Arm® v8-A architecture. The data centre is evolving to support new workload requirements, it is transforming to be optimised for workloads such as: 5 ...


Mark Shuttleworth
30 October 2018

Statement on the IBM acquisition of Red Hat

Canonical announcements Canonical News

Over the past two years, many prominent Red Hat customers have selected Ubuntu and engaged Canonical to build leaner, more efficient open source infrastructure and solutions for important new initiatives. Among them we count the world’s leading banks, telcos, governments, universities, airlines, insurance companies, technology giants and ...


James Nunns
20 October 2018

Canonical and Ubuntu – user statistics

Desktop Desktop

Most stories are pretty clear and straightforward, heroes, villains, friends, enemies. There’s clear lines as to who is involved with who and what is going on. Then you arrive at the story of Canonical and Ubuntu and things aren’t quite so clear anymore, lines are blurred. Ubuntu appears everywhere, sometimes accompanied by Canonical but ...


Will Cooke
19 October 2018

Welcome Ubuntu Desktop 18.10

Desktop Article

The Cosmic Cuttlefish has arrived.  Ubuntu 18.10 is out and represents the first step on the road to the next LTS in April 2020.  This release of Ubuntu comes with 9 months of support and brings the latest update to the GNOME stack, improvements to the snap experience on the desktop, some new features and ...


Canonical
18 October 2018

Ubuntu 18.10:Multi-cloud,new desktop theme & enhanced snap integration

Canonical announcements Canonical News

London, UK, 18th October 2018; Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 18.10, focused on multi-cloud deployments, AI software development, a new community desktop theme and richer snap desktop integration. “Ubuntu is now the world’s reference platform for AI engineering and analytics” said Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical. “We ...