Internet of Things

Rhys Davies
15 October 2020

The Windows Calculator on Linux with Uno Platform

Article Internet of Things

The good folks in the Uno Platform community have ported the open-source Windows Calculator to Linux. And they’ve done it quicker than Microsoft could bring their browser to Linux. The calculator is published in the snapstore and can be downloaded right away. If you’re on Ubuntu or you have snapd installed just run: ...

Rhys Davies
15 October 2020

Rhys Davies
9 October 2020

Homelab clusters: LXD micro cloud on Raspberry Pi

Article Internet of Things

Set up and run your own homelab with the LXD Ubuntu Appliance. Spin up and manage virtual machines (VMs) and containers, run and test workloads across platforms and architectures, and rest assured of security and updates with Ubuntu Core. Follow the tutorial to get started or read on to learn why you might care. Why

Rhys Davies
9 October 2020

Rhys Davies
18 August 2020

Set up the AdGuard Home Ubuntu Appliance

Article Internet of Things

Block ads and trackers, and regain full control of your network. The AdGuard Home Ubuntu Appliance is an easy way for anyone to shield their WiFi network, and all the devices in their home from hackers and prying eyes online. In this post, we discuss what AdGuard Home is, some of the benefits and features

Rhys Davies
18 August 2020

Rhys Davies
13 August 2020

Develop Uno Platform projects on Linux with Visual Studio

Article Internet of Things

Uno Platform is bringing their support to Linux. Uno allows you to build native mobile, desktop, and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML from a single code base. You can build Linux applications with Uno using Visual Studio and Ubuntu on WSL. In collaboration with Uno, we built a mock-up snap that measures and adjusts

Rhys Davies
13 August 2020

Rhys Davies
6 August 2020

Set up Collabora Online on the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance

Article Internet of Things

Alongside five popular software projects, we recently launched a new initiative called Ubuntu Appliances. A portfolio of software that allows users to turn a Raspberry Pi or an Intel NUC into a secure, self-hosted device. The initial launch included the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance. An application that enables you to host...

Rhys Davies
6 August 2020

liam zheng
4 August 2020

Advantech releases EPC-C301 for machine vision applications with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Article Internet of Things

Advantech, a leading global provider of intelligent IoT systems and embedded platforms, is pleased to announce EPC-C301, a compact fanless box PC powered by 8th Gen. Intel® Core™ processor. This system features diverse domain-focused I/O and can operate in broad temperature ranges. EPC-C301 integrates Intel® and...

liam zheng
4 August 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
9 July 2020

How to manage snap updates

Article Cloud and server

Updates are an integral part of the software lifecycle. Quite often, they bring improvements, vital security patches – and sometimes, unfortunately, bugs, too. In mission-critical environments, it is important to assert a high degree of oversight and precision over updates. Snaps come with a built-in automatic update...

Igor Ljubuncic
9 July 2020

Alan Griffiths
3 July 2020

A snap confined shell based on Mir: Mircade

Article Internet of Things

Mircade: An example snap confined user shell There are various scenarios and reasons for packaging a Snap confined shell and a selection of applications together in a confined environment. You might have applications that work well together for a particular task; or, you may want to offer a number of alternative...

Alan Griffiths
3 July 2020

sidfaber
29 June 2020

Installing ROS in LXD Containers

Article Cloud and server

It’s the season for updates. The last few weeks have ushered in ROS 1 Noetic and ROS 2 Foxy, both of which target the recently released Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa. As always, new releases come with trepidation: how can I install new software and test compatibility, yet keep my own environment stable until I know

sidfaber
29 June 2020

Alan Pope
25 June 2020

Split Personality Snaps

Article Internet of Things

Broadly speaking, most snaps in the Snap Store fall into one of two categories, desktop applications and server daemons. The graphical applications such as Chromium and Spotify use desktop files, which ensure they can be opened on demand by any user via a menu or launcher. The server applications such as NextCloud and...

Alan Pope
25 June 2020

Adi Singh
25 June 2020

Open source holds the key to autonomous vehicles

Article Internet of Things

A growing number of car companies have made their autonomous vehicle (AV) datasets public in recent years. Daimler fueled the trend by making its Cityscapes dataset freely available in 2016. Baidu and Aptiv respectively shared the ApolloScapes and nuScenes datasets in 2018. Lyft, Waymo and Argo followed suit in 2019....

Adi Singh
25 June 2020

liam zheng
24 June 2020

Building an Ubuntu Core 18 image for Nitrogen i.MX6 board

Article Internet of Things

This article is written by Taiten Peng. Have you got i.MX6 hardware and are wondering how Ubuntu Core would run on it? In this blog, we will build an Ubuntu Core 18 image with the generic Ubuntu kernel for an i.MX6 based Boundary Devices board. The Nitrogen6X hardware from Boundary Device is well supported upstream

liam zheng
24 June 2020

Rhys Davies
16 June 2020

The Ubuntu Appliance portfolio

Article Internet of Things

We are delighted to share a new initiative – the Ubuntu Appliance portfolio. Together with NextCloud, Mosquitto, Plex, OpenHAB and AdGuard, we have created a new class of Ubuntu derivatives: specialised appliance images that do one thing beautifully. Ubuntu Appliances transform a Raspberry Pi or PC into a secure,...

Rhys Davies
16 June 2020

Pierre Equoy
10 June 2020

People and processes behind “Ubuntu certified” devices

Article Desktop

While searching for your next GNU/Linux enabled computer, you may have found that some vendors such as Dell, HP and Lenovo sell a selection of desktops and laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed. In fact, Ubuntu is certified on an ever-growing list of hardware. But what does it mean exactly for such a device to be “Ubuntu

Pierre Equoy
10 June 2020

Internet of Things

All you need to know about building and managing IoT and embedded devices using Ubuntu.