Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu Core"

244 posts


Kyle Fazzari
6 April 2017

From ROS prototype to production on Ubuntu Core

Article Internet of Things

Please note that this blog post has outdated technical information that may no longer be correct. For latest updated documentation about robotics in Canonical please visit https://ubuntu.com/robotics/docs. My background is pretty heavily littered with robotics. A natural side effect of this is that I’ve published...

Kyle Fazzari
6 April 2017


Guest
29 March 2017

Making snap packages of photogrammetry software

Article Internet of Things

This is a guest post by Alberto Mardegan, Software Engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Some time ago I got vaguely interested into photogrammetry, that is the reconstruction of a 3D model out of a set of plain 2D photographs. I just thought...

Guest
29 March 2017


Guest
28 March 2017

Battlestar solution

Article Internet of Things

This is a guest post by Peter Kirwan, technology journalist. If you would like to contribute a post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Forecasts suggest that by 2020, 20bn to 30bn IoT devices will be connected to networks worldwide. Almost certainly, the tactics employed by Colonel Saul Tigh in this clip from...

Guest
28 March 2017


Thibaut Rouffineau
27 March 2017

Putting Ubuntu in embedded

Article Internet of Things

This year Canonical joined Embedded World 2017 for the first time with a booth. And the initial reaction from anyone visiting the booth was one of surprise quickly followed by the question: ‘Ubuntu is what I run on my desktop, not on my embedded systems. Why is Ubuntu at an embedded show?’ First of all

Thibaut Rouffineau
27 March 2017


Maarten Ectors
13 March 2017

This elevator catches intruders, saves lives, generates money, …

Article Internet of Things

The world is becoming software defined and most people don’t realise what this means until software apps and app stores invade their day to day objects like elevators. This blog post is about the smartest elevator demoed at MWC17 and the future of elevators with app stores. What happens if we add artificial intelligence to

Maarten Ectors
13 March 2017


Maarten Ectors
11 March 2017

The cheapest and smartest mobile and IoT base station of MWC17

Article Internet of Things

How to solve the top telecom industry problems (declining revenues, spiralling costs, slow time to market) and revolutionise the wireless industry? Open Source Mobile and IoT Base Stations with App Stores. At MWC15 we presented the smartest top of the rack switch of the show. Many network experts did not believe that...

Maarten Ectors
11 March 2017


Maarten Ectors
9 March 2017

The $1M/month revenue generating fountain each smart city should have

Article Internet of Things

What if smart cities can have fountains generating revenue instead of costing money? App Stores on Fountains, one of the many crazy ideas we demoed on MWC, that can come true shortly… Say IoT and lots of people will bring up Smart Cities. Ask them what is so exciting about Smart Cities and they will

Maarten Ectors
9 March 2017


Stéphane Graber
27 February 2017

Ubuntu Core in LXD containers

Article Cloud and server

What’s Ubuntu Core? Ubuntu Core is a version of Ubuntu that’s fully transactional and entirely based on snap packages. Most of the system is read-only. All installed applications come from snap packages and all updates are done using transactions. Meaning … Continue reading →

Stéphane Graber
27 February 2017


Canonical
23 February 2017

Technologic Systems Inc. brings Ubuntu Core to the i.MX6 based TS-4900

Article Internet of Things

Ubuntu Core and the TS-4900 makes for one the most secure, easy to manage, and flexible i.MX6 powered boards on the market The TS-4900 with Ubuntu Core will be on the Ubuntu Booth in Hall P3 – 3K31 at Mobile World Congress 2017 London, UK and Fountain Hills, AZ – 23 February 2017 : Today,

Canonical
23 February 2017


Maarten Ectors
23 February 2017

MWC17: The future of industrial IoT

Article Internet of Things

The internet of things, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, big data, robots/drones, blockchain, industry 4.0 and other hype terms are popping up everywhere. Our partners will be showcasing real industrial solutions that go far beyond the hype and are based on these cutting edge technologies. How to tell...

Maarten Ectors
23 February 2017


Richard Collins
22 February 2017

An Ubuntu snap-based solution for enterprises to control their data

Article Internet of Things

A factor for so many smaller enterprises today is that they are unable to take full advantage of the range of services associated with standard public cloud offerings. Privacy and control are so important to their operation that using a publicly provided service will not work for tech-focused, smart enterprises that...

Richard Collins
22 February 2017


Maarten Ectors
17 February 2017

MWC17: The future of wireless networks

Article Internet of Things

The telecom industry is not as buoyant as it was some years back. Telecom operators ‘ revenues are under pressure due to innovations from over the top players. Costs are spiralling out of control because of 4/5G deployments, fibre to the premise, social networking data explosions, 4K video streaming, IoT and more. Time...

Maarten Ectors
17 February 2017


Sergio Schvezov
3 February 2017

Snapcraft 2.26 has been released

Article Internet of Things

Hello snapcrafters! We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.26 of snapcraft has been released: https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.26 Contributions This release has seen some contributions from outside of the snapcraft core team, so we want to give a shout out to these folks, here’s a team thank you...

Sergio Schvezov
3 February 2017


David Callé
28 January 2017

Ubuntu Core – how to enable aliases for your snaps commands

Article Internet of Things

We are happy to announce that a new version of Ubuntu Core, based on snapd 2.21, has been released to the stable snaps channel yesterday. As with any stable release, your Ubuntu Core devices will update and reboot automatically. If you are using snaps on the desktop, the release will reach you through a snapd

David Callé
28 January 2017