Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu"

478 posts


Canonical
15 April 2021

(Re)introducing the Community Team

Article Ubuntu

The Ubuntu community is, and always will be, a major part of the Ubuntu project. It is one of the biggest reasons all of this (gestures around) even exists. Over the past month or so, the beginnings of a new Community team has been taking shape inside Canonical with the specific purpose of serving the

Canonical
15 April 2021


Leia Ruffini
13 April 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 13th of April 2021

Article Cloud and server

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis.

Leia Ruffini
13 April 2021


Alex Murray
9 April 2021

Security podcast: March

Article Security

The Security Podcast covers the most interesting security fixes around Ubuntu, with in-depth discussions around the latest vulnerabilities and updates.

Alex Murray
9 April 2021


Rhys Davies
19 March 2021

Flutter and Ubuntu so far

Article Desktop

At Flutter Engage, Ken VanDine, engineering manager for the Ubuntu desktop,  made an appearance in the keynote speech to talk about Flutter on Ubuntu. Canonical has been working to support Flutter for some time now, bringing the SDK to Linux, committing to build a new Ubuntu installer, and now, making Flutter the...

Rhys Davies
19 March 2021


Rhys Davies
17 March 2021

Ask Me Anything: Ubuntu Core 20

Article Internet of Things

Ubuntu Core 20 was recently released. What can it do for IoT developers? How does it work? What’s new? If you are asking yourself any of these questions, or more, there is good news. David Beamonte, the Product Manager for Ubuntu Core, will be answering questions on a YouTube live stream on the Ubuntu channel.

Rhys Davies
17 March 2021


Rhys Davies
16 March 2021

Running an open source multi-cloud with Ubuntu, LXD, and Mist

Article Cloud and server

This is a guest post authored by Chris Psaltis. We are reproducing it here with Chris’ permission. Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Mist.io and uses Ubuntu and LXD on his platform on a regular basis. Thanks, Chris! One of the advantages that Ubuntu brings to the cloud equation is improving an organization’s ability

Rhys Davies
16 March 2021


Alex Murray
8 March 2021

Security podcast: February

Article Security

The Security Podcast covers the most interesting security fixes around Ubuntu, with in-depth discussions around the latest vulnerabilities and updates.

Alex Murray
8 March 2021


Alex Murray
2 March 2021

GRUB2 Secure Boot Bypass 2021

Article Ubuntu

In August 2020, a set of security vulnerabilities in GRUB2 (the GRand Unified Bootloader version 2) collectively known as BootHole were disclosed. Today, another set of vulnerabilities in GRUB2 were disclosed, with similar implications. Because GRUB2 is a key component of the boot process, vulnerabilities in it can...

Alex Murray
2 March 2021


Alan Pope
8 February 2021

Getting started with Flutter on Ubuntu

Article Desktop

This is a guest post authored by Dani Llewellyn. It was originally featured on her blog, we’re reproducing it here with Dani’s permission. Dani is an active member of the WordPress, WSL, Ubuntu and Snapcraft communities. Thanks Dani! Recently there was an announcement from Ubuntu that the desktop team are working on a...

Alan Pope
8 February 2021


Andreea Munteanu
4 November 2020

Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla on Raspberry Pi

Article People and culture

On the 22nd of October, the 20.10 release was launched, featuring an Ubuntu Desktop image optimised for the Raspberry Pi.  It brings together Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi for educators, inventors and entrepreneurs, bringing the world’s most used open-source desktop to the world’s most accessible hardware. Getting started on...

Andreea Munteanu
4 November 2020


Rhys Davies
2 November 2020

Raspberry Pi 400 with Ubuntu support

Article Desktop

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has a new product — the Raspberry Pi 400. The flagship Raspberry Pi 4 was released in June 2019. Since, they added an 8GB model, brought out the Compute Module 4, we certified all Raspberry Pis since Raspberry Pi 2 and we worked together to make the full Ubuntu Desktop ‘just

Rhys Davies
2 November 2020


Rhys Davies
22 October 2020

Build a Raspberry Pi Desktop with an Ubuntu heart

Article Desktop

On the 22nd October 2020, Canonical released an Ubuntu Desktop image optimised for the Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s 4GB and 8GB boards work out of the box with everything users expect from an Ubuntu Desktop. It is our honour to contribute an optimised Ubuntu Desktop image to the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s...

Rhys Davies
22 October 2020


sidfaber
3 September 2020

Tutorial: Getting Started with ROS

Article Robotics

ROS, the Robot Operating System, is the platform of choice for robot development. However, the breadth and depth of existing documentation can be daunting for the ROS beginner. Where should you start learning about ROS 2 on Ubuntu? All robots based on ROS and ROS 2 are programmed using five simple but core constructs: Nodes

sidfaber
3 September 2020


Canonical
6 August 2020

Infographic: Ubuntu from 2004 to 20.04 LTS

Article Canonical announcements

Today, the first point release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS went live! To celebrate, we wanted to share how Ubuntu has evolved since the first release in 2004 to where we are today with 20.04. Thanks to those in the community and our users for your contributions and joining us on this journey. Upgrade to Ubuntu

Canonical
6 August 2020