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Michelle Anne Tabirao
31 October 2023

Running MongoDB on Kubernetes

Article Data Platform

Running databases like MongoDB in public, private and hybrid environments provides multiple benefits. Kubernetes provides the additional advantages of portability, reduced vendor lock-in, DevOps friendliness, scalability and cost-effectiveness.

Michelle Anne Tabirao
31 October 2023


Bertrand Boisseau
30 October 2023

How environmental parity accelerates automotive software development

Article Automotive

A lot of people, like myself, believe automotive is the most innovative sector today, especially when it comes to software. We are living a critical moment in automotive, where evolution is being pushed onto the market. This rapid software shift is posing challenges that are complicating developers’ progress. Most of...

Bertrand Boisseau
30 October 2023


Jehudi
27 October 2023

Microsoft Azure’s Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS Deprecation Notice

Article Ubuntu

Publication of Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace has been halted due to a 100-image version limit policy. A 90-day deprecation schedule has been initiated for older image versions, starting with 20.04.202004230, to resume new publications. Current subscribers have a 90-day window to transition.

Jehudi
27 October 2023


Jehudi
26 October 2023

Introducing Confidential VMs on Ubuntu Pro for Azure

Article Ubuntu

Unlock unparalleled security for your Azure-based enterprise workloads with the integration of Ubuntu Pro and Confidential VMs. Benefit from 10-year ESM, Kernel Livepatch, and runtime data encryption for a robust, full-spectrum security solution.

Jehudi
26 October 2023


Lech Sandecki
26 October 2023

Running OpenSSL 1.1.1 after EOL? Stay secure with Ubuntu Pro.

Article Ubuntu

A few months ago, the OpenSSL Project announced the end of life of OpenSSL 1.1.1. It is used by thousands of software components included in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with many organisations relying on version 1.1.1. Rest assured that the Ubuntu security team will continue to maintain important security...

Lech Sandecki
26 October 2023


Bertrand Boisseau
26 October 2023

Implementing FOTA updates for vehicles using a Dedicated Snap Store

Article Automotive

If you’ve been following my previous blog posts, you already know that the automotive industry is changing faster than ever. Updating software and firmware in vehicles is one area that’s particularly challenging and in flux.  Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) updates can be quite a puzzle when it comes to updating entire...

Bertrand Boisseau
26 October 2023


Anthony Dillon
25 October 2023

Web team – hack week 2023

Article Design

Today, around 96% of software projects utilize open source in some way. The web team here at Canonical is passionate about Open source. We lead with an open-by-default approach and so almost everything we do and work on can be found publicly on the Canonical Github org. It is not enough to simply open our

Anthony Dillon
25 October 2023


Andreea Munteanu
24 October 2023

AI Day in Latin America: Meet us in São Paulo

Article AI

Date: 21-22 November 2023 Where: Rubaiyat, São Paulo, brazil The Canonical AI Roadshow is heading to Latin America. We will stop in Sao Paolo, Brazil, to host an event focusing on artificial intelligence. We’ll be discussing machine learning operations (MLOps), large language models (LLMs) and open source among other...

Andreea Munteanu
24 October 2023


Felicia Jia
24 October 2023

Canonical at RISC-V Summit 2023

Article Ubuntu

The RISC-V Summit is a premier annual event that brings together the global RISC-V community – including technical, industry, domain, ecosystem and special interest groups who define the architecture’s specifications. All the experts will meet in Santa Clara, California, to share technology breakthroughs, industry...

Felicia Jia
24 October 2023


Edoardo Barbieri
24 October 2023

Canonical reaffirms 10 year LTS of Linux kernel and Ubuntu

Article Ubuntu

This post was written by Cindy Goldberg – VP of Silicon Alliances, Brett Grandbois – Ubuntu Kernel Engineering Director and Edoardo Barbieri – Real-time Kernel Product Manager at Canonical. At the 2023 Open Source Summit Europe, Linux Weekly News editor Jonathan Corbet announced that the upstream Long-term support (LTS)...

Edoardo Barbieri
24 October 2023


Jason Nucciarone
23 October 2023

Meet Canonical at SC23

Article Ubuntu

Hot off the airport runway from the Ubuntu Summit in Latvia, the Canonical High-Performance Computing team is heading west to Denver, Colorado for SC23.  If you missed us at ISC23 or PEARC23 this year, now is a great opportunity to meet with the Canonical HPC team to discuss everything HPC and supercomputing. About SC23...

Jason Nucciarone
23 October 2023


Igor Ljubuncic
23 October 2023

The winter is coming, and so is the Ubuntu Summit

Community Ubuntu

What do drones, elementary particles, air hockey, and the film industry have in common? At first glance, not much. But after giving it some thought, you may realize that, in fact, they do share a rather similar theme. Two words: Ubuntu Summit. The second installment in the reboot series of the Ubuntu Summit will take

Igor Ljubuncic
23 October 2023


Oliver Smith
20 October 2023

Unleash the power of GPU: Ubuntu WorkSpaces now support Graphics G4dn bundles

Article Desktop

We are excited to announce a significant upgrade to our Ubuntu on Amazon WorkSpaces offering. From today, Ubuntu WorkSpaces now support GPU-based Graphics.g4dn and GraphicsPro.g4dn bundles, unlocking new opportunities for creativity and innovation on Amazon WorkSpaces. Since the launch of Ubuntu on Amazon WorkSpaces in...

Oliver Smith
20 October 2023


Philip Williams
19 October 2023

Ceph storage for Kubernetes

Article Ceph

Opposites attract.  Stateful and stateless. Storage and container management systems are almost polar opposites of each other.  One deals with permanently storing, and protecting data for as long as it’s needed.  The other automatically manages highly dynamic workloads, scaling resources up and down as required.   More...

Philip Williams
19 October 2023