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Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu"


James Mulholland
14 June 2016

The App Design Clinics are back!

Ubuntu Featured

We’re very happy to announce the return of the Ubuntu App Design Clinics. The first session is planned for 4.00PM BST on Friday the 17th of June, with subsequent sessions occurring at 4.00PM BST on Thursdays. We’ll be on camera talking to Dan Wood regarding his work on the OwnCloud App. Feel free to drop ...


Adam Stokes
9 June 2016

What’s the easiest way to start using big software? Meet Conjure-up

Cloud and server Article

Have a big software project you want to get in front of users with the least amount of barriers? Maybe it has a lot of dependencies, target runtimes, and/or micro-service type relationships. Don’t feel like writing a book’s worth of install and configuration documentation? Wish you could just tell folks to just conjure-up your project? ...


Canonical
6 June 2016

Vendors embrace Juju model-driven operations

Cloud and server News

Vendors delivering SAAS experience on-premises with Juju charms Charms encapsulate deployment, integration, management, support, operations Reusable charms greatly reduce the operations cost of big software Centres of gravity around big data, machine learning and container management Rapid growth in use of Juju for OpenStack operations   ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
31 May 2016

Snaps on NAS: IOT apps for your private network

Desktop Article

QNAP selects snaps and Ubuntu to bring IOT apps to its NAS On Friday QNAP announced that they were adopting snaps as the application format of choice for their NAS going forward. Behind this decision are two factors, the ease of development of snaps and the universality of snaps, especially to create IoT applications. NAS ...


Mark Shuttleworth
17 May 2016

Thank you CC

Desktop Article

Just to state publicly my gratitude that the Ubuntu Community Council has taken on their responsibilities very thoughtfully, and has demonstrated a proactive interest in keeping the community happy, healthy and unblocked. Their role is a critical one in the Ubuntu project, because we are at our best when we are constantly improving, and w ...


Amrisha Prashar
26 April 2016

The most powerful Ubuntu phone is available to buy

Phone and tablet Article

We’re excited to announce that the most powerful Ubuntu phone, Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu edition, is available to order here from en.jd.com, retailing at USD$369.99. And for our friends based in Russia, the phone can be ordered here. The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition features superior high spec hardware and ships with the latest Ubuntu ...


Canonical
26 April 2016

Wolfram Research releases Data Drop Logging app for Ubuntu Phone

Phone and tablet Article

Canonical and Wolfram Research® are excited to announce the first app collaboration with cloud connect functionality for Ubuntu developers and users. The Wolfram Data Drop™ Logging mobile application is available now on the Ubuntu Phone and is already available to download from the Ubuntu Store. This is the first in a series of initiative ...


Canonical
20 April 2016

Canonical unveils 6th LTS release of Ubuntu with 16.04

Cloud and server News

Introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format Introduces LXD pure-container hypervisor with OpenStack Mitaka Supports IBM Z and LinuxONE systems with flat pricing Steps towards converged Ubuntu across IOT, Phone, Desktop and Server Introduces ZFS and CephFS for large-scale cloud storage LONDON 20th April 2016: Canonical announced t ...


Dustin Kirkland
14 April 2016

HOWTO: Ubuntu on Windows

Cloud and server Article

As announced last week, Microsoft and Canonical have worked together to bring Ubuntu’s userspace natively into Windows 10.As of today, Windows 10 Insiders can now take Ubuntu on Windows for a test drive!  Here’s how…1) You need to have a system ...


Canonical
12 April 2016

Ubuntu OpenStack growth confirmed by latest OpenStack User Survey

Cloud and server Article

The most recent OpenStack user survey has gone live. In it we see tremendous growth for Ubuntu OpenStack in production clouds. We’re super excited about the support the community continues to show for Ubuntu. Here at Canonical we get to work with the world’s largest production OpenStack clouds, from telco to big data and pure ...


Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
7 April 2016

infographic: How many people use Ubuntu?

Cloud and server Article

Discover the range of industries, people and services that are using Ubuntu right now. Netflix. Snapchat. Dropbox. Uber. Tesla…and the International space station – what do they all have in common? They run on Ubuntu. To celebrate our upcoming 16.04 LTS we wanted to shine a bit of light on how many people in the ...


Amrisha Prashar
6 April 2016

Phone Update: OTA-10 – New theme and color palette

Phone and tablet Article

We have a summary list of updates made for OTA-10 below! The following apps are now pre-installed by default: Email app (Dekko) Calendar app uNav   General enhancements: New theme and color palette Updated OOBE (Out Of Box Experience – provides a better initial setup experience for new users) Updated Edge tutorial VPN support added ...