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24 June 2020

AMD EPYC Rome support in Ubuntu Server

Cloud and server Article

The second generation of AMD EPYC central processing unit (CPU), codenamed Rome, provides outstanding performance and “hardened at the code” security. It was launched in 2019 and has already been widely adopted. Support for AMD EPYC Rome has been merged to the Linux kernel starting with 5.4 series. Therefore, all Ubuntu releases with 5.4 ...


liam zheng
24 June 2020

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

Internet of Things Article

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 ...


Canonical
23 June 2020

Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed is now available

Canonical announcements Article

The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition is now available in North America and selected EMEA countries* certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed to work straight out of the box. This is the first system available on the market with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, released in April 2020, and continues the long-standing partnership with Canonical which is ...


Anthony Dillon
22 June 2020

Design and Web team summary – 22nd June 2020

Design Article

The web team here at Canonical run two-week iterations. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Meet the team My name is Wayne, I’m part of the Brand team that sits within Web & Design. I’ve been at Canonical for almost 2 years now, in those 2 years I ...


H Wilkins
19 June 2020

Making the MAAS machine list fast with React

Design Article

We have been transitioning the web interface for MAAS from AngularJS to React. One of the reasons for this is to make the interface faster. The main page with performance issues is the list of machines. This list needs to be fast at displaying a few hundred machines at a bare minimum. So what happens ...


haydenb
17 June 2020

Getting started with CUDA on Ubuntu on WSL 2

Ubuntu Article

At Build 2020 Microsoft announced support for GPU compute on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. Ubuntu is the leading Linux distribution for WSL and a sponsor of WSLConf. Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, provides enterprise support for Ubuntu on WSL through Ubuntu Advantage. This guide will walk early adopters through the steps on turning ...


Kyle Fazzari
17 June 2020

ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy and its Enhanced Security Monitoring

Robotics Article

We’re pleased to welcome the newest ROS 2 release, Foxy Fitzroy. A long-term support (LTS) release, (supported for three years), Foxy runs on the latest Ubuntu LTS, the also-recently-released Ubuntu 20.04 (supported for five years, or even longer with an ESM subscription). Putting together a distribution like Foxy is a ton of work. Open R ...


Rhys Davies
16 June 2020

The Ubuntu Appliance portfolio

Internet of Things Article

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, self-updating solution, f ...


Tytus Kurek
16 June 2020

Is Ubuntu an enterprise Linux distribution?

Cloud and server Article

Is Ubuntu an enterprise Linux distribution? If you are asking, you are probably wondering if you can use Ubuntu anywhere else other than your workstation or development environment. Perhaps you are wondering whether you can implement Ubuntu in your enterprise, including production environments? If that is the case, I have good news for yo ...


Canonical
15 June 2020

OVHcloud drives flash storage strategy with LXD

Ceph Article

With more than 1.5 million global customers – including Sainsburys and Michelin – OVHcloud is Europe’s largest cloud computing provider, and the third largest web hosting company in the world. It goes without saying that storage is mission critical for an organisation like OVHcloud, but finding a solution that was compatible with their ex ...


Igor Ljubuncic
12 June 2020

Productivity is but a snap away – useful applications for your everyday needs

Desktop Article

The state of being productive comes in various guises. Sometimes, you want to do more. Sometimes, you want less. It’s been a while since we toured the Snap Store, and we thought you would be interested in a fresh batch of cool, fun and useful applications that can help you perfect your daily digital activities. ...