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  High Performance Computing – It’s all about the bottleneck
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  The term High Performance Computing, HPC, evokes a lot of powerful emotions whenever mentioned. Even people who do not necessarily have vocational knowledge of hardware and software will have an inkling of understanding of what it’s all about; HPC solves problems at speed and scale that cannot be achieved with standard, traditional compute resources. But […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/high-performance-computing-its-all-about-the-bottleneck
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  What is a sovereign cloud?
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  In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, the concept of a sovereign cloud has recently emerged in response to data management challenges. As governments increasingly recognise the importance of safeguarding their data, ensuring compliance with local regulations, and asserting digital autonomy, sovereign cloud solutions have gained prominence. This blog will explore this concept in detail. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/sovereign-cloud
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  The roles in software operators
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  The software operator design pattern – part 6: Roles As we’ve seen throughout this series, a design pattern is a general solution that has been proven to solve a repeatedly occurring problem when designing software. In my previous blog posts, we examined the basics of the software operator design pattern, the forces impacting it, and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-software-operator-design-pattern-part-6
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  AI in 2024 – What does the future hold?
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  AI in 2024

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ai-in-2024
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  Automotive at CES 2024: What to expect
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  As the automotive industry continues to evolve, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has cemented its position as the premier event for unveiling the latest technological advancements. With each passing year, CES becomes an even more integral platform for showcasing groundbreaking innovations.  In anticipation of CES 2024, automotive enthusiasts and professionals are eagerly awaiting the unveiling […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/automotive-at-ces-2024-what-to-expect
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  MOTL: N33 NUC
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  Part 2 – PXE booting My next step is to confirm whether or not the N33 NUC will PXE boot. A moderate Google search didn’t turn up any active documentation that confirmed this. There were feature listings on Amazon for similar NUCS, but who knows if those are reality or marketing? The obvious thing to […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/motl-n33-nuc
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  OpenStack with Sunbeam for small-scale private cloud infrastructure
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  Whenever it comes to a small-scale private cloud infrastructure project roll-out, organisations usually face a serious dilemma. The implementation process often seems complex due to a lack of knowledge, tricky migrations and an immediate need from management to run various extensions, such as Kubernetes, on top. The most obvious way to overcome this complexity is […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/openstack-with-sunbeam-for-small-scale-private-cloud-infrastructure
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  We wish you RISC-V holidays!
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  There are three types of computer users: the end user, the system administrator, and the involuntary system administrator. As it happens, everyone has found themselves in the last group at some point or another; you sit down to perform a task relevant to your needs or duties, but suddenly the machine does not work as […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/we-wish-you-risc-v-holidays
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  Missed Operator Day at KubeCon NA 2023? – Catch the Replay!
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  If you missed Operator Day, we have good news: starting January 4th, we will present weekly on-demand events week covering the presentations step by step.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/missed-operator-day-at-kubecon-na-2023-catch-the-replay
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  Ubuntu Confidential VMs on Azure: Introducing Ephemeral OS disks & vTPMs
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  Canonical introduces ephemeral vTPMs for Ubuntu Confidential VMs on Azure, Strengthening remote attestation. Explore the evolution of confidential computing, the pivotal role of vTPMs, and Ubuntu’s solution that minimizes reliance on cloud infrastructure while ensuring comprehensive security within your VM’s software stack.”

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ephemeral-ubuntu-confidential-vms-azure
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  Still running SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or 18.04 LTS ?
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  Running SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or 18.04 LTS? If so, this blog is for you to evaluate options to avoid compromising the security of your data Houston, we have a problem Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS reached the end of standard support on 31 May 2021 and 31 May 2023, respectively. While […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/sql-server-on-ubuntu
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  Canonical and Intel’s strategic collaboration brings you confidential computing with Intel® TDX on Ubuntu
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  Ensuring data security at run-time has long been an open computing challenge and a tough problem to solve. This gap arises because data must be decrypted in system memory for processing, even when it is stored encrypted. This exposes it to a large attack surface of threats posed by potentially malicious system software, such as […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/confidential-computing-intel-tdx-ubuntu
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  Canonical Kubernetes 1.29 is now generally available
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  A new upstream Kubernetes release, 1.29, is generally available, with significant new features and bugfixes. Canonical closely follows upstream development, harmonising our releases to deliver timely and up-to-date enhancements backed by our commitment to security and support – which means that MicroK8s 1.29 is now generally available as well and Charmed Kubernetes 1.29 will join […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-kubernetes-1-29-is-now-generally-available
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  Performance engineering on Ubuntu leaps forward with frame pointers by default in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
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  Today Canonical is raising the bar for performance and observability by enabling frame pointers by default in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-performance-engineering-with-frame-pointers-by-default
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  Canonical joins the OpenAirInterface<br>Software Alliance
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  Canonical announced today that it has joined the board of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA) as a Strategic Member. By working together, both organisations aim to develop an end-to-end, open source and open API wireless software stack, and to deliver turnkey solutions for customers and partners. While 5G is now widely deployed and commercially available, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-joins-the-openairinterfacesoftware-alliance
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  Optimising Ubuntu performance on amd64 architecture
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  Everyone wants the Linux distribution they are using to be fast. This is practically a content-free statement, of course: who would want their distro to be slow? But at the same time, what does it mean for your distribution to be fast? For example, Ubuntu 21.10 switched the default compression for packages to zstd, which […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/optimising-ubuntu-performance-on-amd64-architecture
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  Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel TDX are now in public preview on Azure
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  Discover the enhanced security of Ubuntu Confidential VMs on Azure. With Intel TDX technology which encrypt your workloads at run time. Explore the public preview today and experience a new level of cloud security

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-confidential-vms-intel-tdx-azure-public-preview
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  Announcing the Charmed Kafka beta
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  Charmed Kafka is a complete solution to manage the full lifecycle of Apache Kafka. The Canonical Data Fabric team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Charmed Kafka, our solution for Apache Kafka®. Apache Kafka® is a free, open source message broker for event processing at massive scale. Kafka is ideal for building […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/charmed-kafka-beta
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  End of year review: Ubuntu Desktop in 2023
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  As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the evolution of Ubuntu Desktop over the last twelve months.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/end-of-year-review-ubuntu-desktop-in-2023
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  Introducing Canonical’s new open source support portal
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  A streamlined gateway for open source support Amplifying the global impact of open source is at the heart of Canonical’s mission. Support is a crucial part of this exciting journey, especially when it comes to helping enterprises, institutions and communities around the world solve real-world problems through their IT infrastructure and applications. Working with thousands […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/introducing-canonicals-new-open-source-support-portal