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  The State of Robotics – August 2020
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  So that’s the summer gone (hopefully, that heat was awful). Or winter if that’s where you are. Seasons change and so does the state of robotics. Fortunately, that’s what we’re here for. Before we get into it, as ever, If you’re working on any robotics projects that you’d like us to talk about, be sure […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-state-of-robotics-august-2020
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  Snap! Collaborate and listen!
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  You’d think we would be running out of terrible/great (delete as applicable) 80’s songs to try and shoehorn into the titles of these blog posts. Turns out, not quite yet! “How can I help?” is a phrase often used in Open Source projects by enthusiastic users and developers. There are a lot of moving parts […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/snap-collaborate-and-listen
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  How Aldo’s passion for artificial intelligence and machine learning led to a role at Canonical
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  Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, but who are the people behind Canonical? This blog is the second in a series getting to know some of the different employees that make up our company.  For today’s blog, we spoke with Aldo Martinez, a member of our US-based team. Aldo’s passion for artificial intelligence and machine […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-aldos-passion-for-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-led-to-a-sales-role-at-canonical
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  WSLConf returns this week with a worldwide schedule
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  WSLConf returns this week, on September 9th and/or 10th, depending on where you are in the world. Sessions are planned to reach the growing WSL community around the world. Presenters are joining from Japan, Spain, the US, Brazil, Switzerland, France, and the UK. WSLConf will feature main stage talks, interactive sessions, and workshops. Attendees can […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/wslconf-returns-this-week-with-a-worldwide-schedule
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  How Canonical remotely delivers and supports customer cloud deployments
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  The widespread shift to remote working in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a disruptive change for countless businesses; some 13% of organisations say they have faced major disruption (1). But at Canonical, remote working has long been the status quo for many of our teams. In spite of the challenging circumstances in which […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-canonical-remotely-delivers-and-supports-customer-cloud-deployments
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  Tutorial: Getting Started with ROS
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  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 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/tutorial-getting-started-with-ros
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  Design and Web team summary – 2nd September 2020
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  The web team here at Canonical run two week iterations. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web squad Our Web Squad develops and maintains most of Canonical’s promotional sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more. Update the data privacy Brand new confidentiality privacy notice page from the legal team. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-2nd-september-2020
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  HP Z series on Ubuntu – AI development on enterprise workstations, now in your remote office
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  Today, HP announced the launch of its Z series of laptops and workstations certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, the latest additions to their popular professional workstation line. Made to drive AI and machine learning and with hardware that is also suited to 3D and virtual reality development, the Z series is an ideal enterprise workstation […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/hp-z-series-on-ubuntu-ai-development-on-enterprise-workstations-now-in-your-remote-office
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  Canonical at KubeCon EU 2020: our first virtual KubeCon experience
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  Another great KubeCon has recently come to an end – which is nothing less than what we expected. After all, that’s why Canonical and Ubuntu have been consistently present at KubeCon & CloudNativeCon EU, to connect with the community. This year, we showcased Canonical’s conformant, interoperable, multi-cloud Kubernetes through our two Kubernetes distributions – Charmed […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-at-kubecon-eu-2020-our-first-virtual-kubecon-experience
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  Spotting /tmp related vulnerabilities with TmpWatcher
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  Did you know that misuse of the /tmp directory is one of the most common security flaws? If you search mitre for the keyword “tmp”, you’ll find a plethora of vulnerabilities (529 at the time of this writing). Because /tmp is a world-writable directory, applications need to be very careful about how they create and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/spotting-tmp-related-vulnerabilities-with-tmpwatcher
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  Snapcraft corner: Staying on track
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  Snapcraft channels and, consequently, tracks are an important, highly useful element of the snap ecosystem. Tracks enable snap developers to publish multiple supported releases of their application under the same snap name. All snaps must have a default track – called latest, but there can be many others, giving both developers flexibility in how they […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/snapcraft-corner-staying-on-track
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  Kubernetes vs Docker
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  In an era where container technologies have taken the industry by storm, one of the most common online searches on the topic of containers is ‘Kubernetes vs Docker’. The relevance and accuracy of this comparison is questionable, as it is not really comparing apples to apples. In this blog post, we will attempt to clarify […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/kubernetes-versus-docker
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  Travel, CLIs, and sticky notes: Lilyana’s life as a Canonical UX designer
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  Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, but who are the people behind Canonical? This blog series is all about getting to know the different employees that make up our company. Lilyana Videnova is a Senior User Experience (UX) Designer who has worked on a wide range of Canonical products. We spoke with Lilyana to find […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/travel-clis-and-sticky-notes-lilyanas-life-as-a-canonical-ux-designer
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  Kubernetes 1.19 available from Canonical
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  Canonical today announced full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.19 spanning from public cloud to the edge, covering Charmed Kubernetes, MicroK8s and kubeadm.  “As with all releases, Canonical is committed to fast following so that users benefit from the latest features, lifecycle operations and enterprise support in line with the upstream. With Kubernetes 1.19, MicroK8s and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/kubernetes-1-19-available-from-canonical%ef%bb%bf
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  Kubernetes 1.19 available from Canonical
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  Canonical today announced full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.19 spanning from public cloud to the edge, covering Charmed Kubernetes, MicroK8s and kubeadm.  “As with all releases, Canonical is committed to fast following so that users benefit from the latest features, lifecycle operations and enterprise support in line with the upstream. With Kubernetes 1.19, MicroK8s and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/kubernetes-1-19-available-from-canonical
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  Ubuntu on WSL 2 Backported to Windows 10 1909, Extending Reach
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  Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 in the Windows 10 May 2020 update, also known as version 2004. Today Microsoft announced an update for Windows 10 which brings WSL 2 back to the Windows 10 November 2019 update, also known as version 1909. Ubuntu on WSL 2 in the enterprise […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-on-wsl-2-backported-to-windows-10-1909-extending-reach
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  Tour of the snap developer account in the Snap Store
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  Sometimes, you may wonder, what’s on the other side of the curtain? If you’re a developer contemplating snaps, you surely want to know the range of tools and options available in the developer account dashboard in the Snap Store. But some of the features may not necessarily be immediately visible or relevant until you’ve uploaded […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/tour-of-the-snap-developer-account-in-the-snap-store
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  Design and Web team summary – 20th August 2020
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  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 Kit Randel My name is Kit and I live at the bottom of the earth in Dunedin, New Zealand where I manage the MAAS frontend, engineering team. Currently, we’re working […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-20th-august-2020
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  Set up the AdGuard Home Ubuntu Appliance
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  Block ads and trackers, and regain full control of your network. The AdGuard Home Ubuntu Appliance is an easy way for anyone to shield their WiFi network, and all the devices in their home from hackers and prying eyes online. In this post, we discuss what AdGuard Home is, some of the benefits and features […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/set-up-the-adguard-home-ubuntu-appliance
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  How to build a snap using ROS 2 Foxy
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  The snapcraft CLI (the tool used to create snaps) has long had support for building snaps that use both ROS 1 and ROS 2. ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy is the latest ROS 2 LTS, which runs on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). The snapcraft CLI recently gained experimental support for building Foxy snaps, so I wanted […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-build-a-snap-using-ros-2-foxy