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  Design and Web team summary – 22nd June 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 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 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-22nd-june-2020
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  Design and Web team summary – 22nd June 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 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 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-22nd-june-2020
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  Making the MAAS machine list fast with React
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  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 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/making-the-maas-machine-list-fast-with-react
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  Getting started with CUDA on Ubuntu on WSL 2
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  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 their […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/getting-started-with-cuda-on-ubuntu-on-wsl-2
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  ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy and its Enhanced Security Monitoring
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  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 Robotics, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ros-2-foxy-fitzroy-and-its-enhanced-security-monitoring
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  The Ubuntu Appliance portfolio
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  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, free of charge. The […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/the-ubuntu-appliance-portfolio
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  Is Ubuntu an enterprise Linux distribution?
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  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 you. Yes. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/is-ubuntu-an-enterprise-linux-distribution
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  OVHcloud drives flash storage strategy with LXD
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  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 existing software […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ovhcloud-drives-flash-storage-strategy-with-lxd
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  Productivity is but a snap away – useful applications for your everyday needs
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  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. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/productivity-is-but-a-snap-away-useful-applications-for-your-everyday-needs
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  People and processes behind “Ubuntu certified” devices
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  While searching for your next GNU/Linux enabled computer, you may have found that some vendors such as Dell, HP and Lenovo sell a selection of desktops and laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed. In fact, Ubuntu is certified on an ever-growing list of hardware. But what does it mean exactly for such a device to be “Ubuntu […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/people-and-processes-behind-ubuntu-certified-devices
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  Ubuntu at the Microsoft European Virtual Open Source Summit
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  Event overview and main themes On June 16th 2020, the Microsoft European Virtual Open Source Summit will be the occasion to meet and hear from all the communities, entrepreneurs and developers involved in building the future of open source technologies in the cloud. This is an opportunity to explore all the areas where Microsoft and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-at-the-microsoft-european-virtual-open-source-summit
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  Design and Web team summary – 9th June 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 👋 My name is Sam, and I am a project manager on the web team. I help run a few of our squads in the web team. The web squad, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-9th-june-2020
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  Fabrica – Your self-hosted snap factory
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  There are many ways one can go about building snaps. You can do it on your local system, by manually running commands in a terminal window. If you have a developer account in the Snap Store, you can use the integrated build functionality to create snaps. You can also use Launchpad, Electron Builder or a […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/fabrica-your-self-hosted-snap-factory
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  OSM#9 Hackfest: the highlights
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  Canonical concluded its participation in the 9th OSM Hackfest with a renewed sense of fellowship with the Open Source MANO (OSM) community and great pride in the collaborative work that enabled an end-to-end mobile network orchestration demo using OSM’s model-driven capabilities to onboard network services. Following the successful organisation of the previous hackfest in Madrid […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/osm9-hackfest-the-highlights
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  The State of Robotics – May 2020
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  With several countries finally emerging from lockdowns and markets showing signs of economic recovery, we’ve seen the newscycle steadily shift its focus away from Covid-19. And that will be reflected in our robotics recap as well. Let’s get right to it. Final ROS 1 version release ROS Noetic Ninjemys was released this month on World […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/the-state-of-robotics-may-2020
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  Building a cross-framework UI with single-spa in MAAS 2.8
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  A new machine list, and a new framework In MAAS 2.8, we’re shipping a new machine list, built from the ground up in React and Redux. We’ve also implemented a few new features: persisting UI state for grouping, new grouping options, bookmarkable urls with filter and search parameters, and many performance improvements.  In my last […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/building-a-cross-framework-ui-with-single-spa-in-maas-2-8
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  Getting started with cross-platform development using .NET on Ubuntu on WSL
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  .NET is an open source software framework for building cross-platform applications on Linux, Windows, and macOS. Ubuntu on WSL allows you to build and test applications for Ubuntu and Windows simultaneously. What happens when we mix these together? This blog will demonstrate how to install a .NET development stack on WSL, build a simple OS-aware […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/creating-cross-platform-applications-with-net-on-ubuntu-on-wsl
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  MicroK8s now native on Windows and macOS
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  Windows and macOS developers can now use MicroK8s natively! Use kubectl at the Windows or Mac command line to interact with MicroK8s locally just as you would on Linux. Clean integration into the desktop means better workflows to dev, build and test your containerised apps. MicroK8s is a conformant upstream Kubernetes, packaged for simplicity and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/microk8s-installers-windows-and-macos
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  What’s the deal with edge computing?
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  With over 41 billion IoT devices expected to be active by 2027 — that’s at least 5 devices for every person on the planet — edge computing has emerged as a tenable solution to prevent the impending snowballing of network traffic. Allow me to lift the veil on this buzzword and explain why it’s been […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/whats-the-deal-with-edge-computing
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  Open source software for open infrastructure
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  Implementing infrastructure using open-source software significantly reduces the total cost of ownership (TOC) of your infrastructure. Over the last few years, we’ve seen more and more companies moving to open source. These include Netflix, Uber, Visa, eBay, Wikipedia and AT&T. And this trend will only continue to grow. The migration is driven by better economics, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/open-source-software-for-open-infrastructure