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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
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  Multus: how to escape the Kubernetes eth0 prison
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  Kubernetes has been successful for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it takes care of things that application developers may not want to bother with – such as, for example, networking. Multus is a feature that can be used on top of Kubernetes to enable complex networking use cases. Kubernetes […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/multus-how-to-escape-the-kubernetes-eth0-prison
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  Snapcraft development tips: how to troubleshoot snaps with services
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  In the past, we have discussed various ways on how to debug and troubleshoot potential issues during snap development. The ability to quickly iterate, resolve build process hurdles and publish the application in a timely manner is essential to a robust, positive development experience. Today, we would like to outline a few basic tips and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/snapcraft-development-tips-how-to-troubleshoot-snaps-with-services
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  Ubuntu on WSL 2 Is Generally Available
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  Today Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 in the Windows 10 May 2020 update. WSL 2 is based on a new architecture that provides full Linux binary application compatibility and improved performance. WSL 2 is powered by a real Linux kernel in a lightweight virtual machine that boots in under […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-on-wsl-2-is-generally-available
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  Hybrid cloud and multi-cloud: what is the difference?
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  Hybrid cloud and multi-cloud are two exclusive terms that are often confused. While the hybrid cloud represents a model for extending private cloud infrastructure with one of the existing public clouds, a multi-cloud refers to an environment where multiple clouds are used at the same time, regardless of their type. Thus, while the hybrid cloud […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/hybrid-cloud-and-multi-cloud
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  Design and Web team summary – 27 May 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 Bartek (also known as bartaz around the interwebz). I live in Poznań in Poland and I’m a web developer. I’ve been a software developer for over 10 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-27-may-2020
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  Kubernetes for Data Science: meet Kubeflow
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  Deep Learning is set to thrive Data science has exploded as a practice in the past decade and has become an undisputed driver of innovation. The forcing factors behind the rising interest in Machine Learning, a not so new concept, have consolidated and created an unparalleled capacity for Deep Learning, a subset of Artificial Neural […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/kubernetes-for-data-science-meet-kubeflow
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  ZFS focus on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: what’s new?
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  Ubuntu has supported ZFS as an option for some time. In 19.10, we introduced experimental support on the desktop. As explained, having a ZFS on root option on our desktop was only a first step in what we want to achieve by adopting this combined file system and logical volume manager. I strongly suggest you read […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/zfs-focus-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts-whats-new