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  Your first robotic arm with Ubuntu Core, coming from Niryo
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  Niryo has built a fantastic 6-axis robotic arm called ‘Niryo One’. It is a 3D-printed, affordable robotic arm focused mainly on educational purposes. Additionally, it is fully open source and based on ROS. On the hardware side, it is powered by a Raspberry Pi 3 and NiryoStepper motors, based on Arduino microcontrollers. When we found […]

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  https://insights.ubuntu.com/2019/06/18/your-first-robotic-arm-with-ubuntu-core-coming-from-niryo/
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  New release: Vanilla framework 2.0
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  Over the past year, we’ve been working hard to bring you the next release of Vanilla framework: version 2.0, our most stable release to date. Since our last significant release, v1.8.0 back in July last year, we’ve been working hard to bring you new features, improve the framework and make it the most stable version […]

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  https://insights.ubuntu.com/2019/06/13/new-release-vanilla-framework-2-0/
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  Customisable for the enterprise: the next-generation of drones
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  Drones, and their wide-ranging uses, have been a constant topic of conversation for some years now, but we’re only just beginning to move away from the hypothetical and into reality. The FAA estimates that there will be 2 million drones in the United States alone in 2019, as adoption within the likes of distribution, construction, […]

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  Ubuntu Server development summary – 11 June 2019
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  Hello Ubuntu Server The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team […]

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  https://insights.ubuntu.com/2019/06/12/ubuntu-server-development-summary-11-june-2019/
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  Get to know these 5 Ubuntu community resources
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  Ubuntu OS is open source, with a whole community working to shape and support it. Here are some resources from the Ubuntu community for the Ubuntu community.

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  https://insights.ubuntu.com/2019/06/12/5-ubuntu-community-resources/
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  Design and Web team summary – 10 June 2019
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  This was a fairly busy two weeks for the Web & design team at Canonical.  Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of the brochure websites across the Canonical. Integrating the blog into www.ubuntu.com We have been working on integrating the blog […]

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  https://insights.ubuntu.com/2019/06/10/design-and-web-team-summary-10-june-2019/
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  Small Robot Company sows the seeds for autonomous and more profitable farming
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  In Europe, the cost of running a cereal farm – cultivating wheat, rice, and other grains – has risen by 85% in the last 25 years, yet crop yields and revenues have stagnated. And while farms struggle to remain profitable, it won’t be long before those static yields become insufficient to support growing populations. Reliance […]

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  https://insights.ubuntu.com/2019/06/07/small-robot-company-sows-the-seeds-for-autonomous-and-more-profitable-farming/
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  Snapcraft confinement & Interfaces
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  Snaps. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the OSS Snapcraft. Its continuing mission, to provide snap users with simple, clear and effective tips and tricks on how to build and publish their applications. In this tutorial, we are going to talk about confinement and interfaces – how to restrict what your snaps can […]

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  https://insights.ubuntu.com/2019/06/06/snapcraft-confinement-interfaces/
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  Need to set up servers in remote locations?
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  Use bare metal provisioning with a top-of-the-rack switch When deploying a small footprint environment such as edge computing sites, 5G low latency services, a site support cabinet or baseband unit, its critical to establish the optimal number of physical servers needed for set up. While several approaches exist, bare metal provisioning through KVM can often […]

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  Debug ACPI Tables with Firmware Test Suite (FWTS)
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  In my previous two articles, ACPI AML Debugger in Ubuntu 18.04 & Debug AML (DSD & SSDT) with ACPICA Utilities, I discussed techniques for AML debugging; however the ACPI specification includes many other important tables. Firmware Test Suite (FWTS) is a test suite (as the name indicates) that can play a big role in debugging […]

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  Ubuntu Server development summary – 28 May 2019
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  Hello Ubuntu Server The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team […]

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  Introducing the Ubuntu security podcast
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  The Ubuntu Security Podcast is a weekly podcast covering all the latest news and developments from the Ubuntu Security team. Each week the team discuss the various security updates that have been published across the Ubuntu releases, describing the technical details of both the security vulnerabilities as well as the fixes involved. Due to the […]

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  Snapcraft parts & plugins
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  Last week, we published Introduction to snapcraft, a tutorial that provided a detailed overview of the snap build process. We touched on the concepts like snap ecosystem components, snapcraft command line, snapcraft.yaml syntax, and more. We’d like to expand on the first lesson, and today, we are going to talk about parts and plugins, used […]

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  https://insights.ubuntu.com/2019/05/23/snapcraft-parts-plugins/
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  在IoT设备上使用mir-kiosk构建图形界面
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  如果你想要一个全屏的应用，如果你会用snap，那么现在就试试mir-kiosk吧。 许多设备商想为用户提供图像界面输出或者显示服务（如使用键盘、鼠标和触屏）。一些例子需使用交互式信息面板如：数字标牌，车载娱乐，智能电表以及从洗衣机到智能恒温器以及各种“创客”项目的各种屏幕。 很多项目都可使用mir-kiosk，他们可以使用不同硬件或不同版本的Ubuntu（Core或Classic），但它们都在同一件事情：为设备添加一个“显示器”。 mir-kiosk的使用 mir-kiosk为任何图形信息亭实施提供了基础，它提供带有鼠标指针的黑屏，让你运行任何你想要的应用程序，立即将其转换为自助服务终端应用程序。你可以试试下方的教程和演示，快速执行此操作： 在Ubuntu Core上运行kiosk：你可以在kiosk上运行Qt程序。 构建一个安全的Ubuntu 信息亭：在Ubuntu上部署智能显示器和信息亭的快速指南。 开发一个原生Wayland的 Kiosk snap：原生Wayland的snap应用，可为物联网设备或信息亭设备提供用户界面。 在Ubuntu Core上运行浏览器Kiosk或浏览器显示服务：一个浏览器信息亭snap的教程。 开发一个基于X11的Kiosk snap：原生X11的snap应用，可为物联网设备或信息亭设备提供用户界面。 开发一个HTML5或基于Electron的Kiosk snap：用snap的方式构建和部署基于Electron的信息亭。 Mir-kiosk 使用Mir显示服务 Mir提供一个稳定，经过良好测试且可使用触摸、鼠标、平板输入高性能的平台。同时也提供基于Wayland协议的安全Wayland服务端。更多关于Mir的内容，可访问：https://mir-server.io。 Mir处理各种图形和输入硬件的初始化和配置，并透明地处理硬件环境。Mir库提供了大多数窗口管理，可以由应用程序自定义，例如以全屏运行，mir-kiosk可以。 mir-kiosk项目采用mir显示服务并将其打包为易用的snap。如果想在任何支持snap-enable的Linux发行版上安装mir-kiosk，只需键入： sudo snap install mir-kiosk 点击上方教程链接了解更多内容。

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  Kubeflow at KubeCon Europe 2019 in Barcelona
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  Kubeflow, the Kubernetes native application for AI and Machine Learning, continues to accelerate feature additions and community growth. The community has released two new versions since the last Kubecon – 0.4 in January and 0.5 in April – and is currently working on the 0.6 release, to be released in July. The key features in […]

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  Design and Web team summary – 10 May 2019
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  It was another busy iteration for the web and design team, trying to get a lot of work wrapped up before we head off to Lyon, France for our 19.10 Roadmap cycle kick-off.

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  Introduction to snapcraft
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  First steps are always hard, especially in technology. Most of the time, you need a primer, just the right dose of knowledge, to get started with a platform. This tutorial and upcoming sequels are designed to provide developers with simple, clear and effective tips and tricks on how to build and publish their applications as […]

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  Ubuntu Core 18专题研讨会图文版
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  Ubuntu在公有云、混合云、容器、AI机器学习、IoT边缘计算领域有着广泛的使用和庞大的生态圈。今天我们着重介绍Ubuntu Core在物联网的应用，Ubuntu Core正在驱动着整个物联网设备。Ubuntu Core在无人机、边缘网关、机器人、工业等行业领域都非常流行，是这些行业领域的首选OS（操作系统）。 从事IoT（物联网）业务的企业正面临产品软件安全更新维护和成本效应乃至营收的难题。随着时间的迁移，成本支出将变得更高。传统解决方案如今会使得产品生命期过半后将面临盈利困难的问题，影响企业新产品的研发和迭代升级。因此，一个能在产品整个生命周期中为企业持续盈利的平台对于企业来说至关重要。 单一的产品+软件服务的传统商业模式在现今市场上已缺乏竞争力，固定的硬件成本+无盈利的软件平台+高昂的安全维护成本使得其在发展上受限。平台的经济性已被证明是另一个出路，在同业内也具备更大的竞争优势。软件平台的持续性增长将会给企业带来更多营收，使得产品线升级、迭代的过程更加平滑。 软件安全问题正呈现全球性，大范围爆发的趋势，企业需要做好足够的安全准备，尤其在产品量产和正式上线阶段。量产前需要做好后期安全维护更新的机制，上线时需要有可行，稳定，高效的安全方案。物联网的特点是分散，并发，集中管理，如距离很远用于风力发电的电机网关，维护成本巨大和不便。 为企业生产力而设计 Ubuntu Core是一个为企业生产力而设计的Ubuntu版本，拥有和Ubuntu一样的内核。拥有上千的应用的软件商店，更可靠、安全、稳定，对企业营收更友好。 重新定义商业模式 Snap store，自由定制化，灵活的软件生态，营收链。企业可选择品牌定制应用商店，接入应用商店或定制，拥有可控的灵活安全更新维护机制，解决维护难、成本高的难题。 安全和成本效益兼备 Ubuntu Core 18拥有主动安全机制，事务性的系统到软件层的更新，默认应用都受限，Canonical10年的可靠安全支持。这些都将安全提升到了新高度，同时降低维护成本。 强大的开发者社区，现在开发者在Ubuntu平台上开发嵌入式的Linux应用将变得更简单，一个平台即可涵盖设备到云端的连接。同时，在多版本多架构的软件测试、分发上体验更友好。 了解更多关于Ubuntu Core 18的内容或联系我们。

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  Ubuntu Server development summary – 15 May 2019
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  Hello Ubuntu Server The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team […]

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  Ubuntu updates to mitigate new Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities
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  Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) describes a group of vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, and CVE-2019-11091) in various Intel microprocessors, which allow a malicious process to read various information from another process which is executing on the same CPU core. This occurs due to the use of various microarchitectural elements (buffers) within the CPU core. If one […]

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