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  The State of IoT – June & July 2022
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  Welcome to the June & July combined edition of the monthly State of IoT series. Let’s dive straight into the most prominent news across the IoT landscape from the last two months. Canonical releases Ubuntu Core 22 for embedded Ubuntu Core is an app-centric embedded operating system based on Ubuntu. Developers can focus on building […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/state-of-iot-june-2022
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  Compassionate doc
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  Being the best open-source company in the world means building the best open-source documentation. That’s means giving appropriate respect for ownership and prior art. We crave your feedback about how to best make that happen.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/compassionate-doc
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  Automotive fleet management: what OEMs can learn from software companies
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  One of the main challenges within the automotive industry today is finding a solution that allows for efficient automotive fleet management.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/automotive-fleet-management-what-oems-can-learn-from-software-companies
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  Let’s get confidential! Canonical Ubuntu Confidential VMs are now generally available on Microsoft Azure
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  On behalf of all Canonical teams, I am happy to announce the general availability of Ubuntu Confidential VMs (CVMs) on Microsoft Azure! They  are part of the Microsoft Azure DCasv5/ECasv5 series, and only take a few clicks to enable and use. Ubuntu 20.04 is the first and only Linux distribution to support Confidential VMs on […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/lets-get-confidential-canonical-ubuntu-confidential-vms-are-now-generally-available-on-microsoft-azure
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  Design and Web team summary – 15 July 2022
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  The Web and design team at Canonical runs in two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Sites The Sites team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more.  Release of the […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-15-july-2022
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  Omnichannel Enablement: 4 technology success factors
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  For retailers considering a transition to omnichannel, there are four key success factors to keep in mind.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/omnichannel-enablement-4-technology-success-factors
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  Dell XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition now certified with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
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  July 21st 2022 – Canonical is excited to announce the new Dell XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition has been officially certified for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Starting from August, developers can buy Dell’s flagship XPS 13-inch laptop with the latest version of Canonical’s desktop Linux preinstalled. Also, from today current XPS 13 Plus owners can install […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/dell-xps-13-plus-developer-edition-now-certified-with-ubuntu-22-04-lts
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  How to use ROS 2 shared memory in snaps
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  If you already tried to package ROS 2 Foxy applications into snaps, you might have encountered the following error regarding shared memory: This log is stating that FastDDS (formerly known as FastRTPS) couldn’t create a file for the shared memory mechanism due to denied permission. Fortunately, FastDDS is smart enough to fallback to a non-shared […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-use-ros-2-shared-memory-in-snaps
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  Raspberry Pi HAT tutorials part 2 – Blinkenlights and micro-Pong!
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  Welcome to part 2 of our Raspberry Pi Unicorn HAT tutorial series. In this post, we learn to build a handheld micro-Pong device and a system monitor.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/raspberry-pi-hat-tutorials-part-2-blinkenlights-and-micro-pong
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  Introducing Ubuntu for Google Cloud’s Arm-based T2A virtual machines
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  July 13th, 2022: Canonical and Google Cloud today announce an optimised Ubuntu image for the preview of Tau T2A virtual machines (VMs) on Compute Engine. Google Cloud users will benefit from running Ubuntu, a popular cloud operating system, on a secure, scalable, and highly cost-effective cloud infrastructure. The Ampere® Altra® Arm-based T2A VMs are ideal […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-for-google-clouds-arm-based-t2a-virtual-machines
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  High-performance computing (HPC) cluster architecture [part 4]
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  This article describes what HPC clusters are, their various components and their particular purposes. It also covers the different types of HPC clusters.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/hpc-cluster-architecture
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  High-performance computing (HPC) cluster architecture [part 4]
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  This article describes what HPC clusters are, their various components and their particular purposes. It also covers the different types of HPC clusters.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/hpc-cluster-architecture-part-4
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  Design and Web team summary – 1 July 2022
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  The Web and design team at Canonical runs two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more.  In this iteration we […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-1-july-2022
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  UX Deep Dive: Classify interactions for a more intuitive user interface
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  We try hard to make our products as intuitive and familiar as possible, but there will always be “advanced” options and rarely-used features. So how do we decide what order and prominence to give to these lesser-used features?

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ux-deep-dive-classify-interactions-for-a-more-intuitive-user-interface
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  Installing Foxglove Studio is now easier than ever
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  Today, Foxglove announced the release of the Foxglove Studio snap. Foxglove Studio helps you experience the world as a robot does, providing a rich set of features to visualise data. By diversifying its distribution with a snap, Foxglove Studio is now available to millions of Linux users that can install this open-source tool with a […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/installing-foxglove-studio-is-now-easier-than-ever
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  Firefox snap performance Part 3: significant startup improvements
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  In Part 3 of our Firefox snap performance series we cover two significant performance improvements that have just landed for all users.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/improving-firefox-snap-performance-part-3
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  Install Gazebo for ROS 2 in under a minute
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  Recently, we announced the beta release of the Gazebo snap to help you install Gazebo for ROS 2. The gazebo snap is easy to install on dozens of Linux distributions and comes bundled with all the dependencies and the ROS 2 integration. It is currently supporting Gazebo Citadel and thus ROS 2 Foxy. For the […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/install-gazebo-for-ros-2-in-under-a-minute
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  Bring home the disco with these Raspberry Pi HAT tutorials (Part 1)
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  Ubuntu is lighting up the Raspberry Pi this week with the first of a two-part collection of Unicorn HAT tutorials from our resident Pi developers!

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/raspberry-pi-hat-tutorials-part-1
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  Unravelling complexity in a software-defined vehicles industry
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  Software-defined: an industry U-turn Vehicles are becoming more connected, autonomous, shared and electric (the famous CASE acronym). While customers expect new features and upgradability, the software and hardware components enabling such innovations require a different system architecture to function. This is a major change for the automotive industry as it requires new software skills, methodologies […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/unravelling-complexity-in-a-software-defined-vehicles-industry
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  Event Data Recorders: Safety and software considerations
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  New law set to impact automotive companies in Europe There has been a lot of talk about Event Data Recorders (EDR) in the automotive industry lately. Event Data Recorders are tamper-proof memory devices that collect accident data on modes of transport. You might recognise EDRs as flight data recorders; they have been used in avionics […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/event-data-recorders-safety-and-software-considerations