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  Linux Application Summit 2022 – And there we were all in one place …
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  In the last two days of April, the small, picturesque town of Rovereto in northern Italy was the location of this year’s Linux Application Summit (LAS). After a virtual-only experience during the pandemic, the LAS returned with a physical presence, and so did we. Canonical has long recognized the value and importance of LAS as […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/linux-application-summit-2022-and-there-we-were-all-in-one-place
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  Let’s meet at Hannover Messe 2022
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  Hannover Messe, one of the world’s largest trade fairs, dedicated to the industrial sectors (drive engineering, automation, robotics, R&D and industrial IT), will be held in Hannover, Germany from May 30th to June 2nd 2022. Come join us at Hall 5, Booth B51/1, where we will discuss all things IoT and embedded and introduce you […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/lets-meet-at-hannover-messe-2022
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  The Operator Day Industry Panel Discussion at Kubecon EU 2022
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  Find out who the panelists are for the Industry Panel discussion during Operator Day on May 16th. During this virtual session industry thought leaders will discuss the latest trends and developments about Kubernetes and Operators. Our panelists are not only thought leaders in various areas of cloud-native technologies, but also work at leading industry organisations. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-operator-day-industry-panel-at-kubecon-eu-2022
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  Cost optimised private cloud for financial services
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  Why private clouds? Regulatory compliance and data privacy requirements require financial institutions (FIs) to consider carefully where their applications are running and where the customer data is stored. The data protection and data sovereignty laws in most countries require an enterprise to keep data in certain geographic locations. PCI Data Security Standard, for example, regulates […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/cost-optimised-private-cloud-for-financial-services
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  Canonical Kubernetes 1.24 is now generally available
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  We consistently follow the upstream release cadence to provide our users and customers with the latest improvements and fixes, together with security maintenance and enterprise support for Kubernetes on Ubuntu.  This blog is a quick overview of the latest development highlights that are made available in Canonical Kubernetes 1.24 as well as a look at […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical%ef%bb%bf-kubernetes-1-24-is-now-generally-available
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  Confidential Computing and financial services cloud
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  Data security in the cloud – a business imperative Cloud computing has been transforming financial IT infrastructure into a utility allowing financial institutions (FIs) to access computing resources on-demand letting FIs offload costs and effort of setting-up and managing their own on-premises infrastructure, improving agility and time to business value. As more and more financial […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/confidential-computing-and-financial-services-cloud
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  Level up your Linux gaming with the new Steam Snap!
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  Introducing the new, early access Steam snap! Packaging everything you need for native and Proton-based linux gaming, secure and dependency free.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/level-up-linux-gaming-new-steam-snap
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  Open source solutions that drive logistics sector’s digital transformation
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  As with organisations in many other industries, logistics services are under intense pressure to remain competitive to face severe market disruption. Disruptive innovation has reached this industry, which is currently experiencing strong inflexion points. The logistics sector is being forced to innovate as rapidly and quickly as possible. Therefore, organisations need to stay competitive and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/open-source-solutions-logistics-industry
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  New Active Directory Integration features in Ubuntu 22.04 (part 1)
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  On April 21 Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 was released with a lot of new, exciting new features for both consumer and enterprise users. Improved Linux Active Directory (AD) integration is historically one of the most requested functionalities by our corporate users, and with 22.04, we decided to act on the feedback and offer a way to […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/new-active-directory-integration-features-in-ubuntu-22-04-part-1
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  Embedded Linux project: Yocto or Ubuntu Core? [Part IV]
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  Welcome to the concluding chapter of this journey assessing Yocto and Ubuntu Core for your embedded Linux project.  Among the go-to solutions in the industry and benefiting from wide popularity, Yocto enables developers to build a custom embedded Linux distribution from scratch. With extensive control over every stage of compiling and building the target, Yocto […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/embedded-linux-project-iv
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  Canonical at KubeCon Europe 2022
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  The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship event, KubeCon & CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 is going to be held this year in Valencia, Spain from 16 – 20 May 2022. The event will also be held virtually on the same days. As the world is slowly getting back to its pre-pandemic habits, we expect KubeCon attendance to […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/kubecon-2022-europe
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  Design and Web team summary – 22 April 2022
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  The Web and design team at Canonical run 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.  Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-22-april-2022
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  Open source technology in logistics sector
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  Why use open source technology in industries? The word open source was first coined by Christine Petersen to a working group that was dedicated, with a goal to share open-source software practices in the broader marketplace. The working group values sharing of software for better use, cheaper offering and preventing vendor lock-in. In addition to […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/open-source-technology-logistics-sector
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  Real-time Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Beta – Now Available
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  On 21 April 2022, Canonical announced real-time Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, available in beta.  Based on upstream v5.15, the 22.04 LTS kernel integrates the out-of-tree PREEMPT_RT patch for x86_64 and AArch64 architectures. Once in GA, the new real-time kernel will power the next generation of robotics, IoT, and telco innovations by providing a deterministic response time […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/real-time-ubuntu-released
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  LXD 5.0 LTS is now available
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  The stable release of LXD, the system container and VM manager, is now available. LXD 5.0 is the fourth LTS release for LXD, and will be supported for 5 years, until June 2027.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/lxd-5-0-lts-is-now-available
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  What’s new for Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
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  Jammy Jellyfish delivers long term support for the entire recent Raspberry Pi device portfolio, a host of new HATs and the best desktop performance yet!

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/whats-new-for-raspberry-pi-ubuntu-22-04-lts
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  Ubuntu supports Arm64-based Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
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  Canonical announces an optimized Ubuntu image for the preview of Ampere Altra Arm-based Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines. Azure users will benefit from running Ubuntu, the most popular cloud operating system, on a secure, scalable, and highly cost-effective cloud infrastructure. Arm-based architectures are ideal for computing workloads including microservices, application servers,  Machine Learning (ML), open-source databases, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-supports-arm64-based-microsoft-azure-virtual-machines
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  Upgrade your data science workflows with Ubuntu WSL
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  Learn how using Ubuntu WSL on Windows workstations can improve your data science workflows and reduce the time to innovation in our new whitepaper.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/upgrade-data-science-workflows-ubuntu-wsl
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  The MicroK8s addons framework – now open to everyone!
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  This is a guest post, originally posted on Konstantinos Tsakalozos’ personal blog, adapted and reproduced here with his permission. Konstantinos is a Staff Engineer at Canonical and the Software Lead behind MicroK8s. MicroK8s addons, extra services which can be added to your bare-bones cluster, are a great favourite with users as they allow you to […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-microk8s-addons-framework-now-open-to-everyone
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  Embedded Linux project: Yocto or Ubuntu Core? [Part III]
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  Welcome to the third chapter of this four-part series on Yocto vs Ubuntu Core. We have already gone a long way on the journey to choosing the right OS for your embedded Linux project. Part I covered the main characteristics of Yocto, and Part II assessed the advantages brought about by Ubuntu Core. If you […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/embedded-linux-project-iii