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  Security podcast: February
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  The Security Podcast covers the most interesting security fixes around Ubuntu, with in-depth discussions around the latest vulnerabilities and updates.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/security-podcast-february
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  ROS Kinetic and Ubuntu 16.04 EOL: how to mitigate the impact
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  For more than ten years, the Robot Operating System (ROS) has been enabling innovators around the world to develop their robot platforms and applications. Through its collection of tools, libraries, and conventions, ROS simplifies the task of creating complex and robust robot behaviour.  Ubuntu has been the primary platform for ROS from the very beginning. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ros-kinetic-and-ubuntu-16-04-eol-how-to-mitigate-the-impact
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  Code the future together using Ubuntu
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  Where: CodeMotion 2021 – Italian edition When: March 23rd – 25th 2021 Location: virtual Italian space Get your ticket Ubuntu wants to code the future of Italy Last year, we also participated at CodeMotion Rome 2020, where Lorenzo demonstrated how MicroK8s and Kubeflow can enable the development of reliable environments for artificial intelligence projects.  During […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/code-the-future-at-codemotion
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  Honey, I Shrunk the Snap!
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  The year is 1989. I bought a computer game called F-16: Combat Pilot, a flight simulator featuring free-flight, five types of single-player missions, a full campaign mode, serial-port multiplayer, and then some. Gloriously wrapped in four colors and magnetized on two single-density 5.25-inch floppy disks. Total size: 680 KB. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/honey-i-shrunk-the-snap
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  Canonical keynote at Embedded World 2021: Bosch Rexroth achieves complete IoT automation with Ubuntu Core
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  This year, we’re excited to be sponsoring Embedded World once again. We’re particularly thrilled to invite you to the speaker forum tomorrow, Friday the 5th, where one of our users will be walking you through their personal experience with Ubuntu. Bosch Rexroth will be giving a presentation entitled ‘Ubuntu Core for industry 4.0: Bosch Rexroth’s […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/bosch-rexroth-on-ubuntu-core-at-embedded-world
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  GRUB2 Secure Boot Bypass 2021
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  In August 2020, a set of security vulnerabilities in GRUB2 (the GRand Unified Bootloader version 2) collectively known as BootHole were disclosed. Today, another set of vulnerabilities in GRUB2 were disclosed, with similar implications. Because GRUB2 is a key component of the boot process, vulnerabilities in it can permit attackers to violate the integrity promises […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/grub2-secure-boot-bypass-2021
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  Canonical completes Azure Arc Validation Program, helps increase user confidence in Arc enabled production Kubernetes
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  Microsoft Azure has just announced the details of its new Azure Arc Validation Program, aiming to further increase customer confidence in deploying Arc enabled Kubernetes in production workloads, and at scale. Canonical is one of the Kubernetes distribution providers to participate in the program, by completing conformance tests for one of its two K8s distributions […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-completes-azure-arc-kubernetes-validation-program
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  Ubuntu in the wild – 2nd of March 2021
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  The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. It is a summary of all the things that made us feel proud to be part of this journey. What do you think of it? Why companies are still going manual Companies […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-in-the-wild-03
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  Design and Web team summary – 01 March 2021
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  The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web squad The Web Squad develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more.  This iteration the web squad added […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-01-march-2021
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  What is virtualisation? The basics
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  Virtualisation plays a huge role in almost all of today’s fastest-growing software-based industries. It is the foundation for most cloud computing, the go-to methodology for cross-platform development, and has made its way all the way to ‘the edge’; the eponymous IoT. This article is the first in a series where we explain what virtualisation is […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-is-virtualisation-the-basics
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  Creating Graphical Shells – Try Mir in a Virtual Machine
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  What is Mir? Mir is a set of libraries for creating graphical shells for Linux on a range of hardware. This means that there are a number of shells based on Mir and they work on some very different form factors. Mir is what glues together the “shell” experience, the applications and the hardware: Mir […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/creating-graphical-shells-try-mir-in-a-virtual-machine
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  What is MEC ? The telco edge.
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  MEC, as ETSI defines it, stands for Multi-access Edge Computing and is sometimes referred to as Mobile edge computing. MEC is a solution that gives content providers and software developers cloud-computing capabilities which are close to the end users. This micro cloud deployed in the edge of mobile operators’ networks has ultra low latency and […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-is-mec-the-telco-edge
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  DFI and Canonical offer risk-free system updates and reduced software lead times for the IoT ecosystem
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  Feb. 25, 2021 – DFI and Canonical signed the Ubuntu IoT Hardware Certification Partner Program. DFI is the world’s first industrial computer manufacturer to join the program aimed at offering Ubuntu-certified IoT hardware ready for the over-the-air software update. The online update mechanism of and the authorized DFI online application store combines with DFI’s products’ […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/dfi-and-canonical-offer-risk-free-system-updates-and-reduced-software-lead-times-for-the-iot-ecosystem
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  Building and running FIPS containers on Ubuntu Pro FIPS
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  Background Canonical provides customers Ubuntu Pro images AWS Marketplace. Ubuntu Pro for AWS is a premium AMI designed by Canonical to provide additional coverage for production environments running in the cloud. It includes security and compliance services, enabled by default, in a form suitable for small to large-scale Linux enterprise operations — with no contract […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/building-and-running-fips-containers-on-ubuntu-pro-fips
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  Build smart displays with mir 2.3.2
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  mir was designed to help systems on chips (SoCs) to reduce their development and maintenance investment in Linux graphics drivers. Today, mir works across the whole stack of devices, from desktop computers, tablets and phones, to IoT devices. You can find mir in industry GUI applications to smart mirrors, enabling developers to design innovative user […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/build-smart-displays-with-mir-2-3-2
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  Supporting “I don’t care about cookies”
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  It all started one day when my boss turned to me and said, the legal team have said we need to ask a person before our websites can start using non-essential cookies. So we started the cookie-policy project which is written in vanilla JavaScript with accompanying styling and the back-end implemented via Google Tag Manager. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/supporting-i-dont-care-about-cookies
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  The State of Robotics – January 2021
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  A new start? 2020 came and went, and in the process, it left a mark in history and our lives that won’t be erased. Together, as a community, we all struggled, we all faced new challenges, we all united and did our best to help each other. We are grateful for the effort of our […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-state-of-robotics-january-2021
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  Canonical & Ubuntu at Embedded World Virtual 2021
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  Embedded World 2021 is just around the corner and we’re excited to be sponsoring and connecting with our fellow EW-ers once again. This time, the embedded community will be bigger than ever, as the event is (naturally) going digital. In fact, we’d like to extend a complimentary invite for you to join us there too! […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-at-embedded-world-2021
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  Regex basics
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  An overview of regex and how to use it, from a few different angles. Including appropriate warnings like ‘avoid regex’.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/regex-basics
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  Ubuntu EKS Platform Images for k8s 1.19
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  This article originally appeared on Cody Shepherd’s blog. 1.19 Platform Images Now Live Following the GA of Kubernetes 1.19 support in AWS, EKS-optimized Ubuntu images for 1.19 node groups have been released. The ami-id of this image for each region can be found on the official site for Ubuntu EKS images. Like the 1.18 platform […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-eks-platform-images-for-k8s-1-19