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  Why you should upgrade Windows 7 to Ubuntu
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  Windows 7 has reached the end of its life. It will no longer receive security updates and Microsoft’s technical support will stop. Running an out-of-date OS can have serious potential risks. Fortunately, there are two simple ways to solve this problem: 1. Buy a new computer running another operating system, or 2. Install Linux on […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/why-you-should-upgrade-windows-7-to-ubuntu
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  How to launch IoT devices – Part 1: Why it takes so long
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  (This blog post is part of a 5 part series, titled “How to launch IoT devices”. It will cover the key choices and concerns when turning bright IoT ideas into a product in the market. Check out this white-paper on IoT app stores for background reading.) You have a budget and a bright idea. How […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/iot-devices-pt1-problems
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  The State of Robotics – Robotics Over the Holidays
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  Canonical closes for the holidays, but robots just get more festive. Roboticists seem to feel the festive spirit, and it turns their projects into festive robots. The Ubuntu robotics team isn’t quite ready to let go of the festive cheer. So we’d like to share with you some of our favourite projects that we saw […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/the-state-of-robotics-robotics-over-the-holidays
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  Infrastructure-as-Code mistakes and how to avoid them
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  Two industry trends point to a gap in DevOps tooling chosen by many. Operations teams need more than an Infrastructure-as-Code approach, but a complete model-driven operations mentality. Learn how Canonical has addressed these concerns to create multiple world-leading products.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-mistakes
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  “MaaS. What number would you like?”
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  Enhanced MaaS Network Testing and Link Checking I remember getting my own phone line when I was about thirteen years old, thanks to my first job in a grocery.  My friend, Evan, could tell you all about the sounds that happen before the called party’s phone starts to ring.  He could tell you the routing, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/maas-what-number-would-you-like
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  Data Ops at petabyte scale
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  Should you deploy Apache Spark to Kubernetes? Learn how model-driven operations have enabled one data engineering team to evaluate several options and come to an ideal solution.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/data-ops-at-petabyte-scale
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  Keep enterprise ROS robots up-to-date with snaps
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  When a robot is not up-to-date, it becomes about as useful as an expensive paperweight. Companies have to burn money to get them back online. Yet when mobile apps need updating it only takes a few clicks and a minute or two before it’s back up and running. This blog will discuss how ROS robots […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/keep-enterprise-ros-robots-up-to-date-with-snaps
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  Discover cool apps with snap find
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  Software discovery and installation broadly comes in two flavors – via graphical user interface or on the command line. If you’re using a Linux distribution with a friendly software frontend offering integrated snap support, e.g. KDE Discover or GNOME Software, you can enjoy the experience without having to resort to using a terminal window. For […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/discover-cool-apps-with-snap-find
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  OpenStack vs VMware: Bringing costs down
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  Moving to OpenStack from VMware can significantly reduce the TCO associated with an initial roll-out and ongoing maintenance of your cloud infrastructure. OpenStack vs VMware economic analysis shows that under certain circumstances, it is possible to bring the costs down an entire order of magnitude. This requires choosing an OpenStack distribution which can be maintained […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/openstack-vs-vmware
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  This is why smart displays run Ubuntu Core
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  First impressions count, and making sure your users can see and interact with your product in a seamless way, means selecting the right smart display technology. Read on to find out what hardware features are needed to make a reliable smart display, and why smart displays run Ubuntu Core. Medical imaging to smart displays: There’s […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/smart-displays-run-ubuntu-core
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  MAAS 2.7, better networking features for server provisioning
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  Our MAAS team has been hard at work, making life even better for those of you who provision and manage servers and data centres. This hard work has produced a new release, MAAS 2.7! This blog describes how MAAS 2.7 can detect network faults before users run into them, and test network configurations before you […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/maas-2-7-better-networking-features-for-server-provisioning
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  Design and Web team summary – 20 December 2019
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  This is the final iteration of the year. The team has worked exceptionally hard to produce a number of new projects and initiatives. Here is a shortlist of highlights from the team in 2019: JAAS dashboard, proof of concept – a new view of Juju for people that have a lot of Juju to list […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-20-december-2019
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  ROS-Industrial – Canonical
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  ROS-Industrial was way better than I expected it to be. As a first time ROS-Industrial attendee and only a second-time ROS-anything. I’m not sure what my expectations were. But it was really good. A great event, some great speakers, new friends and cool robots. What more could you want? This blog will not cover every […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ros-industrial-canonical
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  OpenStack and Kubernetes architecture on rails with Canonical and Dell EMC
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  Canonical and Dell EMC have announced the release of a new OpenStack reference architecture – providing customers with a tested, certified framework for deploying Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack solution on top of Dell EMC’s best-of-breed PowerEdge servers. This follows the availability of a Kubernetes reference architecture solution made available in 2018. Enterprises looking to modernise their […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/openstack-and-kubernetes-architecture-on-rails-with-canonical-and-dell-emc
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  Building a C snap by example
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  Quite often, getting started with new technologies is a chicken and an egg problem. You want to fall back and rely upon work done by others, so you can learn from it, and yet, as a technological pioneer, you will be facing first-of-kind issues that won’t have readily available answers. We are fully aware of […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/building-a-c-snap-by-example
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  How to build ROS 2 Eloquent Snaps
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  The end of 2019 brings about the latest ROS 2 release – Eloquent Elusor. Despite an ever growing set of features and some changes throughout the ecosystem, packaging with snaps is as easy as always. Let’s go through a quick example! Prerequisites You’ll need two tools: “snapcraft,” the program that builds snaps, and “multipass,” the […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/how-to-build-ros-2-eloquent-snaps
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  Building a Rust snap by Example
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  There’s plenty of official documentation which details how to create snaps. We live in the copy/paste generation though. So lets walk through a real-world example you can use as a template, or selectively yoink sections from. This is the first in a series of posts which break down how to build snaps based on published […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/building-a-rust-snap-by-example
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  Juju 2.7: Enhanced k8s experience, improved networking and more
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  Canonical is proud to announce the availability of Juju 2.7. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Juju across various areas. To learn more about Juju, visit our page. Kubernetes extensions Juju is becoming the simplest way to deploy and manage your container-centric workloads. This release was aimed […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/juju-2-7
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  ObjectBox, database for IoT devices, adopts snaps for simplicity and ease of installation
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  When designers put their heart and soul into making super-fast, easy-to-use software to help take Internet of Things (IoT) apps to the next level, installation of that software needs to meet the same high standards. ObjectBox is a database and synchronisation solution for rapid, efficient edge computing for mobile and IoT devices. Rather than each […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/objectbox-database-for-iot-devices-adopts-snaps-for-simplicity-and-ease-of-installation
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  Canonical Announces Support for Kubernetes 1.17
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  Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.17, with support covering Charmed Kubernetes, MicroK8s and Kubeadm. MicroK8s will be updated with Kubernetes 1.17 enabling users access to the latest upstream release with a single-line command in under 60 seconds. MicroK8s now brings Machine Learning deployments in seconds with the Kubeflow add-on. MetalLB load balancer add-on […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-announces-support-for-kubernetes-1-17