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  We reduced our Docker images by 60% with –no-install-recommends
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  Here at Canonical, we use Dockerfiles on a daily basis for all our web projects. Something that caught our attention recently was the amount of space that we were using for each Docker image, and we realized that we were installing more dependencies than we needed. In this article, I’ll explain how we improved our […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/we-reduced-our-docker-images-by-60-with-no-install-recommends
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  Lessons learned from 100+ private cloud builds
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  Building a private cloud based on OpenStack has typically been a complex process with uncertain build costs based on time and materials requiring specialised expertise and low-level Linux OS knowledge. To help enterprises overcome these challenges,Canonical offers Private Cloud Build to provide businesses with a fully deployed OpenStack delivered in as little as two weeks […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/lessons-learned-from-100-private-cloud-builds
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  A technical comparison between the snap and the Flatpak formats
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  The adoption of new technology is almost never without hurdles. Usually, it takes a while before users become familiar and comfortable with the new concepts and usage models. Often, having a good understanding of the underlying architecture can help bridge the gap. In this article, continuing with what we’ve done with Debian and snap file […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/a-technical-comparison-between-the-snap-and-the-flatpak-formats
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  Canonical enhances Kubernetes reliability for edge, IoT and multi-cloud
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  14 November 2019: Canonical today announced high-availability clustering in MicroK8s, the workstation and appliance Kubernetes, and enterprise SQL database integration for its multi-cloud Charmed Kubernetes. “The rapid rise of enterprise and edge Kubernetes creates a challenge for corporate IT, with thousands of edge nodes running Kubernetes, and hundreds of cloud Kubernetes clusters,” said Stephan Fabel, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-enhances-kubernetes-reliability-for-edge-iot-and-multi-cloud
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  foo.c
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  I remember my first foo. It was September, 1974, on a PDP-11/40, in the second-floor lab at the local community college. It was an amazing experience for a fourteen-year-old, admitted at 12 to audit night classes because his dad was a part-time instructor and full-time polymath. I should warn you, I’m not the genius in […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/foo-c
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  Design and Web team summary – 8 November 2019
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  This was the final iteration before our roadmap sprint where we plan our 20.04 work.  Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web squad Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of the brochure websites across the Canonical. New content We created a takeover and landing page a Kata Containers […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-8-november-2019
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  Ubuntu updates to mitigate latest Intel hardware vulnerabilities
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  Today, Intel announced a group of new vulnerabilities affecting various Intel CPUs and associated GPUs, known as TSX Asynchronous Abort (CVE-2019-11135), Intel® Processor Machine Check Error (CVE-2018-12207), and two Intel i915 graphics hardware  vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-0155, CVE-2019-0154). TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) is related to the previously announced MDS vulnerabilities but only affects Intel processors that support […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-updates-to-mitigate-latest-intel-hardware-vulnerabilities
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  Growing the Linux app Ecosystem at LAS 2019
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  The third Linux Application Summit (LAS) kicks off this week in Barcelona, Spain. Formerly organised under the GNOME project, known as Libre Application Summit, the new LAS is a joint effort between the KDE and GNOME projects. The aim of the conference is to encourage the growth of a vibrant Linux application ecosystem. Canonical are […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/growing-the-linux-app-ecosystem-at-las-2019
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  Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai 2019: the highlights
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  The Canonical team is getting back from the Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai 2019 with a lot of excitement and a fresh view on the key projects from the OpenStack Foundation including OpenStack and Kata containers. Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai: Keynotes OpenStack remains a big thing and its adoption is constantly growing. According to the 451 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/open-infrastructure-summit-shanghai
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  Canonical at TechWeek Frankfurt
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  Date: Nov 13-14Location: Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, GermanyBooth: 957 The TechWeek Frankfurt trade show will explore solutions to technology challenges organisations face across cloud computing and security, DevOps practices, Big Data management and more. With these major infrastructure themes in mind, the Ubuntu and Canonical team is hosting a session on The 10 new rules of […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-at-techweek-frankfurt
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  Ubuntu at Kubecon Americas 2019, San Diego
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  The Kubecon world tour is coming to its last stop of the year for Kubecon Americas 2019 in San Diego… and the Canonical / Ubuntu team will be present with Kubernetes in all its flavours from public cloud to private cloud, from powerful Intel Cores to ARM chipset, from single-node development machines to large clusters. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-kubecon-americas-2019
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  Canonical collaborates with NVIDIA to accelerate enterprise AI adoption in multi-cloud environments and at the edge
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  Enterprises currently face the challenge of how to adopt and integrate AI and ML into their operations effectively, at scale and with minimum complexity. In tandem, today’s AI workloads have become increasingly advanced and the compute power required to support them has exponentially increased.  Canonical and NVIDIA have collaborated to help enterprises accelerate their adoption […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-collaborates-with-nvidia-to-accelerate-enterprise-ai-adoption-in-multi-cloud-environments-and-at-the-edge
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  Yahoo! Japan builds their IaaS environment with Canonical
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  Yahoo! Japan, originally formed as a joint venture between Yahoo! and SoftBank, is one of the most popular internet advertising, search engines and e-commerce sites in the country and employs over 6000 people. Due to having such scale and volume of users, Yahoo! Japan required outside help to build their IaaS (infrastructure as a service) […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/yahoo-japan-builds-their-iaas-environment-with-canonical
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  ROSCon 2019 – Canonical
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  What an exhausting, yet intriguing few days. Huge thanks to Open Robotics et. al. for hosting and setting it up. The fantastic community came in full force with far more people than last year, more people than ROSCon JP and more people than I would have ever guessed. Which is to say, there were more […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/roscon-2019-canonical
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  UA services deployed from the command line with UA client
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  Canonical is happy to announce an updated Ubuntu Advantage (UA) client that provides users a more efficient and consistent command-line interface via single-token access to Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure services for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The UA client comes pre-installed on Ubuntu systems, with the updated client available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS users and coming soon […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ua-services-deployed-from-the-command-line-with-ua-client
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  Roadmap for official support for the Raspberry Pi 4
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  With 19.10 release of Ubuntu Server, Canonical announced official support for the Raspberry Pi 4. The latest board from the Raspberry Pi Foundation sports a faster system-on-a-chip with a processor that uses the Cortex-A72 architecture (quad-core 64-bit ARMv8 at 1.5GHz). Additionally, it offers up to 4GB of RAM. We are supporting the Raspberry Pi 4 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/roadmap-for-official-support-for-the-raspberry-pi-4
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  The State of Robotics – October 2019
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  October came, and October went. Happy November everybody. This month, since last month was quite Ubuntu robotics heavy, the focus is more on you. For you. Community news. But before we get to that, there are several updates from October to cover just in case you missed them. First, this month Canonical, the company that […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/the-state-of-robotics-october-2019
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  Design and Web team summary – 25 October 2019
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  Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web squad Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of the brochure websites across the Canonical. This was a very busy two weeks for the Web squad, especially with the exciting Ubuntu 19.10 release updates to be done. Takeovers and engage pages This […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-25-october-2019
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  Ubuntu Server development summary – 29 October 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 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-server-development-summary-29-october-2019
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  OpenStack Charms 19.10 – Train, Policy Overrides and more
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  Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 19.10. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack across various areas. To learn more about Charmed OpenStack, visit our page. OpenStack Train This release introduces support for OpenStack Train on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (via Ubuntu Cloud […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/openstack-charms-19-10-train-policy-overrides-and-more