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  Ubuntu 19.10 delivers Kubernetes at the edge, multi-cloud infrastructure economics and an integrated AI/ML developer experience
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  17th October 2019: Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 19.10 with a focus on accelerating developer productivity in AI/ML, new edge capabilities for MicroK8s and delivering the fastest GNOME desktop performance.  “In the fifteen years since the first Ubuntu release, we have seen Ubuntu evolve from the desktop to become the platform of choice […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-19-10-delivers-kubernetes-at-the-edge-multi-cloud-infrastructure-economics-and-an-integrated-ai-ml-developer-experience
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  Snaptastic – elementary OS snap manager
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  An interesting aspect in the life of any technology is how it propagates. Like organisms in nature, technology follows evolutionary patterns, and sometimes, it can be difficult predicting them. But their observation can be quite telling. Case in point, Snaptastic on elementary OS. Snaptastic is a graphical snap manager utility, available in the elementary AppCenter, […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/snaptastic-elementary-os-snap-manager
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  Snaptastic – elementary OS snap manager
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  An interesting aspect in the life of any technology is how it propagates. Like organisms in nature, technology follows evolutionary patterns, and sometimes, it can be difficult predicting them. But their observation can be quite telling. Case in point, Snaptastic on elementary OS. Snaptastic is a graphical snap manager utility, available in the elementary AppCenter, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com/blog/snaptastic-elementary-os-snap-manager
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  Embedded system cross-development with Ubuntu Core
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  There are fundamental differences between developing general-purpose software applications and making software for embedded systems. Embedded systems software runs on resource-constrained hardware, in contrast to general-purpose server or client applications that run on more capable hardware. For this reason, embedded system software is not directly developed on the electronic board it will run on – […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/embedded-system-cross-development-with-ubuntu-core
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  Ubuntu Server development summary – 16 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 […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-server-development-summary-16-october-2019
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  Ansible vs Terraform vs Juju: Fight or cooperation?
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  Ansible vs Terraform vs Juju vs Chef vs SaltStack vs Puppet vs CloudFormation – there are so many tools available out there. What are these tools? Do I need all of them? Are they fighting with each other or cooperating? The answer is not really straightforward. It usually depends on your needs and the particular […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/ansible-vs-terraform-vs-juju-fight-or-cooperation
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  Grace Hopper Conference 2019
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  We are so excited about what just happened that we felt we should tell everyone about it! A group of 24 of us at Canonical from various teams including sales, HR and engineering, attended the Grace Hopper Celebration in Orlando, Florida. This year, it was an epic gathering of more than 26,000 people from all […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/grace-hopper-conference-2019
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  Design and Web team summary – 11 October 2019
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  This was a fairly busy two weeks for the Web & design team at Canonical. This cycle we had two sprints. The first was a web performance workshop run by the amazing Harry Roberts. It was a whirlwind two days where we learned a lot about networking, browsers, font loading and more. We also spent […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-11-october-2019
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  Onboarding edge applications on the dev environment
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  Adoption of edge computing is taking hold as organisations realise the need for highly distributed applications, services and data at the extremes of a network. Whereas data historically travelled back to a centralised location, data processing can now occur locally allowing for real-time analytics, improved connectivity, reduced latency and ushering in the ability to harness […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/onboarding-edge-applications-on-the-dev-environment
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  Chromium in Ubuntu – deb to snap transition
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  We have recently announced that we are transitioning the Chromium deb package to the snap in Ubuntu 19.10. Such a transition is not trivial, and there have been many constructive discussions around it, so here we are summarising why we are doing this, how, and the timeline. Why Chromium is a very popular web browser, […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/chromium-in-ubuntu-deb-to-snap-transition
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  Kubectl and friends as a snap
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  At Canonical, we build solutions to simplify the lives of our users. We want to reduce complexity, costs, and barriers to entry. When we built the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes (CDK) and MicroK8s, we made sure it aligned with our mission. We built snaps like kubectl for various Kubernetes clients and services to ensure a […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/kubectl-and-friends-as-a-snap
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  A reference architecture for secure IoT device Management
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  When it comes to IoT device management, the core challenge is the following: how to implement a solution that is both secure and perfectly suited to the intended use case?

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/a-reference-architecture-for-secure-iot-device-management
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  Designing an open source machine learning platform for autonomous vehicles
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  Self-driving cars are one of the most notable technology breakthroughs of recent years. The progress that has been made from the DARPA challenges in the early 2000s to Waymo’s commercial tests is astounding. Despite this rapid progress, much still needs to be done to reach full autonomy without humans in the loop – an objective […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/designing-an-open-source-machine-learning-platform-for-autonomous-vehicles
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  The State of Robotics – September 2019
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  The Ubuntu robotics team presents, The State of Robotics. A monthly blog series that will round up exciting news in robotics, discuss projects using ROS, and showcase developments made by the Ubuntu robotics team and community. Every day, people make contributions to the world of robotics. And every day, work goes unnoticed that could change […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/the-state-of-robotics-september-2019
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  Container registry for Kubernetes with GitLab
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  Container orchestration solutions such as Kubernetes allow development teams to be quick and agile with their software deployments. “One of the main features of Kubernetes is the ability to reduce the deployment of version piece of software down to a simple image tag which can be applied at the end of a command.” – said […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/container-registry-for-kubernetes-with-gitlab
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  Five Key Kubernetes Resources for IoT
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  IoT workloads are increasingly moved from central clouds to the edge, for reasons pertaining to latency, privacy, autonomy, and economics. However, workloads spread over several nodes at the edge are tedious to manage. Although Kubernetes is mostly used in the context of cloud-native web applications, it could be leveraged for managing IoT workloads at the […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/five-key-kubernetes-resources-for-iot
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  ROS 2 security: What is SROS 2?
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  We at Canonical have been hard at work on the security features of version 2 of the Robot Operating System (ROS 2). However, if we lift our collective heads up out of the weeds it’s easy to see folks completely misunderstanding how security works today in ROS 2. We’ve written some design articles to help […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/what-is-sros-2
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  The smart dump plugin
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  As you probably already know, snapcraft supports a range of plugins, designed to aid developers in making their snaps in an easier, faster, more transparent fashion. Plugins work with different programming languages and build tools, like Python, Java, Rust, Cmake, and others. By making complex things simpler, they can accelerate your projects. One of the […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/the-smart-dump-plugin
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  ROSCon Japan 2019!
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  ROSCon Japan 2019 was a resounding success. We took in the keynote speech from Ryan Gariepy, Co-founder and CTO of Clearpath Robotics. We demoed the first iteration of a Robotics arm from Niryo. Our own Ted Kern gave a lightning talk on type-checked Python in ROS2, and we spoke to lots of individuals in the […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/roscon-japan-2019
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  5G Core implementation: Challenges in the field
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  With an emerging demand for higher speeds, lower latency, and increasing connection density,  telecommunications providers have started implementing 5G. While the initial roll-out usually takes months, the entire process is going to take years. This is because designing and implementing 5G entails a number of challenges. These include deployment and operations of the physical infrastructure […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/5g-core-implementation-challenges-in-the-field