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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
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  Design and Web team summary –27 September 2019
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  This was a fairly busy two weeks for the Web & design team at Canonical.  The first week was spent at an Engineering Sprint in Paris France. The second week was back home.  Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web squad Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-27-september-2019
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  Easy Linux Game Streaming with OBS
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  For many, watching other people play games has long taken over from TV as the favoured source of entertainment content. As a creator, whether you stream via YouTube, Twitch.tv or Mixter, Open Broadcast Software (OBS) Studio is the swiss-army knife to do it. The OBS snap makes this a breeze, whichever Linux distro you’re playing […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/easy-linux-game-streaming-with-obs
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  Deploying Kubernetes Locally – MickroK8s
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  This is the second part of our introduction to MicroK8s blog series. In the previous blog, we introduced MicroK8s, went over K8s basic concepts and showed you how fast and easy it is to install Kubernetes with MicroK8s — it’s up in under 60 seconds with a one-liner command. In this blog, we dive deeper […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/deploying-kubernetes-locally-mickrok8s
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  Deploying Kubernetes Locally – MicroK8s
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  This is the second part of our introduction to MicroK8s blog series. In the previous blog, we introduced MicroK8s, went over K8s basic concepts and showed you how fast and easy it is to install Kubernetes with MicroK8s — it’s up in under 60 seconds with a one-liner command. In this blog, we dive deeper […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/deploying-kubernetes-locally-microk8s
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  Popular snaps per distro
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  From a distance, Linux is one big, confusing ball of passionate users and hardcore technical jargon. But as you zoom in, you can start seeing patterns – and differences. Indeed, the individual and vastly varied choice of a favorite distribution has played a major part in shaping the community conversation in the Linux space. But […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/popular-snaps-per-distro
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  Announcing the new IBM LinuxONE III with Ubuntu
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  This is a guest blog by Kara Todd, Director, Linux, IBM Z and LinuxONE Enterprises today need the most secure, and flexible system to support their initiatives, and for that system to grow and evolve for tomorrow. The latest LinuxONE system was designed to support mission-critical initiatives and allow enterprises to be innovative as they […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/announcing-the-new-ibm-linuxone-iii-with-ubuntu
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  Kubernetes 1.16 available from Canonical
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  Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.16, with support covering Charmed Kubernetes, MicroK8s and kubeadm. MicroK8s will be updated with Kubernetes 1.16 enabling users access to the latest upstream release with a single-line command in under 60 seconds. In addition, MicroK8s gets new add-ons with one line installs of Helm and Cilium as well […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/kubernetes-1-16-available-from-canonical%ef%bb%bf
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  Kubernetes 1.16 available from Canonical
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  Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.16, with support covering Charmed Kubernetes, MicroK8s and kubeadm. MicroK8s will be updated with Kubernetes 1.16 enabling users access to the latest upstream release with a single-line command in under 60 seconds. In addition, MicroK8s gets new add-ons with one line installs of Helm and Cilium as well […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/kubernetes-1-16-available-from-canonical
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  Design and Web team summary – 17 September 2019
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  This was a fairly busy two weeks for the Web & design team at Canonical.  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. Takeover templates In order to save some time with our more and […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-web-team-summary-17-september-2019
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  Introduction to MicroK8s – Part 1/2
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  Every developer, systems admin and tech enthusiast is interested in learning Kubernetes. Kubernetes is a complex container orchestration tool that can be overwhelming for beginners. Kubernetes has been the buzzword in the tech industry and for good reason. If you’re itching to get started with Kubernetes and not looking forward to the complexities involved, this […]

  
  
  http://ubuntu.com/blog/introduction-to-microk8s-part-1-2