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5 January 2018

Announcing the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition 9370 with Ubuntu

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

We’re excited to see Dell announce the availability of the 7th gen XPS 13 Developer Edition (9370) which comes preloaded with Ubuntu. Canonical have been part of Dell’s Project Sputnik project since Day 1, and five years later we are delighted to see it continue. In fact, our VP of Product Dustin Kirkland was one ...

Dustin Kirkland
4 January 2018

Ubuntu Updates for the Meltdown / Spectre Vulnerabilities

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

  For up-to-date patch, package, and USN links, please refer to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown   Unfortunately, you’ve probably already read about one of the most widespread security issues in modern computing history — colloquially known as “Meltdown” (CVE-2017-5754) and “Spectre” (CVE-2017-5753 an ...

Madison Scott-Clary (Makyo)
3 January 2018

Accessing the Juju CLI from within the GUI

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

In the Juju GUI 2.11.1 release, we are excited to bring a new feature we’ve been working on for a while now: the shell in the GUI. The GUI is a powerful tool, but at times the command-line is necessary. For instance, the ability to SSH into a unit helps for debugging processes or accessing ...

James Donner
21 December 2017

Keynote: Maximizing developer velocity with containers

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

  Containers are one of the most exciting technologies in the cloud right now. But when it comes to your IT strategy, where is the best place to start? With so many different options and configurations, it’s critical that you find the best possible strategy for your software stack. To answer these questions, Canonical’s VP ...

Canonical
21 December 2017

Security Team Weekly Summary: December 21, 2017

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The Security Team weekly reports are intended to be very short summaries of the Security Team’s weekly activities. If you would like to reach the Security Team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-hardened channel on FreeNode. Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu Hardened mailing list at: ubuntu-hardened@lists.ubuntu.com During the last week ...

Christian Reis
20 December 2017

Machine reservation and multi-tenancy in MAAS

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

As product manager for MAAS, a common request MAAS end-users bring is multi-tenancy, which in its more fundamental form can be understood as the ability to reserve machines for certain sets of users. This is common when you have a central MAAS which is managing multiple parts of your datacenter; it applies less when you ...

Canonical
20 December 2017

Early experiences with PXE (net-)boot of KVM VMs on Ubuntu for s390x

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

This article originally appeared on the Ubuntu On Big Iron blog This article mainly assumes that an Ubuntu Server 17.10 (artful) is installed in LPAR. Ubuntu 17.10 comes with a qemu-kvm version that is new enough to act as a KVM host that also allows to PXE netboot KVM virtual machines. Any potentially different or ...

Canonical
20 December 2017

Canonical welcome Spotify as a snap for Linux users

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

Universal Linux app packaging format enables Linux users to install the popular music streaming service with a simple click and install London, UK – December 20th, 2017 – Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is happy to announce that Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming service, is now available as a snap, the universal Linux app ...

David Callé
20 December 2017

Fresh Snaps from November 2017

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

The past month has been exciting in the snap world, between getting ready to welcome our Google Code-in students, improving the developer dashboard and starting to land, piece by piece, the new store frontend, it’s time we take a small break to appreciate some new releases. Featuring IDEs for Go and PHP, production grade film ...

David Britton
19 December 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 19 Dec 2017

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

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 ...

Kyle Fazzari
19 December 2017

Your first robot: A beginner’s guide to ROS and Ubuntu Core [1/5]

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Some time ago I created a blog/video series that walked the reader through creating a prototype using the Robot Operating System (ROS) and taking it to production using Ubuntu Core. However, that series was intended more for robotics professionals; it assumed quite a bit of ROS knowledge, and required some costly equipment (the robot was ...

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