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Introducing UbuCon Asia 2021: The First Ubuntu Conference in Asia

UbuCon or Ubuntu Conference is an event organized by the Ubuntu Communities. This event is for everyone who is involved and interested in Ubuntu, Linux, and other Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) technologies. This year, UbuCon Asia will be held and organized by Ubuntu Communities and FOSS communities in Asia. UbuCon Asia is also

Open source telecom quarterly – new format

Want to stay up to date with open source in telecom, cloud native teleco, initiatives like OpenRAN ? Search no more, we’ve got you covered.

Cybersecurity with Ubuntu

The cybersecurity state of affairs can be described as too complex today. There is an enormous number of threats endangering sensitive data for the average IT team to cope with. Threats ranging from exposure of physical assets stored in an office, to “social engineering” attacks resulting in unauthorized access, or even threats that explo

Cloud PaaS through the lens of open source – opinion

Opinion piece by Rob Gibbon – Product Manager at Canonical. All views expressed are the author’s own. The open source perspective viz. PaaS Open source software, as the name suggests, is developed in the open. The software can be freely inspected by anyone, and can be freely patched as required to suit the security requirements

Model-driven observability: Taming alert storms

Model-driven observability and its strong notion of topology provide easy-to-apply alert management capabilities to avoid alert storms and help find root causes faster.

Winners of the 21.10 Wallpaper competition

Congratulations to our winners! With over 200 submissions and several hundred voters, the competition was tough. But, the votes are in, and here are the winning wallpapers. The first two make it into the official release 21.10 image and are automatically entered into the runnings for 22.04. The other eight you see here will be

DataOps: keeping the data flowing with Model-driven Operations

DataOps: Prologue – why is it so hard? If you’ve ever lived DataOps, you’ll know that it’s a challenge at the best of times. A day in the life of a typical data engineering team involves securing, releasing, debugging and stabilising complex and oftentimes fragile data pipelines. These pipelines can involve many source applications and

Happy birthday – 30 Years of Linux

Won’t be big Thirty years ago today, Linus Torvalds announced his free operating system to the world. As with many of the world’s greatest, Linux had humble beginnings as a very small pet project. The GNU was working on an ambitious free, public domain operating system but the project had been delayed, and enthusiasts were


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Atresmedia modernises Spain’s most popular streaming platform with Canonical Charmed Kubernetes

The streaming service for the leading communication group in Spain leaves behind outdated applications and adopts a microservices architecture enabled by Canonical. SPAIN, August 24, 2021— Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announces that Atresmedia, the leading company in the Over-The-Top (OTT) services market in Spain, selected its Cha

Kubernetes Fully Managed – half the cost of AWS

Simplifiying Kubernetes adoption – How can you run a fully managed Kubernetes in a private cloud at half the cost of Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)

The State of Robotics – July 2021

From autonomous mobile robots to robot butlers. It is impressive to see how much progress has been made in the last decade.  Thanks to our open source robotics community we keep learning, and this newsletter is filled with events, R&D updates, new products and tutorials for you. Thanks July!  Open source robotics events – ROS

Model-driven observability: the magic of Juju topology for metrics

Learn how model-driven observability with Juju can drastically improve the quality of the insights you get from your monitoring telemetry.

Vote in the Ubuntu 21.10 wallpaper competition

The time has come. It’s time to vote for the 10  images you would like included in the official Ubuntu 21.10 release as optional wallpapers. Submissions have closed. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far <3 Vote here Brace yourself, there’s a lot. We have a total of 202 submissions, more than ever

Snap usage metrics now available on the command line

For years now, developers and publishers could view how well their snaps are performing in terms of usage and popularity through the Snap Store Web interface, using the metrics tab. This functionality allows people to examine the cause and effect of their work, like software updates, marketing campaigns, or other events. But it requires m

About MAAS 3.0 and LXD

With the release of MAAS 3.0, we moved LXD virtual machines out of Beta. Several articles in the MAAS documentation address LXD.  Since no document ties all these features together, though, it’s time for a topical blog about LXD. About LXD LXD, pronounced “lex-DEE,” is a container manager, as well as a virtual machine manager.

Canonical and DFI launch the first Ubuntu certified AMD-based Industrial specialised Pi

Canonical and DFI announce that the GHF51 and EC90A-GH, have been certified, based on the latest AMD-based platform. Both offer improved performance, a smaller footprint, and full access to open-source software with Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core. These are part of the first wave of products that passed the Ubuntu IoT hardware certification. Smal


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