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Udi Nachmany
8 August 2017

Ubuntu in NYC: Kubernetes in minutes and enterprise support on AWS

Cloud and server Article

On August 14th, at the Javits Convention Center in midtown Manhattan, Canonical will be participating in the AWS Summit. Ubuntu has long been popular with users of AWS due to its stability, regular cadence of releases, and scale-out-friendly usage model. Canonical optimizes, builds, and regularly publishes the latest Ubuntu images to the ...


Alan Pope
8 August 2017

Ubuntu Artful Desktop Fit and Finish Sprint

Desktop Article

The Artful development cycle is full speed ahead to the Ubuntu 17.10 release in October. As you may have heard, we’re switching the default desktop from Unity to GNOME Shell in this cycle. With such a significant change, we need all the eyeballs we can get on every part of the desktop experience. As usual ...


jeffpihach
7 August 2017

JAAS & Juju update: Juju GUI 2.8.0

Cloud and server Article

JAAS has seen 2 minor and 6 patch updates in the last nine weeks. Let’s talk about what’s new as of the 2.8.0 release. Direct Deploy Direct Deploy gets your solutions deployed easier and faster. The feature allows you to create Juju cards which will add the specified bundle or charm to a new model ...


Joshua Powers
4 August 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 4 Aug 2017

Ubuntu Article

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 mailing list. Spotlight: git ...


Gustavo Niemeyer
3 August 2017

Stable releases, sprints, & more: A snapd recap

Desktop Article

The past few weeks have been very busy in the snapd world, and involved not only coding by itself but also face-to-face meet ups to discuss and detail what is to come. If you’re interested in what has been going on and what is to come, please read on. 2.26 went stable! It has been ...


Canonical
3 August 2017

Upgrading your Ubuntu-on-Windows install to the app version

Desktop Article

Our team and Microsoft recently released Ubuntu as a Windows app store application! If you toyed with the “bash on Ubuntu on Windows” version before and would like to try the latest and greatest, read on! Saving your data If your “bash on ubuntu on windows” environment has some data you’d like to keep, make sure you ...


Canonical
2 August 2017

Weekly Kernel Development Summary – Aug 2, 2017

Cloud and server Article

Development (Artful / 17.10) We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. The artful kernel is now based on Linux 4.11. The Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017. The Artful kernel in the archive has been rebased to 4.11.12. The Artful staging repository has been rebased to 4.12.4. ...


Canonical
1 August 2017

Ubuntu Foundations Development Summary: August 1, 2017

Cloud and server Article

This newsletter is here to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Foundations Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the Foundations team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-devel channel on freenode. Highlights Brian Murray announced a change ...


Canonical
1 August 2017

Snap Updates are getting smaller, here’s why:

Cloud and server Article

This is a guest post by Thomi Richards. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] One of the nicest features of snap packages is that it allows publishers to control which dependencies are shipped with their application: It’s endlessly frustrating to find that your users are experiencing bro ...


Sarah Dickinson
31 July 2017

How to pick a winning IoT business model – Infographic

Internet of Things Article

The potential for IoT is huge but many businesses are still grappling with how it can benefit their organisation and how exactly to get started. Canonical recently surveyed over 360 IoT professionals to examine their current and future challenges plus opportunities that exist for organisations looking to become IoT ready. This infographic ...


Joshua Powers
28 July 2017

Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 28 Jul 2017

Ubuntu Article

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 mailing list. Spotlight: Developing ...