Parallel shells with xargs: Utilize all your cpu cores on UNIX and Windows
by Charles Fisher Introduction One particular frustration with the UNIX shell is the inability to easily…
What is PPA Purge? How to Use it in Ubuntu and other Debian-based Distributions?
PPA is a popular method of installing additional applications or newer versions of a software in…
Ubuntu in the wild – 16th of February 2021
The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical…
Design and Web team summary – 15 February 2021
The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites and…
Meet Plots: A Mathematical Graph Plotting App for Linux Desktop
Plots is a graph plotting application that makes it easy to visualize mathematical formulae. You can…
OpenStack Ironic, Cinder volume replication and Glance multi-store – OpenStack Charms 21.01
Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 21.01. This new release includes: a…
Bypassing Deep Packet Inspection: Tunneling Traffic Over TLS VPN
by Dmitriy Kuptsov In some countries, network operators employ deep packet inspection techniques to block…
Dual Booting Ubuntu With Windows 10 Pro With BitLocker Encryption
I have written about dual booting Windows and Ubuntu in the past. The process has improved…
Can AI help redefine the future of finserv?
The last few years has been a time of major disruption in the Finserv sector. Artificial…
How to keep your Linux disk usage nice and tidy and save space
Everyone loves a clean, tidy home (hopefully). This also includes your other home – slash home,…
Benefits of containers for enterprises
Within just five years, Kubernetes and containers have redefined how software is deployed. Researchers expect the…
How to Add Fingerprint Login in Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions
Many high-end laptops come with fingerprint readers these days. Windows and macOS have been supporting fingerprint…
Design and Web team summary – 8 February 2021
The web team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of Canonical websites and…
My FOSDEM 2021
For the past 4 years I have participated to FOSDEM, a conference about free and open…
Viper Browser: A Lightweight Qt5-based Web Browser With A Focus on Privacy and Minimalism
Brief: Viper Browser is a Qt-based browser that offers a simple user experience keeping privacy in…
AI in telecom: an overview for data scientists
I have seen many junior data scientists and machine learning engineers start a new job or…
Portainer recommends MicroK8s for effortless deployment
Portainer is an open source tool that allows for container deployment and management without the need…
How to Save Time Running Automated Tests with Parallel CI Machines
by Artur Trzop Automated tests are part of many programming projects, ensuring the software is flawless….
What is Elasticsearch and how are enterprises using it?
What does Netflix, eBay and Walmart have in common? They all use Elasticsearch. What is Elasticsearch?…
5 Tweaks to Customize the Look of Your Linux Terminal
The terminal emulator or simply the terminal is an integral part of any Linux distribution. When…
Paru – A New AUR Helper and Pacman Wrapper Based on Yay
One of the main reasons that a user chooses Arch Linux or an Arch based Linux…