MAAS 2.9 is now available
Canonical is happy to announce that MAAS 2.9 is now available. We’ll get to the details of installing it in just a moment, but first, let’s walk through a brief overview of the new features and fixes.…
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Snaps: How we got here
I’m celebrating nine years at Canonical, and coming up on 15 years since I started contributing to Ubuntu in the community. It’s been quite the ride, helping build, support and advocate for the most popular Linux desktop, and most used Linux distribution in the cloud.…
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Design and Web team summary – 08 December 2020
The web team here at Canonical run two week iterations. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration.
Web squad
Our Web Squad develops and maintains most of Canonical’s promotional sites like ubuntu.com,…
Read More Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade vs extended security maintenance
Weighing the options with an Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus is transitioning from its five-year standard security maintenance window in four months, leaving many asking the question: can I manage an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade by April 2021, or do I need more time to plan this migration?…
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Canonical’s LTS Docker Image Portfolio is now available on Amazon ECR Public
Today, Canonical announced the availability of its curated set of secure container application images on Amazon ECR Public, complementing the current offering.
Multiple registries, one product
Developers now also have access to the LTS Docker Image Portfolio from the Amazon ECR Public registry.…
Read More CLI-only MAAS operation
MAAS provides a state-of-the-art User Interface (UI), which simplifies usage. But you may not know that MAAS also has a robust Command-line Interface (CLI), which actually provides more functionality than the UI. …
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Canonical publishes LTS Docker Image Portfolio on Docker Hub
Ten year maintenance commitment on app images provides secure cloud software supply chain
November 24th 2020: Canonical has published the LTS Docker Image Portfolio, a curated set of secure container application images, on Docker Hub.…
Read More Popular snaps per distro (2020 edition)
Back in mid-2019, we wrote a blog post detailing and comparing the most popular snaps across multiple distributions – Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Manjaro, and Ubuntu.…
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Less than 6 months to Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: 6 things to prepare
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus will enter the extended security maintenance (ESM) period in April 2021. This article explains the ESM period and provides a guide for six key considerations when planning a migration path from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.…
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Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla on Raspberry Pi
On the 22nd of October, the 20.10 release was launched, featuring an Ubuntu Desktop image optimised for the Raspberry Pi. It brings together Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi for educators, inventors and entrepreneurs, bringing the world’s most used open-source desktop to the world’s most accessible hardware.…
Read More OpenStack Charms 20.10 – Victoria, OVN, CNTT and more
Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 20.10. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack.…
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