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  Help Us Chart the Ubuntu Community Roadmap
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  It hasn’t even been a week since the release of Impish Indri, and we already are gearing up for the journey to Jammy Jellyfish. If releases were a roadtrip, this is when we pull over, have some snacks, and find the best way to get to our next destination. The Desktop and Community Team want […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/help-us-chart-the-ubuntu-community-roadmap
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  Snapcraft experimental login – new, secure Web-based authentication method
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  Some Snapcraft operations mandate that users identify themselves. For example, if you want to push your snap to the Snap Store, you need to login on the command line. The process relies on the internal login mechanism built into Snapcraft. A preview functionality for a new Web-based authentication flow is available as an experimental feature […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/snapcraft-experimental-login-new-secure-web-based-authentication-method
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  Finserv open source security
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  The fintech ecosystem is flourishing and exciting things are happening these days at the intersection of digital technology and financial services – thanks in part to an infusion of global fintech investment that reached US$98 billion across 2,456 deals in H1’21. This far outpaces last year’s annual total of $121.5 billion across 3,520 deals. Fintech […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/fintech-open-source-and-cybersecurity
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  Canonical at Cloud Expo Europe Madrid 2021
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  The leading fair in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Singapore will open the doors of its first edition to C-level experts and executives in Madrid. Canonical will be attending as a Silver level Sponsor, presenting strategies and trends for industry leading companies, as part of the DevOps stream. Register for the event Book a meeting Reduce […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-cloud-expo-europe-madrid-2021
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  Common Sense – using the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT on Ubuntu Impish Indri
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  Ubuntu Impish Indri supports the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT. This guide helps users get started with both the Sense HAT and its desktop emulator package.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/common-sense-using-the-raspberry-pi-sense-hat-on-ubuntu-impish-indri
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  What’s new in security for Ubuntu 21.10?
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  Ubuntu 21.10 is the latest release of Ubuntu and comes as the last interim release before the forthcoming 22.04 LTS release due in April 2022. As the interim releases are often proving grounds for upcoming features in the LTS releases, this provides a good opportunity to take stock of some of the latest security features […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/whats-new-in-security-for-ubuntu-21-10
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  “Industrial Pi” Use Cases with Ubuntu and AMD
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  DFI’s GHF51 mini industrial-grade motherboard, and the EC90A-GH mini fanless industrial computer, are the world’s first industrial computer products that have passed the Ubuntu IoT hardware certification and are equipped with high-performance AMD processors. The 1.8-inch motherboard of the Ryzen R1000 processor has the same small size as the Raspberry Pi but brings unprecedented powerful […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/industrial-pi-use-cases-with-ubuntu-and-amd
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  The State of Robotics – September 2021
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  September news is charged with analysis and comment of what has been a month with important announcements for open source robotics. It has been a month to understand that, in a nascent and fragmented market, the actors have a deeper impact upon all the stakeholders. A flop won’t be just a flop, it could be […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-state-of-robotics-september-2021
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  Ubuntu Server 21.10: What’s new?
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  Ubuntu Server 21.10 (Impish Indri) expands on edge use cases with a minimised system installation option in the Ubuntu Server Live Installer. It also comes with needrestart enabled by default for automated daemon restarts after applying library updates. In addition, the latest development cycle brings native, certified drivers for NVIDIA vGPU software on Ubuntu 20.04 […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-server-21-10
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  Ubuntu 21.10 has landed
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  14 October 2021: Today, Canonical released Ubuntu 21.10 – the most productive environment for cloud-native developers and AI/ML innovators across the desktop, devices and cloud. “As open source becomes the new default, we aim to bring Ubuntu to all the corners of the enterprise and all the places developers want to innovate,” said Mark Shuttleworth. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-21-10-has-landed
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  Driving innovation in autonomous mobile robots – University of Hawaii hits Indy 500
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  On October 23, the historic Indy 500 will experience a new type of race. Not just a race for all the fans and lovers of racecars, but a race that is now changing the future of driving. Autonomous mobile robots will be racing to see not only who is the fastest, but also the most […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/driving-innovation-in-autonomous-mobile-robots-university-of-hawaii-hits-indy-500
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  Canonical Presence at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA: Keynote by Founder/CEO Mark Shuttleworth, Announcement of Ubuntu 12.10 Beta, and Operator Day
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  Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, will have a major presence at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference brings together adopters and technologists from leading open-source and cloud-native communities. It takes place Oct. 11-15 in Los Angeles and with a virtual option. Ubuntu is the foundation for the three […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-at-kubecon-na2021
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  Mir 2.5, incorporating new features to improve the development of embedded graphic applications
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  With another release of Mir, we have prepared a new blog with the a roundup of the product’s newest features. Mir is our flexible display server that provides a set of libraries and a Wayland compositor for building Wayland-based shells with integrated window management. Today, Canonical is launching Mir 2.5, a new version of Mir […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/mir-2-5-enhancing-digital-signage-and-smart-screen-development
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  Top 6 projects from our Hackathon
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  On the 4th and the 5th of October 2021, the Web & Design team ran a remote Hackathon. The theme of it was to build tools that would make our life easier at Canonical. Creativity and collaboration are at the heart of any Hackathon. 26 visual and UX designers, developers and project managers split into […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/top-6-projects-from-our-hackathon
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  SUSE Enterprise Storage: What is next?
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  Late last year, SUSE completed their acquisition of Rancher Labs, and in doing so, has had to make some decisions on their product roadmap and ongoing support commitments. SUSE Enterprise Storage, SUSE’s software-defined storage product based on Ceph, doesn’t appear to have made the cut. According to their support pages, it is scheduled for End […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/suse-enterprise-storage
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  Data centre networking: SDN fundamentals
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  This blog post is part of our data centre networking series: Data centre networking : What is SDN Data centre networking : SDN fundamentals Data centre networking : SDDC Data centre networking : OVS and OVN Data centre networking : SmartNICs In the precedent blog, we provided an introduction to Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and the […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/data-centre-networking-sdn-fundamentals
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  Provisioning bare metal Kubernetes clusters with Spectro Cloud and MAAS
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  Bare metal Kubernetes (K8s) is now easier than ever. Spectro Cloud has recently posted an article about integrating Kubernetes with MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service. In the article, they describe how they have created a provider for the Kubernetes Cluster API for Canonical MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service).  This blog describes briefly the benefits of bare metal K8s, the challenges it […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/bare-metal-kubernetes-clusters-spectro-cloud-maas
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  How to make snaps faster
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  A great user experience is (or at least, should be) an integral part of any software that involves user interaction. On the desktop, this starts with the application launch, and continues through the session. The overall time to completion of tasks as well as interactive responsiveness are a core element in this journey. If you’re […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-make-snaps-faster
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  Data center networking: what is SDN?
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  The recent contexts have shown that enterprises needed to take a different approach regarding their digital transformation and its prioritisation. They’ve experienced the need to run new configurations and operations remotely on their infrastructure. This quickly showed the benefits of automation solutions to run those changes from few central locations, which highly facilitated the task […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/data-center-networking-what-is-sdn
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  Why your snap’s name, description, summary may have been changed, and what we’re doing about it
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  As you may be aware, last month, a few users reported seeing some of their snaps’ metadata (description, name, summary) being overwritten by what seemed to be old information. On closer inspection, this affected snaps for which the authors had modified the metadata via the Web publisher interface, and the metadata had reverted to the […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/why-your-snaps-name-description-summary-may-have-been-changed-and-what-were-doing-about-it