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  Smart, agile MLOps on any cloud – Canonical releases Charmed Kubeflow 1.4
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  25th January 2022: Today, the Canonical Data Platform team announced the release of Charmed Kubeflow 1.4 – the state-of-the-art MLOps platform. The new release enables data science teams to securely collaborate on AI/ML innovation on any cloud, from concept to production. Charmed Kubeflow is free to use: the solution can be deployed in any environment […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/smart-agile-mlops-on-any-cloud-canonical-releases-charmed-kubeflow-1-4
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  Linux game development on Ubuntu: Godot and Unity
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  In this post we show you how to set up two of our favourite Linux game development tools for Ubuntu Desktop; Godot and Unity.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/get-started-with-linux-game-development-on-ubuntu
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  Let’s build a snap together – a complex snapcraft.yaml walkthrough
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  It has been a while since we talked about how to build snaps. In the past, we went through a number of detailed examples, focused on different programming languages and the use of various useful components that can be declared in snapcraft.yaml, like extensions, stage packages, layouts, and more. Today, we want to give you […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/lets-build-a-snap-together-a-complex-snapcraft-yaml-walkthrough
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  Accessible by design: How we are designing for accessibility at Canonical
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  In this blog post, I will talk about some of the most important considerations when it comes to building UIs that are accessible by design and how we are approaching this challenge at Canonical to continuously improve the accessibility of Vanilla, our open source design system and CSS framework. Background When I joined Canonical in […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/accessible-by-design-how-we-are-designing-for-accessibility-at-canonical
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  Ubuntu introduces the Ubuntu Security Guide to ease DISA-STIG compliance
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  January 17th: London, UK – Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, the world’s most popular operating system across private and public clouds, now offers the Ubuntu Security Guide tooling for compliance with the DISA Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The new automated tooling builds on Canonical’s track record of designing Ubuntu for […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-introduces-the-ubuntu-security-guide-to-ease-disa-stig-compliance
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  CIS benchmark compliance: Introducing the Ubuntu Security Guide
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  The CIS benchmark has hundreds of configuration recommendations, so hardening and auditing a Linux system manually can be very tedious. Every administrator of systems that need to comply with that benchmark would wish that this process is easily usable and automatable. Why is that? Manual configuration of such a large number of rules leads to […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/cis-security-compliance-usg
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  Canonical Kubernetes for Financial Services
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  To serve today’s on-demand customer, financial institutions must become agile digital enterprises focused on delivering innovative products, services, and customer experiences.  Adopting a container-first approach represents an unrivalled opportunity for financial institutions to increase system efficiency and resource utilisation, improve security, introduce automation, and accelerate innovation.  Containers offer a logical packaging tool in which applications […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-kubernetes-for-financial-services
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  Design and Web team summary – 17 December 2021
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  Happy Christmas and New Years everyone! I hope you are all ready for a well deserved break.  The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights from our final iteration of the year. Web The Web […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-17-december-2021
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  The State of Robotics – December 2021
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  I will be honest, I thought that December was going to be a slow month for the robotics news. With all the holidays, I was not expecting a month with exciting announcements or events. And when I was ready to put videos of robots dancing to Christmas carols, with Christmas hats and Christmas lights, I […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-state-of-robotics-december-2021
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  How low can you go? Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4
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  At Canonical we’re proud to be able to offer a full Ubuntu Desktop experience on the Raspberry 4. Ubuntu Desktop provides everything you need to develop software and even deploy it to Ubuntu Server on devices like the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. However the full desktop environment is quite a lot for the Pi […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-low-can-you-go-running-ubuntu-desktop-on-a-2gb-raspberry-pi-4
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  Release of Vanilla framework v3.0
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  We’ve just released Vanilla v3.0 – a new major update to our CSS framework. It includes a few significant updates and improvements around spacing variables, responsive breakpoints, a new expanding search box and various updates to existing components. Important aspects of the release include dropping a noticeable chunk of deprecated styles and components and removing […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/release-of-vanilla-framework-v3
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  Kubernetes for Finservs – Unlocking success in digital transformations
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  The global health crisis has accelerated the digital transformation within the financial services industry. A McKinsey report highlights that “In a competitive environment of rising cost pressures, where rapid action and response is imperative, financial institutions must modernise their technology function to support expanded digitisation of both the front and back ends of their businesses.” […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/kubernetes-for-finservs-unlocking-success-in-digital-transformations
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  The Future of Snapcraft
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  System hysteresis, when applied to software, can roughly be defined as an overall lag between desired implementation of code and actual implementation of said code. Ideally, this delay should be minimal, and programmers would be able to make instantaneous changes and improvements to their applications. In reality, things are more complex – and tend to […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-future-of-snapcraft
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  Application composability and the shipping container
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  The previous blog post talked about the composability of applications. The key element for composing applications is defining the relations between application elements. And supporting relations is one of the advantages of the Charmed Operator Framework – including its runtime, the Charmed Operator Lifecycle Manager. The shipping container The metaphor of the intermodal container or […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/application-composability-and-the-shipping-container
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  OpenStack challenges 2022
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  Happy New Year 2022! The fireworks are all fired, the champagne is over. It is time to get back to work. We are glad to see you here though. 2021 was a good year for OpenStack and its Ubuntu-based community. First, we all have seen Ubuntu becoming the number one operating system (OS) for OpenStack […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/openstack-2022-challenges
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  Application composability – a cloud computing perspective
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  Let’s remember the time in the 2000s when companies introduced their cloud computing offerings at a large scale. New services were put into the popular IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS categories. New kinds of storage and messaging technologies were promoted. Also, novel approaches were discussed, such as designing applications for horizontal scalability and eventual consistency. People […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/application-composability-a-cloud-computing-perspective
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  Deploy and maintain applications with Charmed Operators
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  Recently, I remembered a situation when I was in elementary school and visited a friend at his house. At some point, his mother wanted us to go to a neighbour and ask to borrow some eggs. We went a few houses down, opened the garden gate, entered through the door to the house, and arrived […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/deploy-and-maintain-applications-with-charmed-operators
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  Design and Web team summary – 3 December 2021
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  The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Meet the team Hi! My name is Peter and I’m a Senior Web Engineer on the Web Team. I worked […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-3-december-2021
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  Kubernetes infographic: usage of cloud native technology in 2021
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  2021 has been an interesting year for the Kubernetes and cloud native ecosystem.  Due to the pandemic, cloud adoption saw a big spike in adoption. As the year wraps up soon, we wanted to reflect on the top findings from the Kubernetes and cloud native operations report and we have a cool infographic for you. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/kubernetes-infographic
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  How-To: Docker on Windows and Mac with Multipass
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  If you’re looking for an alternative to Docker Desktop or to integrate Docker into your Multipass workflow, this how-to is for you.  Multipass can host a docker engine inside an Ubuntu VM in a manner similar to Docker Desktop. That Docker instance can be controlled either directly from the VM, or remotely from the host […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/replacing-docker-desktop-on-windows-and-mac-with-multipass