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Firefox ESR 60 availability on Ubuntu

Mozilla Release Engineering created a special customised packaging of the Ubuntu version of Firefox intended for our enterprise partners of Canonical.  This is particularly useful if partners decide they need to apply policies to Firefox for an install base they administer.  This Extended Support Release (ESR) is similar in concept to the

Plex arrives in Canonical’s Snap Store

The leading streaming media platform is now available to a wider Linux community Visit the Snap Store to see more information on Plex as a Snap and install it on your machine. London, UK: 11th October 2018 – Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, today announces Plex as a Snap, bringing the over-the-top (OTT) media service to millions of

Ubuntu at GTC Europe 2018

GTC Europe 2018 Date: October 9 – 11, 2018 Location: Messe Munchen GmbH, Messegelande, 81823, Munich, Germany Venue: ICM – Internationales Congress Center Munich Booth: S11 Join Canonical at GTC Europe 2018 in Munich, Germany from the 9th of October through the 11th, where we will be showcasing our technologies across AI/ML. Canonical wil

Canonical’s Current Security Certifications

Canonical has entered the security certifications space by achieving a few important security certifications for the first time on Ubuntu. Canonical has achieved FIPS 140-2 Level 1 certification for several cryptographic modules on Ubuntu 16.04. Canonical has also achieved Common Criteria EAL2 certification for Ubuntu 16.04. In addition,

Announcing Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – “Trusty Tahr”

Since the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, more than 450 million public cloud Ubuntu instances have launched, making Ubuntu the basis for the majority of cloud-based workloads. In fact, more than 60% of large-scale production clouds are running on Ubuntu operating systems (OS). This includes workloads and use cases across telecommunications,

Kubernetes Classes at Cloud Native, Docker, K8s Summit

Cloud Native, Docker, K8s Summit Date: September 12 Location: 411 West Arapaho Road, Richardson, TX 75080 Update 4th September: By now you have probably heard that the Cloud-Native, Docker & K8s Summit has been cancelled. However, Canonical will still be providing on-site training to learn how best to deploy and maintain K8s on Ubuntu on

Ubuntu updates for L1 Terminal Fault vulnerabilities

Today Intel announced a new side channel vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault. Raoul Strackx, Jo Van Bulck, Marina Minkin, Ofir Weisse, Daniel Genkin, Baris Kasikci, Frank Piessens, Mark Silberstein, Thomas F. Wenisch, Yuval Yarom, and researchers from Intel discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may

Opera launches as a Snap for Linux users

London, UK, 02 August 2018: Opera and Canonical today announce that Opera, the popular web browser, is now available as a Snap in the Snap Store. Opera is the latest notable addition to the Snap Store providing ever more choice to Linux users via an easy to install, always up to date application direct from

Dell XPS13 Developer Edition ships with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS pre-installed

Dell’s XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop is now available in the US on Dell.com with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) pre-installed, with European availability expected in early August. The launch signals the first availability of Ubuntu’s latest LTS on a major OEM’s hardware since its release in April. Canonical and Dell have worked togeth

AI, ML, & Ubuntu: Everything you need to know

AI and ML adoption in the enterprise is exploding from Silicon Valley to Wall Street. Ubuntu is the premier platform for these ambitions — from developer workstations, to racks, to clouds and to the edge with smart connected IoT. One of the joys that come with new developer trends are a plethora of new technologies

Desktop team report from GUADEC 2018

This year’s GUADEC [https://2018.guadec.org/] (GNOME Users And Developers Conference) took place in Almeria, Spain.  The main conference was from 6th to 11th July, and for a few days prior to that where the GNOME Advisory Board met for an in-person catch up, and a few days afterwards for BOF days where developers met to discuss

PowerShell launches as a snap

PowerShell Core from Microsoft is now available for Linux as a Snap. Built on the .NET Framework, PowerShell is an open source task-based command-line shell and scripting language with the goal of being the ubiquitous language for managing hybrid cloud assets. It is designed specifically for system administrators and power-users to rapidl

IoT Security at Scale: Managing end-to-end security

Title: IoT Security at Scale: Managing end-to-end security for Commercial IoT Gateways Speakers: Justin Rigling, CTO, Rigado Date/Time: August 8, 12:00PM EST / 5:00PM BST Rigado, a Canonical partner, provides a secure, scalable gateway solution to companies deploying large-scale Commercial IoT applications. In this webinar, Rigado will sh

Infographic: Ubuntu connects everything

As highlighted in the Ubuntu is Everywhere infographic to coincide with the 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu is used by millions across every sector and technology imaginable. Two years on, and with 18.04 LTS now released, we take a new look at how Ubuntu has evolved and is at the heart of emerging technologies including AI, blockchain,

Minimal Ubuntu, on public clouds and Docker Hub

Today we are delighted to introduce the new Minimal Ubuntu, optimized for automated use at scale, with a tiny package set and minimal security cross-section. Speed, performance and stability are primary concerns for cloud developers and ops. “The small footprint of Minimal Ubuntu, when deployed with fast VM provisioning from GCE, helps de

Introducing the Dell Precision 7530 and 7730 with Ubuntu

We’re excited to see Dell announce the availability of the latest Precision mobile workstations which come preinstalled with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Canonical have been part of Dell’s Project Sputnik since Day 1, and over 5 years later we are excited to see continuous innovation in open source computing solutions. The Dell Precision 7530 and 77