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147 posts from 2019
ROS-Industrial – Canonical
By Rhys Davies, 20 December 2019
ROS-Industrial was way better than I expected it to be. As a first time ROS-Industrial attendee and only a second-time ROS-anything. I’m not sure what my...
OpenStack and Kubernetes architecture on rails with Canonical and Dell EMC
By Katie Elston, 19 December 2019
Canonical and Dell EMC have announced the release of a new OpenStack reference architecture – providing customers with a tested, certified framework for...
How to build ROS 2 Eloquent Snaps
By Ted Kern, 14 December 2019
The end of 2019 brings about the latest ROS 2 release – Eloquent Elusor. Despite an ever growing set of features and some changes throughout the ecosystem,...
ObjectBox, database for IoT devices, adopts snaps for simplicity and ease of installation
By Sarah Dickinson, 10 December 2019
When designers put their heart and soul into making super-fast, easy-to-use software to help take Internet of Things (IoT) apps to the next level,...
CVE patching alone is not making your Linux secure
By Lech Sandecki, 10 December 2019
Would you like to enhance your Linux security? Do you wonder what factors should be considered when evaluating your open source security from both – the...
Canonical sponsors WSLConf at Microsoft HQ
By haydenb, 9 December 2019
Canonical is announcing today it will be a featured sponsor of WSLConf, the first conference dedicated to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) platform....
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS feature planning and priority survey
By Rhys Davies, 9 December 2019
This 10-15 minute survey will shape Canonical’s work on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and beyond. Tell us what’s important for you! We care equally about personal,...
The State of Robotics – November 2019
By Rhys Davies, 6 December 2019
November, for robotics, was a good month. We’re seeing new things develop, current projects finish and more cute animals in our future. So who can complain?...
Simplifying hardware management during Linux development
By nilayshrugged, 6 December 2019
Every few months we release a Snapcraft update, with improvements to both Linux development, and snap user experience. Last week, we released Snapcraft 3.9,...
Migrating the MAAS UI from AngularJS to React
By Kit Randel, 6 December 2019
MAAS (metal as a service), is a Canonical product which allows for very fast server provisioning and data centre management. Around 2014, work began to build...
Web application development with Juju charms: an interview with Marc André Audet from Absolunet
By Tim McNamara, 5 December 2019
“The best thing about Juju is that it is very flexible. It is easy to look for existing charms in the charm store and you adapt them to your needs.”
What is Kata Containers and why should I care?
By Tytus Kurek, 3 December 2019
Kata Containers can significantly improve the security and isolation of your container workloads. It combines the benefits of using a hypervisor, such as...