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68 posts from 2026
Dirty Frag Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability mitigations
By Luci Stanescu, 8 May 2026
Two local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities affecting the Linux kernel have been publicly disclosed on May 7, 2026. The vulnerabilities have been...
Three weeks to go: A sneak peek of the Ubuntu Summit 26.04 experience
By ilvipero, 6 May 2026
The countdown to the Ubuntu Summit is officially on! We are just three weeks away from Ubuntu Summit 26.04, and the orange energy levels in our community...
How to use Ubuntu on Windows
By Rajan Patel, 4 May 2026
Why run Ubuntu on Windows? It’s about getting the best of both worlds.
Fixes available for CVE-2026-31431 (Copy Fail) Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
By Luci Stanescu, 30 April 2026
A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel has been publicly disclosed on April 29, 2026. The vulnerability has been assigned...
Run NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni locally in a single command
By Canonical, 28 April 2026
Today, NVIDIA introduced the NVIDIA Nemotron™ 3 Nano Omni, a highly-efficient multimodal model designed to understand and reason across video, audio, images,...
Why Web Engineering is great
By Johann Wolf, 27 April 2026
Like many software engineers, one of my first software development experiences started with creating my own web page. Since that time 20+ years ago, a lot has...
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has reached the end of standard Expanded Security Maintenance with Ubuntu Pro. Here are your options.
By Ishani Ghoshal, 27 April 2026
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) reached the end of its five-year Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) window in April 2026. If you are still running 16.04, it...
Understanding disaggregated GenAI model serving with llm-d
By Rob Gibbon, 27 April 2026
What is llm-d? llm-d is an open source solution for managing high-scale, high-performance Large Language Model (LLM) deployments. LLMs are at the heart of...
Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon
By Canonical, 23 April 2026
The 11th long-term supported release of Ubuntu delivers deep silicon optimization and state-of-the-art security for enterprise workloads.
From Jammy to Resolute: how Ubuntu’s toolchains have evolved
By Samir Kamerkar, 22 April 2026
We cover new toolchain versions, devpacks and workflows that improve the developer experience. The evolution of Ubuntu’s toolchains story goes beyond just...
Hybrid search and reranking: a deeper look at RAG
By Rob Gibbon, 20 April 2026
Many of us are familiar with the retrieval augmented generative AI (RAG) pattern for building agentic AI applications – like digital concierges, frontline...