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14 posts from April 2026
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...
Canonical expands Ubuntu support to next-generation MediaTek Genio 520 and 720 platforms
By Canonical, 20 April 2026
Canonical is pleased to announce the early access launch of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for MediaTek’s Genio IoT platforms. Building on the companies’ strategic...
What’s new in security for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS?
By Ijlal Loutfi, 10 April 2026
Here’s a concise excerpt you can use:> Ubuntu 26.04 LTS significantly raises the security baseline by strengthening defaults across every layer of the system...
Intentional leadership at Canonical
By Keirthana T S, 9 April 2026
In this article, Keirthana TS, a Senior Technical Author at Canonical, breaks down what leadership means to her and how she understood the power of...