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Install Amazon EKS Distro anywhere
by Canonical on 1 December 2020
One install, one cluster, snap! Today, we’re excited to announce that EKS is available outside of AWS, on any Ubuntu system, with the EKS snap. This...
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Canonical publishes LTS Docker Image Portfolio on Docker Hub
by Canonical on 24 November 2020
Ten year maintenance commitment on app images provides secure cloud software supply chain November 24th 2020: Canonical has published the LTS Docker Image...
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Malawi’s TNM selects Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack to help lead virtualisation charge
by Canonical on 10 November 2020
10 November 2020 – Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announced that its Charmed OpenStack, an open source private cloud solution that allows...
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Introducing HA MicroK8s, the ultra-reliable, minimal Kubernetes
by Canonical on 15 October 2020
15th October 2020: Canonical today announced autonomous high availability (HA) clustering in MicroK8s, the lightweight Kubernetes. Already popular for IoT and...
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Kubernetes 1.19 available from Canonical
by Canonical on 25 August 2020
Canonical today announced full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.19 spanning from public cloud to the edge, covering Charmed Kubernetes, MicroK8s and...
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Kubernetes 1.19 release candidate available for testing
by Canonical on 11 August 2020
The Kubernetes 1.19 release candidate is now available for download and experimentation ahead of general availability later this month. You can try it now...
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Infographic: Ubuntu from 2004 to 20.04 LTS
by Canonical on 6 August 2020
Today, the first point release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS went live! To celebrate, we wanted to share how Ubuntu has evolved since the first release in 2004 to where...
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Charmed OSM Release EIGHT available from Canonical
by Alex Chalkias on 31 July 2020
Canonical is proud to announce the general availability of OSM release EIGHT images in it’s Charmed OSM distribution. As of Release SEVEN, OSM is able to...
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Canonical enables Linux desktop app support with Flutter
by Canonical on 8 July 2020
By Chris Sells (Google) & Ken VanDine (Canonical) Google’s goal for Flutter has always been to provide a portable framework for building beautiful UIs that...
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Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed is now available
by Canonical on 23 June 2020
The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition is now available in North America and selected EMEA countries* certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed to work...
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Kubernetes GitOps with Azure Arc and Charmed Kubernetes
by Canonical on 21 May 2020
This week, Canonical announced the integration of Charmed Kubernetes with Microsoft Azure Arc. This integration provides businesses with a centralised place...
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FIPS 140-2 certification for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
by Canonical on 20 May 2020
Canonical has received FIPS 140-2, Level 1 certification for cryptographic modules in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, with FIPS-validated OpenSSL-1.1.1. modules included....