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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....
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS arrives
by Canonical on 23 April 2020
April 23rd 2020: Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announced the general availability of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with a particular emphasis on security and...
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IBM Z delivers a Trusted Execution Environment with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and new single frame models
by regis paquette on 14 April 2020
In September 2019, IBM released z15 and LinuxONE III, the most secure cloud environment in the market featuring pervasive encryption built-in at its core with...
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Kubernetes 1.18 available from Canonical
by Canonical on 24 March 2020
Canonical today announced full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.18, with support covering Charmed Kubernetes, MicroK8s and kubeadm. Committed to releasing...