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Statement on 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS
by Canonical on 24 June 2019
Thanks to the huge amount of feedback this weekend from gamers, Ubuntu Studio, and the WINE community, we will change our plan and build selected 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS. We will …
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Canonical announces support for Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
by Canonical on 6 May 2019
May 6, 2019: Canonical today announces full support for Ubuntu on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2. “Extending enterprise support for Ubuntu from Azure to Windows workstations and servers creates a seamless operating environment for …
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Canonical consolidates open infrastructure support and security offerings
by Canonical on 29 April 2019
29th April, 2019: Canonical today announced Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure, a consolidated enterprise security, compliance and support offering that covers the full range of open source infrastructure capabilities for up to 10 years. “A surge of …
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Announcing OpenJDK 11 packages in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
by Canonical on 19 April 2019
OpenJDK 11 is the default JRE/JDK for 18.04 LTS and is covered under LTS upstream security support. OpenJDK 11 will be the default package for the upcoming 19.04 release.
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Visual Studio Code launches as a snap
by Canonical on 4 April 2019
4th April 2019, London, UK – As of today, Microsoft Visual Studio Code is available for Linux as a snap, providing seamless auto-updates for its users. Visual Studio Code, a free, lightweight code editor, has redefined …
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AWS IoT Greengrass released as a snap
by Canonical on 2 April 2019
Canonical and AWS are excited to announce the public release of AWS IoT Greengrass as a snap. AWS IoT Greengrass is software that brings local compute, messaging, data caching, sync, and ML inference capabilities to your …
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Kubernetes 1.14 now available from Canonical
by Canonical on 25 March 2019
March 25, 2019 Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.14 using kubeadm deployments, its Charmed Kubernetes, and MicroK8s, its popular single-node deployment of Kubernetes. MicroK8s provides Kubernetes 1.14 on any Linux desktop, server or VM …
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Canonical adds containerd to Ubuntu Kubernetes
by Canonical on 28 February 2019
February 28, 2019 – Canonical today announced support for containerd in its 1.14 releases of Charmed Kubernetes and Microk8s, improving security and robustness. “Containerd has become the industry-standard container runtime focused on simplicity, robustness and portability.” …
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Canonical announces support for Kubernetes 1.13 on Ubuntu
by Canonical on 11 December 2018
Canonical is pleased to announce full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.13 on Ubuntu, including support for kubeadm, and updates to MicroK8s – our popular single-node deployment of Kubernetes. Canonical’s certified, Charmed Distribution of Kubernetes (CDK) is …
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How to harness big data for maximum business value
by Alex Cattle on 6 December 2018
Are you getting maximum value from your big data? Despite most businesses understanding the power and competitive advantage they could gain from harnessing their big data more effectively and leveraging it more efficiently, it’s not an …
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Canonical and Dell EMC provide certified, production-ready Kubernetes solution
by Canonical on 6 December 2018
Dell EMC and Canonical today announced the continued evolution of their long-standing partnership to bring a tested and validated container orchestration solution to market through a reference architecture framework that helps organisations quickly and confidently implement …
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Canonical launches MicroK8s – deploy Kubernetes in seconds
by Canonical on 6 December 2018
Canonical has released MicroK8s – a fast and efficient upstream Kubernetes delivered as a single snap package that installs on 42 flavours of Linux. With a small disk and memory footprint, MicroK8s provides an efficient way …