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Alex Cattle
6 September 2019

Management of snaps in a controlled, enterprise environment

Article Ubuntu

Few enterprises want all their computing devices to be fully exposed to the internet. In an environment of ever-growing security threats, isolating internal networks from the wider internet is not simply best practice, but borderline essential. However, with all the benefits that restricted networks provide, it can pose...

Alex Cattle
6 September 2019

Jeremie Deray
5 September 2019

The teleop_tools arrive in ROS 2 Dashing!

Article Robotics

After exploring some ROS 2 subtleties and implementing some CLI tools we felt were missing, the time has come to get our hands even more dirty. What better way to learn than by doing? C’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron Humm, pardon my french, Practice makes perfect To enter the realm of ROS 2 and

Jeremie Deray
5 September 2019

Anthony Dillon
3 September 2019

Design and Web team summary – 03 September 2019

Article Design

This was a fairly busy two weeks for the Web & design team at Canonical. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web squad Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of the brochure websites across the Canonical. Build and release dqlite.io The dqlite.io site has been built and deployed.

Anthony Dillon
3 September 2019

dragan-s
30 August 2019

Building a better TurtleBot3

Article Robotics

TurtleBot3 was released in 2017 and is positioned as a low-cost, open-source robot kit. For new owners of the TurtleBot3, there are various resources online that will assist you with building your brand new TurtleBot3 out of the box. One such example is the official TurtleBot3 instructional video. While it is a great video to

dragan-s
30 August 2019

joemcmanus
29 August 2019

LXD in 4 Easy Steps

Article Cloud and server

I needed to install a clean instance of Bionic to test some code, but I did not want to use a full virtual machine as I was in a hurry. To do this, I used LXD to quickly deploy new Bionic and Xenial instances in minutes. If you are not familiar with LXD, it is

joemcmanus
29 August 2019

Igor Ljubuncic
29 August 2019

A technical comparison between snaps and debs

Article Desktop

How are snaps different from debs? This is a common question that comes up in technical discussions in the Linux community, especially among developers and users who have just embarked on their snap journey and are interested in learning more details. Indeed, the introduction of self-contained application format likes...

Igor Ljubuncic
29 August 2019

Kyle Fazzari
28 August 2019

Canonical joins the ROS 2 Technical Steering Committee

Article Internet of Things

We at Canonical care deeply about robotics. We firmly believe that robots based on Linux are cheaper to develop, more flexible, more secure, and faster to market. One of the contributing factors to this being the case is the Robot Operating System (ROS). ROS is by far the most popular middleware for creating...

Kyle Fazzari
28 August 2019

Andres Rodriguez
28 August 2019

Multi-tenancy in MAAS

Article Cloud and server

In this blog post, we are going to introduce the concept of multi-tenancy in MAAS. This allows operators to have different groups of users own a group of resources (machines) without ever even knowing about other groups of users enabling enhanced machine utilisation. A common use case for medium and large-scale...

Andres Rodriguez
28 August 2019

Jeremie Deray
27 August 2019

Components vs. Plugins in ROS 2

Article Robotics

After our series of post about ROS 2 CLI tools (1, 2), we continue exploring the ROS 2 realm taking a look at ROS 2 components and more specifically, how they compare to plugins. spoiler alert: Long story short, components are plugins. Short story long? Is that a thing? Well plugins and components are indeed

Jeremie Deray
27 August 2019

Alex Cattle
27 August 2019

A guide to developing Android apps on Ubuntu

Article Internet of Things

Android is the most popular mobile operating system and is continuing to grow its market share. IDC expects that Android will have 85.5% of the market by 2022, demonstrating that app development on Android will continue to be an in-demand skill. For developers looking to build Android apps, Ubuntu is the ideal platform...

Alex Cattle
27 August 2019

Sarah Dickinson
27 August 2019

Snaps help Xibo rekindle its relationship with Linux

Article Internet of Things

Sometimes, relationships just don’t work out. At first, it seemed that Xibo and Linux were made for each other. Xibo had a popular open source digital signage and player system, while Linux brought a community of enthusiastic users. Dan Garner of Xibo remembers why they broke up in 2015: “Releasing our player on Linux was

Sarah Dickinson
27 August 2019

anaqvi
26 August 2019

MicroK8s Version 1.16.0 Beta Released!

Article Ubuntu

We’re excited to announce the release of MicroK8s 1.16 beta! MicroK8s is a lightweight and reliable Kubernetes cluster delivered as a single snap package – it can be installed on any Linux distribution which supports snaps or Windows and Mac using Multipass. MicroK8s is small and simple to install and is a great way to

anaqvi
26 August 2019

Carmine Rimi
26 August 2019

Kubernetes 1.16 beta now available, with support from Canonical

Article Cloud and server

Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.16, starting with the beta release, with support covering the following installation mechanisms – kubeadm, Charmed Kubernetes, and MicroK8s. The beta release of Kubernetes offers users an opportunity to test some of the upcoming features and to validate...

Carmine Rimi
26 August 2019

anaqvi
23 August 2019

MicroK8s gets powerful add-ons

Article Ubuntu

We are excited to announce new Cilium and Helm add-ons, coming to MicroK8s! These add-ons add even more power to your Kubernetes environment built on MicroK8s. The Cilium CNI plugin brings enhanced networking features, including Kubernetes NetworkPolicy support, to MicroK8s. You’ll also get direct CLI access to Cilium...

anaqvi
23 August 2019