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Gabriel Aguiar Noury
26 April 2021

ROS ESM: 15 things you need to know

Article Robotics

With the End of Life of ROS Noetic, we have received many questions from people in the robotics community who are interested in learning about Robot Operating System Extended Security Maintenance (ROS ESM). This blog aims to answer those questions. For more information on this topic, please have a look at our webpage If after

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
26 April 2021

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

OpenStack CentOS alternatives:
7 reasons to migrate to Ubuntu

Article Cloud and server

Looking for OpenStack CentOS alternatives after recent changes in the CentOS project? Think Ubuntu – the most popular Linux distribution for OpenStack deployments across development and production environments. Wondering what makes Ubuntu different? Here are seven reasons you should consider Ubuntu when planning your...

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

Rui Vasconcelos
23 April 2021

What is KFServing?

Article AI

TL;DR: KFServing is a novel cloud-native multi-framework model serving tool for serverless inference. A bit of history KFServing was born as part of the Kubeflow project, a joint effort between AI/ML industry leaders to standardize machine learning operations on top of Kubernetes. It aims at solving the difficulties of...

Rui Vasconcelos
23 April 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
23 April 2021

Better snap metadata handling coming your way soon

Article Ubuntu

Open the Snap Store, click on any application you like – you will now see a page full of useful tidbits – screenshots and videos, application description, last update, license, contact data, and other information. The data shown here is often the first impression the user gets about the software, and can be a deciding

Igor Ljubuncic
23 April 2021

Kris Sharma
23 April 2021

Fintech AI/ML on Ubuntu

Article Financial Services

The financial services (FS) industry is going through a period of change and disruption. Technology innovation has provided the means for financial institutions to reimagine the way in which they operate and interact with their customers, employees and the wider ecosystem. One significant area of development is the...

Kris Sharma
23 April 2021

Tytus Kurek
23 April 2021

Ubuntu Server 21.04:
What’s new?

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu Server 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) brings significant improvements to automation and stability fronts with new extensions to the Ubuntu Server Live Installer and phased updates in the Advanced Package Tool (APT). In addition, the latest development cycle includes improved enterprise applications availability with...

Tytus Kurek
23 April 2021

Wajeeha Hamid
22 April 2021

Onboarding and orchestrating network functions with Open Source MANO (OSM)

Article OSM

Do I need to orchestrate my network functions? Well, the answer depends on the price-performance assumptions of your infrastructure and workloads. It seems like ages that NFV is trying to fulfill the promises of reducing CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and OPEX (operating expenses) by decoupling Network Functions (NFs)...

Wajeeha Hamid
22 April 2021

Canonical
22 April 2021

Ubuntu 21.04 is here

Development Canonical announcements

Ubuntu 21.04 is here, with native Microsoft Active Directory integration, performance optimization and joint support for Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu.

Canonical
22 April 2021

Holly Hall
21 April 2021

Community AMA: Indaba for 21.04

Article Desktop

What is indaba? An indaba is a conference or gathering to discuss matters of importance, originating from the Xhosa and Zulu languages. Following this theme, we are excited to be hosting our first Desktop Indaba this Friday. Everybody is welcome to take part by asking questions for our AMA (Ask Me Anything) part of the

Holly Hall
21 April 2021

amber-charitos
21 April 2021

Deploying Mattermost and Kubeflow on Kubernetes with Juju 2.9

Article Charms

Since 2009, Juju has been enabling administrators to seamlessly deploy, integrate and operate complex applications across multiple cloud platforms. Juju has evolved significantly over time, but a testament to its original design is the fact that the approach Juju takes to operating workloads hasn’t fundamentally...

amber-charitos
21 April 2021

anastasiavalti
20 April 2021

Canonical & Ubuntu at KubeCon Europe 2021

Article Kubernetes

It’s that time of the year again! KubeCon and CloudNativeCon Europe 2021 are just around the corner and, as always, Canonical and Ubuntu have a lot cooking in the Kubernetes oven especially for the event. This year, we’ll be showcasing solutions and best practices around Charmed Operators, as well as streamlined...

anastasiavalti
20 April 2021

Claudio Gomboli
19 April 2021

Multiculturalism and globalisation in user experience

User Experience Design

The worldwide Internet audience is growing exponentially less English speaking and less Western centred. In order to engage with this multicultural audience, designers need an interdisciplinary approach in order to expand the design practice with cross-cultural methods.

Claudio Gomboli
19 April 2021

Andreea Munteanu
19 April 2021

Multi-cloud infrastructure in Italy

Article Cloud and server

The Italian version of the blog post is also available When: 12th of May 2021,10AM – 12PM EETWhere: Italian virtual space Talk multi-cloud infrastructure Time is flying and there is less than one month left before the first event that Canonical & Ubuntu organise in Italy. The main topic of the live talk will be

Andreea Munteanu
19 April 2021

anastasiavalti
16 April 2021

KubeCon co-located events: Operator Day is back!

Article Kubernetes

RSVP What is Operator Day? Another KubeCon is just around the corner and, due to popular demand, we’re hosting Operator Day again! Designed for KubeCon, but free and open to all. Last year, thousands of you joined us to get hands-on training from Ubuntu’s experts, so this time around we’re making the workshop even more...

anastasiavalti
16 April 2021