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Mark Baker
30 August 2018

The enterprise deployment game-plan: why multi-cloud is the future

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

It wasn’t too long ago that hybrid cloud was the go-to strategy for enterprises, garnering the attention of CIOs and CTOs around the world. And it’s clearly here to stay. Analyst firm 451 Research estimates that 69% of enterprises will be running hybrid IT environments by 2019, while Gartner predicts that 90% of organisations will ...

Martin Wimpress
30 August 2018

Top 10 Linux applications for entertainment and leisure

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

As the summer vacation season comes to a close in the northern hemisphere I reflect on 10 applications my family and I used during the summer to keep ourselves entertained. All of the following applications are available as Snaps that work on all major Linux distros once snapd is installed. The Snapcraft team share 3 ...

Sarah Dickinson
29 August 2018

Moving towards a software defined IoT business model

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Fig 1: The journey to a software-defined business model The opportunity to capitalise on the internet of things is significant for many companies, but that doesn’t mean that it is a straightforward journey to success. Companies need to analyse their current business practices and evaluate where benefits can be gained – and for some this ...

Chad Smith
28 August 2018

Ubuntu Server development summary – 28 August 2018

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team mailing list. Spotlight: ...

Alan Pope
28 August 2018

Fresh Linux Applications On Demand

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Traditionally Linux users have relied on central distribution-maintained repositories to get new software. With six-month or longer spans between releases, this meant many users just put up with old versions of applications & libraries. In many cases newer software was just missing from the archives. Modern applications iterate quickly, r ...

Kevin W Monroe
23 August 2018

The Road to Kubernetes & vSphere Integration

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

This article on Kubernetes & vSphere integration originally appeared at Kevin Monroe’s blog Background Recently, Juju began supporting cloud-native features via “integrator” charms (e.g.: aws-integrator, gcp-integrator, openstack-integrator). These allow charms to request things like persistent storage from a cloud provider without having ...

Joshua Powers
21 August 2018

Ubuntu Server development summary – 21 August 2018

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team mailing list. Spotlight: ...

Juan Real
17 August 2018

Snapcraft at Europython 2018

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

In July, several members of our advocacy and design teams went to Europython 2018 in Edinburgh. It was a really well-organised event, mixing great speakers from a vibrant community at a great location. The main reason for us to get closer to the Python developer community was to promote Snapcraft as the best way to ...

Canonical
17 August 2018

Kubernetes Classes at Cloud Native, Docker, K8s Summit

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Cloud Native, Docker, K8s Summit Date: September 12 Location: 411 West Arapaho Road, Richardson, TX 75080 Update 4th September: By now you have probably heard that the Cloud-Native, Docker & K8s Summit has been cancelled. However, Canonical will still be providing on-site training to learn how best to deploy and maintain K8s on Ubuntu on ...

Canonical
14 August 2018

Ubuntu updates for L1 Terminal Fault vulnerabilities

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

Today Intel announced a new side channel vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault. Raoul Strackx, Jo Van Bulck, Marina Minkin, Ofir Weisse, Daniel Genkin, Baris Kasikci, Frank Piessens, Mark Silberstein, Thomas F. Wenisch, Yuval Yarom, and researchers from Intel discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may ...

Alan Pope
14 August 2018

Retro Style Games on Linux

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Gaming on Linux doesn’t have to mean buying a ludicrously priced GPU (thanks crypto miners!). Nor does it require a beefy CPU. There’s a real resurgence in retro style gaming going on right now. We’ve pulled together a selection of retro-inspired games for you to play today, on your beloved Linux machine. You can stay ...

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