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Kyle Fazzari
9 May 2017

ROS production: create Ubuntu Core image with snap preinstalled [5/5]

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is the fifth (and final) blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we created a gadget snap to allow confined access to the Turtlebot. In this post, we’re going to put all the pieces from this series together and create an Ubuntu Core image with our ROS snap preinstalled, ...

Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
8 May 2017

Video: Managed OpenStack upgrades

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The process of upgrading OpenStack releases can be challenging, given the many moving parts and the cadence of releases. In this use case video, Juan Carliante, Cloud Reliability Engineer for Canonical explains how Canonical’s BootStack  Engineering team solves issues arising during the upgrade process quickly using Juju, an open-source a ...

David Callé
4 May 2017

Discord is now available as a snap for Ubuntu and other distributions

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

There’s a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Discord. Ever heard of Discord? Within 1.5 years of its launch Discord has become an almost mandatory tool for gamers. Adoption has been wild, from streaming to a Twitch account to voice calls to sync up on gaming tactics. But Discord can also be used as ...

Marco Ceppi
4 May 2017

Canonical’s support for Kubernetes 1.6.2 released

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

We’re proud to announce support for Kubernetes 1.6.2 in the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes and the Kubernetes Charms. This is a pure upstream distribution of Kubernetes, built with operators in mind. It allows operators do deploy, manage, and operate Kubernetes on public clouds, on-premise (ie vSphere, OpenStack), bare metal, and de ...

Canonical
4 May 2017

Canonical and NetApp collaborate to supply open cloud solutions

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

Canonical and NetApp collaborate to supply open cloud solutions based on Ubuntu OpenStack and NetApp storage Open Cloud Solution will help organisations build scalable and easily managed private and hybrid clouds NetApp data management and storage flash solutions integrated with Ubuntu OpenStack to supply open cloud solutions for the ente ...

Inayaili de León Persson
2 May 2017

April’s reading list

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Here are the best links shared by the design team in April 2017: Joe Coleman: Sliding degrees of ‘hard sell’ Mockuuups Studio & Sketch Reasons to conference 2017: Design, Code & Create Hamburger Menu Alternatives for Mobile Navigation Everyone is a designer. Get over it. Simple Icons On conference proposal rejections Implementing system f ...

James Donner
28 April 2017

Cloud Chatter: April 2017

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Welcome to our April edition. We begin with our recent release of Ubuntu 17.04 supporting the widest range of container capabilities. We have a selection of Kubernetes webinars for you to watch, or get up to speed with some indepth tutorials. Read about our exciting partnership announcements with Oracle, City Network, AWS and Unitas Globa ...

Kyle Fazzari
27 April 2017

ROS production: obtaining confined access to the Turtlebot [4/5]

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

This is the fourth blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we created a snap of our prototype, and released it into the store. In this post, we’re going to work toward an Ubuntu Core image by creating what’s called a gadget snap. A gadget snap contains information such as ...

Anthony Dillon
25 April 2017

Designing in the open

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Over the past year, a change has emerged in the design team here at Canonical: we’ve started designing our websites and apps in public GitHub repositories, and therefore sharing the entire design process with the world. One of the main things we wanted to improve was the design sign off process whilst increasing visibility for ...

Sarah Dickinson
24 April 2017

Canonical joins EdgeX Foundry to help unify IoT edge computing

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Fragmentation is the nature of the beast in the IoT space with a variety of non-interoperable protocols, devices and vendors which are the natural results of years of evolution in the industrial space especially. However traditional standardisation processes and proprietary implementations have been the norm. But the slow nature of their ...

Canonical
24 April 2017

OpenStack public cloud, from Stockholm to Dubai and everywhere between

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

City Network joins the Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud (CPC) programme First major CPC Partner in the Nordics City Network, a leading European provider of OpenStack infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) today joined the Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud programme. Through its public cloud service ‘City Cloud’, companies across the globe can purcha ...

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