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Gabriel Aguiar Noury
28 February 2022

Mir 2.7 brings idle timeout and OSK support for Qt applications

Internet of Things Article

We are glad to announce the release of Mir 2.7 — our open source and secure display server for building Wayland-based shells. Mir provides a set of libraries and a Wayland compositor with integrated window management. This new release brings to you an idle timeout and on-screen keyboard (OSK) support for Qt applications. This blog ...


Canonical
28 February 2022

Vodafone Cloud Smartphone based on Anbox Cloud

Ubuntu Article

Today Canonical announces it is collaborating with Vodafone to test a new technology that uses Anbox Cloud, and the power of smart mobile networks, to transform TVs, computers, wearables and other everyday objects into ‘cloud smartphones’.  The prototype Cloud Smartphone will be showcased on Vodafone’s stand at MWC 2022 in Barcelona, demo ...


Rajan Patel
28 February 2022

An overview of live kernel patching

Cloud and server Article

Learn how Canonical improves security on Linux with live kernel patching. Track Livepatch activity over time in Landscape. ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
25 February 2022

Developing GUIs for IoT is easier with Ubuntu Frame on-screen keyboard

Internet of Things Article

Isn’t it nice when things just work? When you don’t have to worry about every single detail but only about what creates value? Imagine that you are building a digital kiosk using a touch screen. To log in, users need to input their credentials. Do you want to spend time integrating an on-screen keyboard or ...


Igor Ljubuncic
25 February 2022

Three ways to package your Electron apps as snaps

Ubuntu Article

Software comes in many shapes and forms. One of the popular cross-platform, cross-architecture frameworks for building and distributing applications in Electron, which combines the Chromium rendering engine and the Node.js runtime. This makes Electron-based applications relatively easy to create. If you want to deploy Electron apps in Lin ...


Kris Sharma
21 February 2022

Open source Machine Learning toolkit for financial services

Financial Services Article

The financial services sector is adopting Artificial Intelligence technologies at a growing rate. Areas such as asset management, algorithmic trading, credit underwriting, blockchain based finance solutions, fraud detection and claims processing have all seen increased adoption of Machine Learning to drive more robust data-driven decision ...


Rajan Patel
21 February 2022

Monitor Ubuntu Advantage FIPS configurations

Security Article

There are multiple ways to enable, manage, and monitor FIPS on Ubuntu. You can use the UA Client to enable FIPS, and configure Landscape to audit FIPS configurations in your entire Ubuntu estate. ...


Massimiliano Gori
21 February 2022

Building and running FIPS containers on Ubuntu 18.04

Security Article

Build and run Ubuntu containers that comply with the US and Canada government FIPS140-2 data protection standard. ...


Peter Mahnke
19 February 2022

Design and Web team summary – 11 February 2022

Design Article

The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more.  This iteratio ...


Tytus Kurek
17 February 2022

An overview of OpenStack storage

Ceph Article

OpenStack storage is probably one of the most complex topics in OpenStack architecture right after networking. There are many different storage options, at least a few storage services, and tons of supported storage backends. It is very easy to get lost. But do not worry, there is hope. Since OpenStack was initially created as an ...


Maciej Mazur
16 February 2022

Canonical at MWC 2022

Telecommunications Article

Visit us from 9AM to 6PM (CET) in our Executive Room (Hall 2.1) MWC Barcelona is the world’s most influential exhibition for the connectivity industry. Since open source software is a key component of innovation and technology improvements in that space we will be there as well. Ubuntu is the most popular linux operating system ...