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How to upgrade from Windows 7 to Ubuntu – Desktop tour and applications
By Igor Ljubuncic, 11 February 2020
This is the third and the last guide in this series. In the first installment, we learned about considerations for an update from Windows 7 to Ubuntu, key...
DevOps tools in 2020: Why consider Juju?
By Tim McNamara, 11 February 2020
Many DevOps tools struggle as deployments change. Juju excels. 2020 heralds a decade for a divided technology industry. Software delivery is diversifying....
Testing your user contract
By Jeff Pihach, 10 February 2020
Whenever you write any code that is to be consumed by another, whether it be a library or some UI element, that consumer expects it to work in a certain way...
The State of Robotics – January 2020
By Rhys Davies, 7 February 2020
The first month of 2020 is over and lots is already happening. Everyone seems to have come back from the holidays refreshed and ready to go. Here lies the...
Edge AI in a 5G world
By Alex Cattle, 6 February 2020
Deploying AI/ML solutions in latency-sensitive use cases requires a new solution architecture approach for many businesses. Fast computational units (i.e....
How to launch IoT devices – Part 2: selecting foundations
By nilayshrugged, 6 February 2020
(This blog post is part of a 5 part series, titled “How to launch IoT devices”. It will cover the key choices and concerns when turning bright IoT ideas into...
Building a Java snap by example
By Alan Pope, 6 February 2020
Following up on the previous example of building a rust and C based snaps, I thought we’d take a look at bundling a Java application as a snap. In this...
Design and Web team summary – 5th February 2020
By Anthony Dillon, 5 February 2020
This was a fairly busy two weeks for the Web and Design team at Canonical. Some of us attended our internal roadmap alignment sprint in Cape Town. These...
How to upgrade from Windows 7 to Ubuntu – Installation
By Igor Ljubuncic, 4 February 2020
Installing an operating system is not an easy task. For most people, this is something they will never have done. The vast majority of people buy computers...
Why you should buy a pre-installed Ubuntu workstation
By Rhys Davies, 3 February 2020
Dell offers numerous workstations that come pre-installed with Ubuntu. For users wanting to run Ubuntu, pre-installed hardware offers a lot of long term...
A decision maker’s guide to Kubernetes deployment
By Alex Cattle, 3 February 2020
The container landscape is based on constantly evolving technology, with Kubernetes dominating the ecosystem for automating and managing containerised...
Charmed OSM release SEVEN: Container network functions
By Tytus Kurek, 31 January 2020
Canonical is proud to announce the general availability of OSM release SEVEN images in Charmed OSM distribution. OSM release SEVEN introduces a range of...
Development corner: IDEs and tools that can make your coding more productive
By Igor Ljubuncic, 30 January 2020
Every craft needs craftsmen, every craftsman needs tools. If you make a living developing code, you want a friendly ecosystem to help you achieve best results...
How to upgrade from Windows 7 to Ubuntu – Hardware and software considerations
By Igor Ljubuncic, 28 January 2020
Some time ago, Rhys Davies wrote a timely article, titled Why you should upgrade to Ubuntu. In it, he outlined a high-level overview of what the end of...
An intro to MicroK8s
By Alex Cattle, 27 January 2020
MicroK8s is the smallest, fastest multi-node Kubernetes. Single-package fully conformant lightweight Kubernetes that works on 42 flavours of Linux as well as...
Teaching Robotics with ROS on Ubuntu at SRU
By sidfaber, 24 January 2020
This week, as part of my work on the Ubuntu Robotics team, I headed up to Slippery Rock University in northwestern PA to meet with Dr. Sam Thangiah and to...