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Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.


Canonical
30 July 2019

Amazon EC2 On-Demand Hibernation for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS now available

Cloud and server Cloud

AWS and Canonical today announce the public release of Amazon EC2 Hibernation support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Amazon EC2 Hibernation gives you the ability to launch Amazon EC2 instances, set them up as desired, hibernate them, and then quickly bring them back to life when you need them. Applications pick up exactly where they left ...


Canonical
24 July 2019

BT turns to Canonical Ubuntu to enable next generation 5G Cloud Core

Cloud and server Article

Today, Canonical announces its Charmed OpenStack on Ubuntu has been selected by BT as a key component of its next generation 5G Core. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, will provide the open source virtual infrastructure manager (VIM) as part of BT’s Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) program, and the transition to a cloud-based Cor ...


Canonical
5 July 2019

Ubuntu updates for TCP SACK Panic vulnerabilities

Cloud and server Article

Issues have been identified in the way the Linux kernel’s TCP implementation processes Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) options and handles low Maximum Segment Size (MSS) values. These TCP SACK Panic vulnerabilities could expose servers to a denial of service attack, so it is crucial to have systems patched. Updated versions of the Linux ...


Canonical
24 June 2019

Statement on 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS

Canonical announcements Article

Thanks to the huge amount of feedback this weekend from gamers, Ubuntu Studio, and the WINE community, we will change our plan and build selected 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS. We will put in place a community process to determine which 32-bit packages are needed to support legacy software, and can ...


Canonical
19 June 2019

Kubernetes 1.15 now available from Canonical

Cloud and server Article

Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.15 using kubeadm deployments, its Charmed Kubernetes, and MicroK8s; the popular single-node deployment of Kubernetes. The MicroK8s community continues to grow and contribute enhancements, with Knative and RBAC support now available through the simple microk8s.enable command. Kna ...


Canonical
13 June 2019

Customisable for the enterprise: the next-generation of drones

Internet of Things Article

Drones, and their wide-ranging uses, have been a constant topic of conversation for some years now, but we’re only just beginning to move away from the hypothetical and into reality. The FAA estimates that there will be 2 million drones in the United States alone in 2019, as adoption within the likes of distribution, construction, ...


Canonical
12 June 2019

Get to know these 5 Ubuntu community resources

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu OS is open source, with a whole community working to shape and support it. Here are some resources from the Ubuntu community for the Ubuntu community. ...


Canonical
7 May 2019

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has transitioned to ESM support

Cloud and server Article

Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) is now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to provide ongoing security patches for high and critical CVEs for UA Infrastructure customers. ...


Canonical
6 May 2019

Canonical announces support for Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2

Canonical announcements Article

May 6, 2019: Canonical today announces full support for Ubuntu on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2. “Extending enterprise support for Ubuntu from Azure to Windows workstations and servers creates a seamless operating environment for Ubuntu in the Microsoft environment,” said Stephan Fabel, Director of Product at Canonical. “Collabo ...


Canonical
29 April 2019

Canonical consolidates open infrastructure support and security offerings

Canonical announcements Article

29th April, 2019: Canonical today announced Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure, a consolidated enterprise security, compliance and support offering that covers the full range of open source infrastructure capabilities for up to 10 years. “A surge of customers adding Ubuntu to their list of officially supported operating systems has given ...


Canonical
19 April 2019

Announcing OpenJDK 11 packages in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Canonical announcements open source

OpenJDK 11 is the default JRE/JDK for 18.04 LTS and is covered under LTS upstream security support. OpenJDK 11 will be the default package for the upcoming 19.04 release. ...


Canonical
18 April 2019

Open infrastructure, developer desktop and IoT are the focus for Ubuntu 19.04

Cloud and server Article

18th April, 2019: Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 19.04, focused on open infrastructure deployments, the developer desktop, IoT, and cloud to edge software distribution. “The open-source-first on Ubuntu movement in telco, finance, and media has spread to other sectors. From the public cloud to the private data center to th ...