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anaqvi
23 August 2019

MicroK8s gets powerful add-ons

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

We are excited to announce new Cilium and Helm add-ons, coming to MicroK8s! These add-ons add even more power to your Kubernetes environment built on MicroK8s. The Cilium CNI plugin brings enhanced networking features, including Kubernetes NetworkPolicy support, to MicroK8s. You’ll also get direct CLI access to Cilium within MicroK8s usin ...

Igor Ljubuncic
22 August 2019

Useful security software from the Snap Store

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Overall, most Linux distributions offer sane, reasonable defaults that balance security and functionality quite well. However, most of the security mechanisms are transparent, running in the background, and you still might require some additional, practical software to bolster your security array. Back in July, we talked about handy produ ...

Sarah Dickinson
21 August 2019

Jupyter looks to distro-agnostic packaging for the democratisation of installation

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

When users of your application range from high school students to expert data scientists, it’s often wise to avoid any assumptions about their system configurations. The Jupyter Notebook is popular with a diverse user base, enabling the creation and sharing of documents containing live code, visualisations, and narrative text. The app use ...

Ted Kern
21 August 2019

How to add a linter to ROS 2

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

A well configured linter can catch common errors before code is even run or compiled. ROS 2 makes it easy to add linters of your choice and make them part of your package’s testing pipeline. We’ll step through the process, from start to finish, of adding a linter to ament so it can be used ...

Carmine Rimi
20 August 2019

How AI is changing Recruiting

AI Ubuntu tech blog

How AI Is Changing The Game For Recruiting – In this use case spotlight, we review how machine learning toolkits like Kubeflow and AI are changing the recruiting industry. Talent acquisition is expensive, and getting it wrong is more expensive. AI can helping improve talent acquisition efficiency and effectiveness. From finding the right ...

Robin Winslow
19 August 2019

Design and Web team summary – 16 August 2019

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

This iteration was the Web & design team’s first iteration of the second half of our roadmap cycle, after returning from the mid-cycle roadmap sprint in Toronto 2 weeks ago. Priorities have moved around a bit since before the cycle, and we made a good start on the new priorities for the next 3 months.  ...

Carmine Rimi
19 August 2019

Digest #2019.08.19 – Kubeflow at CERN

AI Ubuntu tech blog

Replicating Particle Collisions at CERN with Kubeflow – this post is interesting for a number of reasons. First, it shows how Kubeflow delivers on the promise of portability and why that matters to CERN. Second, it reiterates that using Kubeflow adds negligible performance overhead as compared to other methods for training. Finally, the p ...

Ted Kern
15 August 2019

Linting ROS 2 Packages with mypy

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

One of the most common complaints from developers moving into large Python codebases is the difficulty in figuring out type information, and the ease by which type mismatch errors can appear at runtime. Python 3.5 added support for a type annotation system, described in PEP 484. Python 3.6+ expands this with individual variable annotation ...

Alan Pope
15 August 2019

8 Ways Snaps are Different

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Depending on the audience, the discussion of software packaging elicits very different responses. Users generally don’t care how software is packaged, so long as it works. Developers typically want software packaging as a task to not burden them and just magically happen. Snaps aren’t magic, but aim to achieve both ease of maintenance and ...

Stephan Fabel
15 August 2019

Why multi-cloud has become a must-have for enterprises: six experts weigh in

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Remember the one-size-fits-all approach to cloud computing? That was five years ago. Today, multi-cloud architectures that use two, three, or more providers, across a mix of public and private platforms, are quickly becoming the preferred strategy at most companies. Despite the momentum, pockets of hesitation remain. Some sceptics are und ...

Tytus Kurek
14 August 2019

OpenStack Charms 19.07 – Percona Cluster Cold Start, DVR SNAT and more

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 19.07. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack across various areas. Let’s talk about a few notable ones. Percona cluster cold start The percona-cluster charm now contains a new logic and actions to ...

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