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Canonical Turns 20: Shaping the Ubuntu Linux World

Ubuntu’s parent company — now powering millions of desktops, servers, and clouds — continues to seek the balance between delivering ‘Linux for Human Beings’ and embracing its responsibilities in the global tech market.
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Canonical Has Given Launchpad’s Homepage a Facelift

Next time you stop by Launchpad.net you’ll notice it has a new look. Canonical’s designers have given Launchpad’s landing page a lithe new look that allows text to breathe and is more in-keeping with Canonical’s other websites. …

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Looks Like Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Will Be Powered by Linux Kernel 6.8

Canonical announced over the weekend their plans for the default kernel used in the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) release, and it looks like they chose to ship it with the upcoming Linux 6.8 kernel series.
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Incus Project Affected by LXD’s Shift to AGPLv3 License

Incus, a fork of LXD affected by Canonical’s licensing shift, stops including changes from LXD to avoid mixed license issues. Here’s more on that!
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Canonical Released MicroCloud Targeting IoT Computing

From the creators of Ubuntu, MicroCloud offers a personal, scalable cloud using LXD, Ceph, and OVN for clusters ranging from 3 to 50 nodes. Here’s more on that!
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Ubuntu Core Linux Developer Preview Is Ready for Testing

Spun off from Canonical’s Internet of Things Linux, the immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop is moving closer to reality.
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) Daily Build ISOs Are Now Available for Download

With the development cycle for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) opened, Canonical has now published the first daily build ISO images for early adopters, application developers, and general public testing.
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Ubuntu 23.10 to Debut a New ‘Ubuntu Store’ Based on Flutter

As things stand now, Canonical seems to be going full-steam ahead for integrating Flutter-based elements into Ubuntu 23.10.
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Incus Project: A Breakaway From Canonical’s LXD

In response to Canonical’s takeover of LXD, the independent Incus project arose as a fork for this container and virtual machine manager.
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Canonical Removes LXD From Linuxcontainers.org’s Care

After spending eight years as a Linux Containers project, Canonical says it wants to bring the LXD project back home to Ubuntu.
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Canonical’s Leading LXD Engineer Quits

Stéphane Graber has announced their resignation from Canonical after 12 years of working at the company, mostly on LXD. The decision follows news last week that Canonical has taken the LXD project in-house after years of it existing as a community ende…

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Snap-Based Immutable Ubuntu Coming

As Canonical readies a new Snap-driven version of Ubuntu desktop, Flatpak downloads pass the billion mark. Learn more in this article.
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Canonical Take Control of LXD (But Say It Won’t Be Snap-Only)

Canonical has taken full control of the LXD project. A short statement posted on the Linux Containers website states: “The LXD project is no longer part of the LinuxContainers project but can now be found directly on Canonical’s websites.&#…

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Canonical Removes LXD From Linuxcontainers.org’s Care

After spending eight years as a Linux Containers project, Canonical says it wants to bring the project back home to Ubuntu.
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The LXD Project Finds New Home at Canonical

The LXD Project has moved to Canonical’s website. Here’s what you need to know about it.
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Snapcraft Website Given a ‘More Modern Look’

Next time you stop by the Snapcraft website you’ll notice it has a fresh new look. Canonical unveiled the changes today saying it “embarked on a project to redesign snapcraft.io and give it a more modern look”. This ‘m…

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Ubuntu Wants to Switch CUPS Printing Stack to Snap

Ubuntu 23.10 is aiming to ship the CUPS printing stack as a snap package. Canonical’s Till Kamppeter, who is also the project lead for the OpenPrinting Project, says he wants to “…switch Ubuntu 23.10, the Mantic Minotaur, as planned, to use the C…

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Ubuntu 23.04 Now Supports This Powerful RISC-V Computer

Ubuntu 23.04 is now officially available for StarFive’s VisionFive 2, a powerful RISC-V single-board computer. Canonical worked with StarFive’s engineering team to create an optimised version of the latest Ubuntu release for use on the Visi…

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New Ubuntu Kernel Updates Fix Two Local Privilege Escalation Flaws

Canonical published new Linux kernel security updates, which are available for Ubuntu 22.10, 22.04 LTS, and 20.04 LTS users.
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Canonical Announces Livepatch Support for Ubuntu HWE Kernels

Canonical announced the expansion of its Livepatch rebootless Linux kernel offering to Ubuntu LTS systems running the official HWE kernels.
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