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New Multipass Release to Run Ubuntu VMs on Apple M1 Macs

The company behind Ubuntu has updated Multipass to version 1.8, a release that introduces support for setting up and running Ubuntu virtual machines on Apple M1 MacBook devices with minimal effort. In fact, Multipass 1.8 promises to offer Apple M1 MacBook developers interesting apps for the Linux/Ubuntu desktop. This will be the fastest way to […]

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Canonical Releases New Ubuntu Linux Kernel Security Updates

Canonical has released new Ubuntu Linux kernel security updates across its portfolio. Available for Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri), Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo), Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa), Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver), and the Ubuntu 16.04 and 14.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) release, the new security updates address CVE-2021-3759, a vulnerability that could allow a […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Begins its Development, Download and Test Now

Shortly after the release of the stable version of Ubuntu 21.10, Canonical developers began developing the next release of the Ubuntu 22.04 distribution with long-term support. The new Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was code-named Jammy Jellyfish. In addition to pub…

Ubuntu Online 21.10 Released, Ubuntu Desktop on Web Browser

Inspired by the Ubuntu Online Tour project created by Canonical a few years ago, Ubuntu Online 21.10 aims to give those with very limited resources the option to try the latest Ubuntu Desktop release in a web browser. Ubuntu Online works both online and offline, but for the best experience, the files need to be […]

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You Can Now Install the UnityX Desktop in Arch Linux, Here’s How

UnityX is the successor of the Unity7 desktop environment created by Canonical for its popular Ubuntu Linux distribution back in 2011 with the Ubuntu 11.04 release. But Canonical pulled the plug on Unity7 after seven years of development, yet the community wasn’t ready for this major change. In May 2020, developer Rudra Saraswat created an […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Codename Has Been Revealed and It’s Dangerous Hot

Canonical has revealed the codename for the next LTS version of Ubuntu i.e, 22.04. The Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release date has also been revealed and is set for April 22, 2022. Learn more here.
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Canonical Extends Support for Older Ubuntu Linux Distros

Canonical gives Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 years more support.
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Canonical extends Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS support to 10 years

Canonical has announced the extension of support for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS versions to 10 years. This means that paying users will benefit from something that was already implemented in subsequent LTS releases of the system: 18.04 and 20.04.
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Canonical Extends Support of Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 to 10 Years

Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04 just got a major support boost from Canonical. Announced today, Canonical says both releases will now get an extended 10 years of support from their original release date, up from the 5 originally provided. This commitment…

Ubuntu to Make Firefox Snap Default in 21.10

Ubuntu plans to make the Firefox Snap the default version for new installations of Ubuntu 21.10. A feature freeze exception (FFE) has been opened by Canonical’s Olivier Tilloy that seeks to replace the Firefox .deb package in the Ubuntu ‘se…

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Slated for Release on April 21st, 2022

While Canonical is still working hard to finish the last details of the forthcoming Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) release, which will see the light of day on October 14th, 2021, they are already planning on the next major release, Ubuntu 22.04. But Ubuntu 22.04 will not be an ordinary release. In fact, it will be […]

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Open Source Security: A Big Problem

Open source security has been a big focus of this week’s Black Hat conference, but no open source security initiative is bolder than the one proffered by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). Amid discussions on the security of open source technologies like eBPF and Hadoop, OpenSSF speakers Jennifer Fernick, SVP and head of global […]

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Ubuntu’s New Desktop Installer Is Now Available for Public Testing, Here’s How to Test It

In early March, I took a first look at Ubuntu’s new Desktop Installer. Canonical provided web-based designs of the new installer ahead of its initial release, as part of the Ubuntu installation images, but now the installer written in Flutter is finally available for public testing in the latest daily build images of Ubuntu 21.10. […]

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Ubuntu to Get ‘Major Rebrand’ — is this the New Logo?

A ‘major rebranding effort’ is underway at Canonical and it could result in substantial changes to the logos, icons, and colours we currently associate with Ubuntu. Word of the new work is nestled inside of […]
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