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Adi Singh
1 June 2020

What’s the deal with edge computing?

Edgex Article

With over 41 billion IoT devices expected to be active by 2027 — that’s at least 5 devices for every person on the planet — edge computing has emerged as a tenable solution to prevent the impending snowballing of network traffic. Allow me to lift the veil on this buzzword and explain why it’s been ...


Tytus Kurek
1 June 2020

Open source software for open infrastructure

Cloud and server Article

Implementing infrastructure using open-source software significantly reduces the total cost of ownership (TOC) of your infrastructure. Over the last few years, we’ve seen more and more companies moving to open source. These include Netflix, Uber, Visa, eBay, Wikipedia and AT&T. And this trend will only continue to grow. The migration is d ...


Alex Chalkias
29 May 2020

Multus: how to escape the Kubernetes eth0 prison

Ubuntu Article

Kubernetes has been successful for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it takes care of things that application developers may not want to bother with – such as, for example, networking. Multus is a feature that can be used on top of Kubernetes to enable complex networking use cases. Kubernetes ...


Igor Ljubuncic
29 May 2020

Snapcraft development tips: how to troubleshoot snaps with services

Cloud and server Article

In the past, we have discussed various ways on how to debug and troubleshoot potential issues during snap development. The ability to quickly iterate, resolve build process hurdles and publish the application in a timely manner is essential to a robust, positive development experience. Today, we would like to outline a few basic tips and ...


haydenb
27 May 2020

Ubuntu on WSL 2 Is Generally Available

Desktop Article

Today Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 in the Windows 10 May 2020 update. WSL 2 is based on a new architecture that provides full Linux binary application compatibility and improved performance. WSL 2 is powered by a real Linux kernel in a lightweight virtual machine that boots in under ...


Rui Vasconcelos
27 May 2020

Kubeflow 101

Ubuntu Article

Kubeflow in 3 minutes Google launches Kubeflow 101, a series of short videos to demystify Kubeflow. Intro to Kubeflow. Watch an overview of Kubeflow in the first episode: Intro to Kubeflow pipelines In the second episode of Kubeflow 101, watch an introduction to Kubeflow pipelines, and the presentation of a new hosted version of Kubeflow ...


Tytus Kurek
27 May 2020

Hybrid cloud vs multi-cloud: what is the difference?

Cloud and server Article

Hybrid cloud and multi-cloud are two exclusive terms that are often confused. While the hybrid cloud represents a model for extending private cloud infrastructure with one of the existing public clouds, a multi-cloud refers to an environment where multiple clouds are used at the same time, regardless of their type. Thus, while the hybrid ...


Anthony Dillon
27 May 2020

Design and Web team summary – 27 May 2020

Design Article

The web team here at Canonical run two-week iterations. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Meet the team My name is Bartek (also known as bartaz around the interwebz). I live in Poznań in Poland and I’m a web developer. I’ve been a software developer for over 10 ...


Rui Vasconcelos
26 May 2020

Kubernetes for Data Science: meet Kubeflow

AI Article

Deep Learning is set to thrive Data science has exploded as a practice in the past decade and has become an undisputed driver of innovation. The forcing factors behind the rising interest in Machine Learning, a not so new concept, have consolidated and created an unparalleled capacity for Deep Learning, a subset of Artificial Neural ...


didrocks
26 May 2020

ZFS focus on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: what’s new?

Desktop Article

Ubuntu has supported ZFS as an option for some time. In 19.10, we introduced experimental support on the desktop. As explained, having a ZFS on root option on our desktop was only a first step in what we want to achieve by adopting this combined file system and logical volume manager. I strongly suggest you read ...


Sohini Bianka Roy
22 May 2020

Kubernetes on Windows with MicroK8s and WSL 2

Cloud and server Article

Kubernetes has enjoyed an unparalleled 5-year growth that has revolutionised the IT industry. It has become a key factor for organisations to be successful and have a competitive advantage. In order to optimise these benefits, organisations look for new ways to reduce Kubernetes complexity and get interoperability with other systems. Fast ...