Confidential computing is essential when an organization needs to process sensitive data on infrastructure where the operators should not have access to it. You might have seen this requirement before: it appears commonly in public cloud deployments (where organizations want to prevent the cloud vendor seeing data), but also when hospitals evaluate proprietary AI models […]
How on-demand Android environments turn validation into a repeatable pipeline stage In the first article, we looked at automation: how Android environments can be created and managed programmatically. In the second, we looked at scaling: how shared infrastructure can make those environments available to more developers, tests, and workloads. This third article looks at the […]
Conversational AI with a chatbot is great for drafting emails or debugging code, but it’s less ideal for real-time application middleware. If you’re trying to inspect a financial transaction for potential fraud in the middle of a checkout loop, you don’t need an LLM to write you an essay about why a credit card transaction […]
Whether you’re a first-time Linux user, experienced developer, academic researcher, or enterprise administrator, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon is the best way to benefit from the latest advancements in the Linux ecosystem on a stable foundation. As with all LTS releases of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS represents the consolidation of fixes and improvements identified during […]
As private 5G evolves from experimentation into production readiness, its success hinges on a fundamental architectural shift: replacing heavyweight, legacy virtualization stacks with agile, softwarized infrastructure that reduces operational expenditure (OpEx) and accelerates service delivery.
A customer building a FedRAMP-compliant deployment found that Ubuntu Pro 22.04 FIPS container images were silently failing on standard, mainline Linux kernels, the kind used by managed Kubernetes environments such as AWS EKS and Fargate. The fix required a patch that preserved FIPS compliance without triggering months of recertification. This post explains what happened, why […]
So you want your own pet LLM huh? Knowing where to start can be quite tricky, so luckily for you I’ve put together this end-to-end guide. It’ll get you not just started; you’ll end with a fully working chatbot that you’ve fine tuned on the dataset `nampdn-ai/tiny-webtext`, which is a training dataset designed to improve […]
How shared Android capacity helps engineering teams move beyond fixed device labs In the first blog of this series, we discussed how programmable Android environments can replace manual device preparation with a repeatable lifecycle. A workflow requests an environment with a predefined configuration, executes the required task, collects the results, and releases the resources once […]
We are pleased to announce that you can now attach an Ubuntu Pro subscription directly to any base image in AWS Image Builder, allowing you to create enterprise-grade custom images from the get go.
A decade ago, Canonical launched Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (codenamed “Xenial Xerus”). As a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, it comes with 5 years of standard security coverage, which is doubled to a total of 10 years through Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) for users with an Ubuntu Pro subscription.
How on-demand Android environments lay the foundation for Android engineering Software engineering has evolved dramatically over the last decade. Development environments that once depended on dedicated hardware have become resources that can be provisioned, configured, and removed on demand. Infrastructure is now expected to be reproducible, automated, and integrated into continuous development w…
ROS 2 gives robotics developers the freedom to choose the middleware that fits their system. As a communication protocol for ROS, Zenoh has gained strong traction. It delivers proven performance and stability while giving developers explicit control over node discovery. Zenoh is a lightweight, high-performance communication protocol designed for robotics and distributed systems. Supporting publish…
Introduction Releasing the RVA23 specification was a major milestone for the RISC-V community. While it provides an excellent baseline for deployment at scale, innovation continues to take place and we will see further extensions and profiles over the coming years. Upcoming innovations fall into a couple of key areas In this blog, we’ll look at […]
Accelerating software delivery with minimal OCI images For Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), delivering containerized applications to enterprise clients often means navigating a difficult trade-off between minimal image size and accurate security visibility. Traditional approaches can leave development teams battling severe CVE noise or, conversely, missing critical vulnerabilities entirely due…
Sep 8, 2026 – Canonical and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announce the general availability of certified Ubuntu 24.04 LTS images for the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 Evaluation Kit (EVK). Offering industrial-grade efficiency, this release provides production-ready software designed for building high-performance edge AI applications. For developers, system integrators, and OEMs, Qualcomm Dragonwing I…
When the codename for Ubuntu 26.10 was announced, I suspect there was a measurable surge in users searching for the definition of “stonking” across search engines and the various popular AI chatbots. As it so happens, the rather silly sounding word is actually a bit of British slang that denotes “something of considerable size, or […]
Open source provides the world with access to cutting-edge software, and the learning that comes with it. But how do you validate someone’s skills in an open ecosystem? Canonical Academy is a highly rigorous, job-focused qualification platform designed to empower individuals and enterprises with industry-recognized credentials. The platform addresses a critical gap in tech: validating […]
A customer’s OpenStack control plane went down overnight after their only backup proved stale. Canonical support rebuilt the database cluster live, service by service, without losing a single workload.
Canonical is now part of the Open Secure AI Alliance, announced by NVIDIA with partners across cloud computing, cybersecurity, enterprise software, open source foundations, and AI research. The alliance aims to develop and share open technologies, techniques, and tools to safeguard software and agents in the age of AI. The bedrock for AI Alongside NVIDIA […]
As the telco industry transitions toward Autonomous Networks Level 4, a fundamental architectural challenge has emerged: how do you build a secure, reliable and interoperable AI harness that bridges probabilistic AI reasoning with deterministic, carrier-grade network execution?
London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited to announce that VENTUNO Q is now generally available for pre-order, pre-loaded with Ubuntu. VENTUNO Q is a dual-brain developer board designed for edge AI and robotics applications. With […]
Canonical announces that the Advantech AOM-2721 is officially joining the list of Ubuntu Certified Hardware.
Canonical is pleased to announce that NVIDIA’s newly introduced NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open, customizable model built for always-on AI agents, is now available on Ubuntu with single-command installation. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open 30B hybrid Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 3B active parameters, designed for high-throughput agentic workloads. It is fully customizable, […
Confidential computing is moving quickly. The foundation is already here: AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX have made it possible to run confidential virtual machines (VMs) with stronger protection for data in use. Ubuntu 26.04 Long Term Support (LTS) brings integrated host and guest support for both of these technologies, making confidential computing a native part […]
Most organizations already understand encryption at rest and encryption in transit. These controls are mature, widely deployed, and often explicitly referenced in security frameworks. However, runtime is different: when an application processes sensitive information, that data is typically available in memory. In a traditional infrastructure model, the workload owner may need to trust a large […]
Meet Alex, an Android developer. In this article, we’ll follow Alex through their day to show you how Anbox Cloud supports Alex from feature development to release. Alex’s focus for today is building a ride-tracking feature for their ride-sharing app.
Canonical introduces a new way to manage software behind firewalls and in air-gapped environments with the Enterprise Store. The Enterprise Store makes software distribution manageable and scalable behind firewalls or in air-gapped environments. Available with an Ubuntu Pro subscription, the Enterprise Store respects the security protocols of strict environments, in a way that is controllable, […]
How Canonical Support helped a global retail organization trace the cause for an unusual memory leak originating in PID 1. By investigating the issue across three separate system layers our team was able to identify the source and fast-track a patch.
MAAS brings cloud-like automation to physical servers. It helps teams discover, commission, deploy, and repurpose machines from a central control plane, turning bare metal into a programmable resource. But to experience that value, users first need to get MAAS up and running. That path is now cleaner and easier to follow. We’ve created new documentation […]
Introduction A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel was publicly disclosed on July 6, 2026. The vulnerability was assigned CVE ID CVE-2026-53359 and is referred to as Januscape. This vulnerability affects all Ubuntu releases. Neither NVD nor Kernel.org have published their own CVSS scores for this issue; we calculated it as CVSS […]