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Dustin Kirkland
20 January 2016

Data Driven Analysis: /tmp on tmpfs

Cloud and server Article

tl;drPut /tmp on tmpfs and you’ll improve your Linux system’s I/O, reduce your carbon foot print and electricity usage, stretch the battery life of your laptop, extend the longevity of your SSDs, and provide stronger security.In fact, we should do that by default on Ubuntu servers and cloud images.Having tested 502 physical and virtual se ...


Rae Shambrook
18 January 2016

Ubuntu Clock Update Reflects Convergence Design Thinking

Ubuntu Design

In the coming months, users will start noticing things looking more and more different on Ubuntu. As we gradually roll out our new and improved Suru visual language, you’ll see apps and various other bits of the platform take on a lighter, more clean and cohesive look. Why refresh apps at all? As Ubuntu brings ...


Marcin Kierdelewicz
15 January 2016

Ubuntu is coming to a city near you

Cloud and server Article

Happy New Year! I’ve been busy planning our first ever Ubuntu Day. Ubuntu Day is a local event organised with our partners to support awareness and adoption of Ubuntu technologies in local markets. It’s an opportunity for people to learn about Ubuntu Cloud products directly from the experts, and to obtain some technical hands on ...


Udi Nachmany
14 January 2016

5 reasons you should only use certified images on the public cloud

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu has a long history in the cloud. Not only is it the world’s number one platform for deployments of OpenStack (as we’ve covered here), it also runs more public cloud workloads than all other platforms combined. Fast, secure, and proven in the most demanding production environments, it is extremely popular with the likes of ...


Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
14 January 2016

Big Data Explained, Analysed, Solved

Cloud and server White paper

This eBook gives an overview of what big data is and its growing importance. Download this eBook to answer the following questions: What is Big Data and what different types of Big Data are there? What is the increasing importance of Big Data? What applications / tools managed services / clouds should I use to ...


Canonical
13 January 2016

AT&T selects Ubuntu for cloud and enterprise applications

Cloud and server News

AT&T has selected Canonical to be part of its effort to drive innovation in the network and cloud. Canonical will provide the Ubuntu OS and engineering support for AT&T’s cloud, network and enterprise applications. AT&T chose Ubuntu based on its demonstrated innovation, and performance as the leading platform for scale-out workloads and c ...


Tom Haddon
12 January 2016

Mojo Updates

Cloud and server Article

It’s been a while since we’ve talked about Mojo, and since then, there have been quite a few changes. I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some of the recent updates to Mojo and then talk about our plans for future improvements. Mojo what? So what is Mojo anyway? It’s a tool for deploying, ...


Canonical
6 January 2016

New Year, New Data

Cloud and server Article

Happy New Year, everybody! I hope everyone had a chance to take a break over the holiday season. At Canonical, we generally take a break the last week of the year. It gave me a chance to catch up on some shows I’d recorded to watch later. Upon returning to our duties this week, we ...


John Zannos
5 January 2016

OpenPOWER Foundation: Continuing the Datacenter Revolution

Ubuntu Article

Today, I am pleased to announce that I have accepted my nomination to be the new Chair of the OpenPOWER Foundation. OpenPOWER represents a gigantic leap forward in revolutionizing the datacenter through open hardware and open software like Linux. Through open source we innovate, collaborate, and scale, and my increasing role within OpenPO ...


Jorge O. Castro
5 January 2016

Celebrating over 10 million Vagrant Ubuntu downloads

Cloud and server Article

Vagrant is a popular devops tool because it allows developers to easily manage virtual machines on their laptop. While this sounds easy, Vagrant allows people to finally develop on their machines using the same libraries as the operating system that’s in their server room. And since it uses virtual machines, everything is nice and compart ...


Inayaili de León Persson
4 January 2016

December’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

Happy 2016! Here are the best links shared by the design team in December: Stance Star Wars socks 24 Ways Sketch Blog: Leaving the Mac App Store 12 Devs Web Development Calendars for 2015 These photos are why I’m trapped in Tokyo forever now Inside Abbey Road Improve the Apple remote with a purple rubber ...