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Canonical
1 July 2025

Chiseled Ubuntu containers for OpenJRE 8, 17 and 21

Article Cloud and server

Today we are announcing chiseled containers for OpenJRE 8, 17 and 21 (Open Java Runtime Environment), coming from the OpenJDK project. These images are highly optimized for size and security, containing only the dependencies that are strictly necessary. They are available for both AMD64 and ARM64 architectures and...

Canonical
1 July 2025

Canonical
1 July 2025

Introducing Canonical builds of OpenJDK

Article Canonical announcements

Java has long been the most popular language for software development in large enterprises, with 90% of Fortune 500 companies using it for backend development, particularly in industries like finance, healthcare, and government.  Java developers, more than most, are tasked with balancing the implementation of new...

Canonical
1 July 2025

David Beamonte
26 June 2025

Cut data center energy costs with bare metal automation

Article Cloud and server

Data centers don’t have to be power-hungry monsters. With smart automation using tools like MAAS, you can reduce energy waste and operational costs, and make your infrastructure greener, without sacrificing performance or flexibility.

David Beamonte
26 June 2025

Canonical
25 June 2025

Native integration now available for Pure Storage and Canonical LXD

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, and Pure Storage, the IT pioneer delivering enterprise-grade all-flash storage, have partnered to introduce a native integration between LXD and Pure Storage FlashArray. This collaboration allows organizations to combine open source virtualization with industry-leading block storage...

Canonical
25 June 2025

David Beamonte
20 June 2025

Effective infrastructure automation to reduce data center costs

Article Cloud and server

To truly reduce OpEx, you must shift your perspective from seeing operations as custom, artisanal work to one where operations are standardized, automated, and repeatable.  In other words, commoditized.

David Beamonte
20 June 2025

Pedro Lazzarotto
16 June 2025

Join Canonical at HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025

Article AI

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu and trusted open source solutions provider, is proud to sponsor HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025. Join us from June 23–26 to explore how our collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is transforming the future of enterprise IT, from virtualization and cloud infrastructure to AI/ML...

Pedro Lazzarotto
16 June 2025

Tytus Kurek
26 May 2025

OpenStack with Sunbeam for medium-scale cloud infrastructure

Article Cloud and server

The rapid growth in OpenStack installation and orchestration tools that we have seen in recent years has effectively established OpenStack as the world’s leading open source cloud platform. Projects like Sunbeam or Kolla Ansible, for example, are effectively transforming OpenStack into yet another user application. By...

Tytus Kurek
26 May 2025

Miona Aleksic
21 May 2025

Simplify security maintenance and compliance with Ubuntu Pro auto-attach for LXD guests

Article Cloud and server

With the latest LXD release, Ubuntu Pro now supports auto-attachment for LXD guest instances, offering organizations a seamless way to extend Ubuntu Pro benefits across their infrastructure.

Miona Aleksic
21 May 2025

Matthew de Klerk
20 May 2025

What is geopatriation?

Article Cloud and server

Geopatriation refers to the relocation of workloads and applications from global cloud hyperscalers to regional or national alternatives due to geopolitical uncertainty.

Matthew de Klerk
20 May 2025

Matthew de Klerk
19 May 2025

Rethinking virtualization: open source alternatives for resellers

Article Cloud and server

Organizations facing uncertainty in the virtualization market have multiple open source options to choose from, including OpenStack for large private clouds and MicroCloud for smaller setups.

Matthew de Klerk
19 May 2025

Frank Heimes
6 May 2025

IBM LinuxONE 5 and Ubuntu Server, a great combination from day one

Article Cloud and server

Today, IBM announced the launch of their latest server: the new IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5. This fifth generation redefines IBM’s LinuxONE system as their most secure and high-performing Linux computing platform for data, applications and trusted AI.  Canonical supports LinuxONE Emperor 5 with Ubuntu Server. Ubuntu is...

Frank Heimes
6 May 2025

Canonical
30 April 2025

Canonical announces first Ubuntu Desktop image for Qualcomm Dragonwing™ Platform with Ubuntu 24.04

Article Canonical announcements

This public beta enables the full Ubuntu Desktop experience on the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors and complements existing Ubuntu Server support with significant enhancements. Together, these updates provide a powerful development environment for building next-generation AI-driven edge applications....

Canonical
30 April 2025

Isobel Kate Maxwell
24 April 2025

The hitchhiker’s guide to infrastructure modernization

Article Cloud and server

One of my favourite authors, Douglas Adams, once said that “we are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” Whilst Adams is right about a lot of things, he got this one wrong – at least when it comes to infrastructure. As our Infra Masters 2025 event demonstrated, infrastructure

Isobel Kate Maxwell
24 April 2025

Canonical
17 April 2025

Canonical Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin

Article Canonical announcements

The latest interim release of Ubuntu introduces “devpacks” for popular frameworks like Spring, along with performance enhancements across a broad range of hardware. 17 April 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed “Plucky Puffin,” available to download and install from...

Canonical
17 April 2025

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