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Jon Thor Kristinsson
12 July 2022

High-performance computing (HPC) cluster architecture [part 4]

Ubuntu Article

This article describes what HPC clusters are, their various components and their particular purposes. It also covers the different types of HPC clusters. ...


Anthony Dillon
12 July 2022

Design and Web team summary – 1 July 2022

Design Design

The Web and design team at Canonical runs two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more.  In this iter ...


Bertrand Boisseau
12 July 2022

Event Data Recorders: Safety and software considerations

Automotive Article

There has been a lot of talk about Event Data Recorders (EDR) in the automotive industry lately. Event Data Recorders are tamper-proof memory devices that collect accident data on modes of transport. ...


Will Grant
11 July 2022

UX Deep Dive: Classify interactions for a more intuitive user interface

Design Article

We try hard to make our products as intuitive and familiar as possible, but there will always be “advanced” options and rarely-used features. So how do we decide what order and prominence to give to these lesser-used features? ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
11 July 2022

Installing Foxglove Studio is now easier than ever

Robotics Article

Today, Foxglove announced the release of the Foxglove Studio snap. Foxglove Studio helps you experience the world as a robot does, providing a rich set of features to visualise data. By diversifying its distribution with a snap, Foxglove Studio is now available to millions of Linux users that can install this open-source tool with a ...


Oliver Smith
8 July 2022

Firefox snap performance Part 3: significant startup improvements

Desktop Article

In Part 3 of our Firefox snap performance series we cover two significant performance improvements that have just landed for all users. ...


gbeuzeboc
8 July 2022

Install Gazebo for ROS 2 in under a minute

Robotics Article

Recently, we announced the beta release of the Gazebo snap to help you install Gazebo for ROS 2. The gazebo snap is easy to install on dozens of Linux distributions and comes bundled with all the dependencies and the ROS 2 integration. It currently supports Gazebo Citadel and thus ROS 2 Foxy. For the sake ...


Oliver Smith
7 July 2022

Bring home the disco with these Raspberry Pi HAT tutorials (Part 1)

Internet of Things Article

Ubuntu is lighting up the Raspberry Pi this week with the first of a two-part collection of Unicorn HAT tutorials from our resident Pi developers! ...


Igor Ljubuncic
5 July 2022

Behind open DORS – Conference organizers share their thoughts on Canonical, Ubuntu, snaps, and open-source

Ubuntu Article

A Linux conference almost as old as Linux itself. In mid-May, DORS/CLUC hosted its 29th event at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, Croatia. With a long history of participation and contribution to open source communities, Canonical was one of the sponsors at the conference, with a busy schedule that included a ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
4 July 2022

The State of Robotics – May & June 2022

Robotics Article

In May, robotics felt the waves of the Hawksbill and Jellyfish. Last month brought us the first LTS for ROS 2, Humble Hawksbill. As part of the ROS community, we welcome this new release and congratulate everyone who made it possible. In this round-up, we will talk about ROS, drones, football and robots that eat ...


Anthony Dillon
1 July 2022

Design and Web team summary – 17 June 2022

Design Design

The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more.  Major update ...