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37 posts from April 2016
Mesosphere announce open source project backed by Canonical
By John Zannos, 19 April 2016
Today Mesosphere announced the open source release of the DC/OS (Datacenter Operating System) Project, backed by dozens of partners including Canonical. DC/OS...
Directly interacting with the LXD API
By Stéphane Graber, 18 April 2016
The next post in the LXD series is currently blocked on a pending kernel fix, so I figured I’d do an out of series post on how to use the LXD API...
The tablet that turns into a PC is available to buy!
By Amrisha Prashar, 18 April 2016
Last month we announced that the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet was available as a pre-order bundle. This time round, we’re pleased to let you know that...
Charm 2.0 makes it even easier to publish charms
By Marco Ceppi, 16 April 2016
TL;DR There is a new package (and command) called charm that compliments the previous charm-tools package and provides a new way forward for managing charms and
10 cool accessories for the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet
By Amrisha Prashar, 15 April 2016
In the office we’ve been using the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet and have a few accessories to recommend with it! Check out the list below. Essentials...
The world’s most affordable computer converged with our tablet!
By Amrisha Prashar, 15 April 2016
NexDock is a revolutionary laptop that harnesses the productivity of smartphones, tablets and mini PCs by adding a bluetooth keyboard, a capable battery and a...
Docker 1.10 with Fan Networking in Ubuntu 16.04
By Dustin Kirkland, 15 April 2016
I’m thrilled to introduce Docker 1.10.3, supported on every Ubuntu architecture, for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and announce the General Availability of Ubuntu Fan...
LXD 2.0: LXD in LXD [8/12]
By Stéphane Graber, 15 April 2016
This is the eighth blog post in this series about LXD 2.0.IntroductionIn the previous post I covered how to run Docker inside LXD which is a good way to get...
HOWTO: Ubuntu on Windows
By Dustin Kirkland, 14 April 2016
As announced last week, Microsoft and Canonical have worked together to bring Ubuntu’s userspace natively into Windows 10.As of today, Windows 10 Insiders can...
LXD 2.0: Docker in LXD [7/12]
By Stéphane Graber, 13 April 2016
This is the seventh blog post in this series about LXD 2.0.Why run Docker inside LXDAs I briefly covered in the first post of this series, LXD’s focus is...
ScaleDB joins the Charm Partner Programme
By Ellen Arnold, 13 April 2016
Canonical is excited to announce that ScaleDB has joined the Charm Partner Programme (CPP). Canonical’s CPP helps solution providers make best use of...
Nova-LXD delivers bare-metal performance on OpenStack, while Ironic delivers NSA-as-a-Service
By Mark Shuttleworth, 13 April 2016
With the release of LXC 2.0 and LXD, we now have a pure-container hypervisor that delivers bare-metal performance with a standard Linux guest OS experience....