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Start your SEV VMs on Google Cloud

By Hugo Huang, 21 July 2023

SEV is a new security feature that is available on AMD’s EPYC processors. It stands for Secure Encrypted Virtualization Secure Nested Pages. SEV provides a...

Introducing Ubuntu’s new HPC community team

By Jon Thor Kristinsson, 20 July 2023

The High-Performance Computing (HPC) community team is the latest engineering team to join the Ubuntu project.

Securing open source through CVE prioritisation

By Alex Murray, 20 July 2023

According to a recent study, 96% of applications in the enterprise market use open-source software. As the open source landscape becomes more and more...

MySQL high availability made charmingly easy

By Mohamed Wadie Nsiri, 18 July 2023

In a previous blog, we talked about patterns to run a database in a highly available manner.  In this blog, we present our recipe for MySQL high availability....

Vanilla 4.0 release

By Bartek Szopka, 18 July 2023

Last week we released a new major version of the Vanilla framework. Vanilla 4.0 introduces the elements of the new style used for a current rebranding of...

A declarative approach to Linux networking with Netplan

By Lukas Märdian, 18 July 2023

Learn how Netplan simplifies Linux networking by providing a common interface across a range of technology stacks to enable easier administration.

What does the future of AI hold in store?

By Andreea Munteanu, 16 July 2023

Eight trends to keep an eye on this Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day On 16 July the world celebrates International Artificial Appreciation Day. In the...

Ubuntu Pro is now available on Arm VMs on Google Cloud

By Hugo Huang, 14 July 2023

We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now available on Arm series Virtual Machines on Google Cloud. You can now launch or upgrade Ubuntu Arm instances...

Large language models (LLMs): what, why, how?

By Andreea Munteanu, 12 July 2023

Large language models (LLMs) are machine-learning models specialised in understanding natural language. They became famous once ChatGPT was widely adopted...

How to choose an OS for software development in automotive

By Bertrand Boisseau, 12 July 2023

Why companies in automotive prefer Ubuntu Automotive as an industry is constantly looking for ways to improve its processes and efficiency. The one common...

Why you need to protect your confidential virtual machine from itself

By Ijlal Loutfi, 11 July 2023

Confidential computing disrupts the traditional threat model by decoupling resource management from data access. It introduces new CPU security extensions...