More posts about “Canonical”

Ubuntu Devs Debate Moving from IRC to Matrix

Ubuntu is mulling a switch to Matrix from IRC to handle real-time development discussion. Canonical’s Robie Basak has begun a discussion on the Ubuntu Developer Mailing list regarding a potential switch, in an effort to […]

Tuesday

Ubuntu Patches Major Security Vulnerabilities in Rsync

Doing anything right now? Oh, you’re reading this – appreciated – but once you’re done go and install the pending update to Rsync, pushed out to all supported versions of Ubuntu desktop and server this […]

15 January 2025

Long-Time Ubuntu Contributor Steve Langasek Has Passed Away

Sad news from Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth today: longtime Ubuntu and Debian contributor Steve Langasek has passed away. In a touching post on the Ubuntu Discourse, Mark Shuttleworth shares: “Steve passed away at the dawn […]

6 January 2025

Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Paused [Update: Now Resolved]

Last week, the first point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS arrived, and upgrades from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to the newest one officially enabled. However, those upgrades didn’t go smoothly for everyone who tried, be it […]

5 September 2024

Ubuntu’s New Security Center Readies Stable Release

Ubuntu’s new desktop Security Center app is gearing up for its first stable release, along with a background tool called Prompting Client. I first reported on the creation of Security Center earlier this year and […]

4 September 2024
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Ubuntu Hits Pause on SRU Kernel Releases for September

Canonical has announced it will not ship stable release kernel updates during September. Critical security and bug fixes will be packaged up and pushed out to users when/if needed, but the routine rollup releases which […]

21 August 2024

Ubuntu Summit 2024 Location & Date Announced

Fancy rubbing shoulders with the great and the good in the Ubuntu community, learning new things, seeing cool demos, and perhaps getting a bit merry with your fellow geeks? If so, make a date to […]

19 June 2024
DC-ROMA RISC-V Linux Laptop II running Ubuntu

Canonical Announce First RISC-V Laptop Running Ubuntu

Canonical has announced that it’s collaborating on a RISC-V laptop powered by Ubuntu. The 14-inch DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II is made by DeepComputing, a company formed by self-described “RISC-V pioneers” back in 2022, and based […]

13 June 2024
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Snap Store Website Redesign Goes Live – And It Looks Good

Stop by the Snap Store website today you’ll see it’s undergone a revamp – the second design rejig to the online storefront in the past 12 months but more substantive than the first. The search […]

23 May 2024

Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 Years (For a Fee)

Ubuntu’s long-term support releases just got even longer, with Canonical today announcing they are eligible for up to 12 years of security coverage from initial release. As you know, every Ubuntu LTS release receives 5 […]

25 March 2024
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Canonical Has Given Launchpad’s Homepage a Facelift

Next time you stop by Launchpad.net you’ll notice it has a new look. Canonical’s designers have given Launchpad’s landing page a lithe new look that allows text to breathe and is more in-keeping with Canonical’s […]

1 March 2024

Canonical’s Steam Snap is Causing Headaches for Valve

Canonical may be ramping up its efforts to improve the Ubuntu gaming experience — yasss — but it seems their Steam snap package is causing a few headaches for Valve. Timothée Besset, a software engineer […]

17 January 2024