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16 posts from May 2026
Canonical announces optimized Ubuntu images for TPU virtual machines by Google Cloud
By Hugo Huang, 28 May 2026
Canonical and Google Cloud announced the availability of certified Ubuntu images for Google’s Cloud TPU Virtual Machines.
VMware hypervisor deployment using MAAS
By David Beamonte, 28 May 2026
Most modern datacenters are inherently heterogeneous. VMware environments coexist with container platforms, databases, and other bare-metal workloads, often...
Migrating from Apache Spark 3 to Spark 4
By Rob Gibbon, 28 May 2026
The purpose of this guide is to highlight the key differences between Apache Spark 3 and Spark 4, and provide advice on how to plan a migration. Let’s get...
Introducing Workshop: launch sandboxed development environments on Ubuntu with a single command
By Canonical, 27 May 2026
Developers now benefit from consistency and repeatability for cutting-edge workflows, including agentic AI. Today, Canonical announced the release of...
Run agentic workloads on Arm and Ubuntu
By Youssef Eltoukhy, 26 May 2026
In the lead-up to Ubuntu Summit 26.04, Canonical and Arm are collaborating to certify the new Arm AGI CPU on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon). Learn what...
Developing web apps with local LLM inference
By Abdelrahman Hosny, 21 May 2026
I’ve yet to meet a developer that enjoys working with metered AI APIs. The need to pay for every API call in development works in direct opposition to the...
PinTheft Linux kernel vulnerability mitigation
By seth-arnold, 21 May 2026
A local privilege escalation (LPE) security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, codename “PinTheft,” was publicly disclosed on May 19, 2026. The vulnerability...
Canonical announces fully Managed Kubeflow AI operations platform on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
By Massimiliano Gori, 21 May 2026
Canonical has announced the general availability of Managed Kubeflow on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. This fully managed MLOps platform allows enterprise...
A look into Ubuntu Core 26: Cloud-powered edge computing with AWS IoT Greengrass and Azure IoT Edge
By Gabriel Aguiar Noury, 20 May 2026
Welcome to this blog series which explores innovative uses of Ubuntu Core. Throughout this series, Canonical’s Engineers will show what you can build with...
CVE-2026-46333 (ssh-keysign-pwn) Linux kernel vulnerability mitigations
By Luci Stanescu, 19 May 2026
An information disclosure security vulnerability in the Linux kernel was publicly disclosed on May 15th, 2026. The vulnerability was reported by Qualys and...
Canonical launches Ubuntu Core 26
By Canonical, 19 May 2026
Ubuntu Core 26 introduces precise Linux builds, optimized OTA updates, live kernel patching, and enhanced hardware-backed protection for mission-critical...
Finding the blind spot: How Canonical hunts logic flaws with AI
By Miha Purg, 15 May 2026
AI is accelerating and improving how security engineers find and fix vulnerabilities. A new tool developed and used at Canonical, called Redhound, has already...
Fragnesia Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability mitigations
By Luci Stanescu, 14 May 2026
A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel has been publicly disclosed on May 13, 2026. The vulnerability has been assigned...
Rethinking BYOD security: protecting data without trusting devices
By Bertrand Boisseau, 13 May 2026
BYOD (bring your own device) has always looked better on paper than it does in real life. The promise is clear: let people use the gadgets they already own....
Dirty Frag Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability mitigations
By Luci Stanescu, 8 May 2026
Two local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities affecting the Linux kernel have been publicly disclosed on May 7, 2026. The vulnerabilities have been...
Three weeks to go: A sneak peek of the Ubuntu Summit 26.04 experience
By ilvipero, 6 May 2026
The countdown to the Ubuntu Summit is officially on! We are just three weeks away from Ubuntu Summit 26.04, and the orange energy levels in our community...