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"ESM"

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
3 July 2025

JetPack 4 EOL – how to keep your userspace secure during migration

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

NVIDIA JetPack 4 reached its end-of-life (EOL) in November 2024, marking the end of security updates for this widely deployed stack. JetPack 4 has driven innovation in countless devices powered by NVIDIA Jetson, serving as the foundation of edge AI production deployments across multiple sectors. But now, the absence of security maintenanc ...

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
16 April 2025

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS End Of Standard Support – activate ESM to keep your fleet of devices secure and operational

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Focal Fossa will reach the End of Standard Support in May 2025. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has become a critical component for millions of IoT and embedded devices worldwide, including kiosks, digital signage solutions, industrial appliances, and robotic systems. The release has been foundational for companies innovating in various industries, from ...

Lidia Luna Puerta
17 February 2025

How Ubuntu Pro + Support keeps your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS secure and stable

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with ESM keeps your systems up to date with essential security patches. But when something breaks or a complex issue arises, Ubuntu Pro + Support ensures you have Canonical experts on hand to help. Supplementing ESM with support gives you extra peace of mind, keeping your infrastructure stable, safe, and running s ...

Ishani Ghoshal
21 November 2024

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Standard Support has ended. Here’s how to prepare. 

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) has reached the end of its standard five-year support window on 31 May 2025. It’s time to start thinking about your options for upgrading. What is an Ubuntu long-term support (LTS) release?  Ubuntu long-term support releases (LTS) are released every 2 years by Canonical. Canonical provides patching and maint ...

Henry Coggill
8 February 2023

Is open-source as secure as proprietary software?

Hardening Ubuntu tech blog

Are the security issues we are seeing related to the use of open-source software? Does proprietary software have any more inherent safety or security benefits? In this article we will explore these issues and give you some more insights into the nature of these software development paradigms. ...

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
27 January 2023

ROS 2 Foxy and ROS Melodic EOL – Keep your robots up and running

Robotics Ubuntu tech blog

ROS Melodic EOL is around the corner. With more than 1,004 repositories in rosdistro, Melodic is among the top 3 ROS distributions (with Indigo and Kinetic). Together with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Melodic was widely used by many pioneering companies who deployed the first ROS devices to market. By the end of April, both distributions will ...

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
20 January 2023

Ubuntu 18.04 EOL – keep your fleet of devices up and running

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu 18.04 ‘Bionic Beaver’ is reaching End of Standard Support this May. If you don’t take action, you will transition to 18.04 EOL (End Of Life). This distribution of Ubuntu was installed by millions of users and powers up thousands of devices. From kiosks and appliances to IoT devices and robots, 18.04 helped many companies ...

Valentin Viennot
25 May 2022

Create FIPS-enabled Ubuntu container images with 10-year security updates

Apps Ubuntu tech blog

Canonical’s UA and Pro customers can now fully benefit from their subscriptions directly in containerised environments and pipelines. The new UA client release (27.7+) makes it easier to enable FIPS mode in Ubuntu containers. It also automatically signs up CI/CD builds for 10-year security updates to never worry about production container ...

Lech Sandecki
28 October 2021

Enhance the security of your open-source applications and share feedback

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Are you spending time on high-impact, high-value activities, or are you constantly derailed by maintenance, support, and deployment challenges? Does your organisation consume open-source software that needs security patching? Where do you get the security updates from, and how do you track what’s available? Are you responsible for vulnera ...

Anton Smith
24 September 2021

Bare metal cloud support for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 LTS

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Now that Canonical is prolonging the lifecycle of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’ and 16.04 LTS ‘Xenial Xerus’ to a total of ten years, it’s a good time to reflect on how else Canonical supports these releases for bare metal cloud. Bare metal lifecycle management Whether you’re running a small or a large fleet of ...

Canonical
21 September 2021

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 lifecycle extended to ten years

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

LONDON, UK – Canonical announces the lifecycle extension of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’ and 16.04 LTS ‘Xenial Xerus’ to a total of ten years. This lifecycle extension enables organizations to balance their infrastructure upgrade costs, by giving them additional time to implement their upgrade plan. The prolonged Extended Security Maint ...

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