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"Ubuntu Core"


Thibaut Rouffineau
17 November 2015

MagicStick and Ubuntu Core, redefining the PC on stick experience

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

MagicStick™ has had a highly successful campaign on Indiegogo for their affordable yet super powerful PC on a stick already reaching 7.5 times its funding objective. They’re now going further by offering Ubuntu Core on MagicStick™ as a way to enjoy a simpler, faster, leaner PC experience on your TV. MagicStick™, a powerful PC on ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
12 November 2015

Eclipse’con Europe 2015 : Agile embedded development!

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Last week was Eclipse’con Europe, the yearly Eclipse Foundation European conference. Eclipse’con has taken place in Ludwigsburg, Germany for the last 10 years… and what a difference these years have made in the world of  both embedded development and embedded Linux.  These changes can be summarised in 2 sentences: Out goes: “Let’s make em ...


April Wang
4 November 2015

Another wave of hacking in China this time with TechCrunch

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

After undertaking several Ubuntu Phone led hackathons in Beijing and Shenzhen, we embraced the opportunity to be part of the TechCrunch one this past weekend in Beijing (31st Oct-1st Nov). This hackathon afforded us the chance to meet more Ubuntu fans, introduce the OS to more developers and interact with participants from past hackathons ...


Maarten Ectors
30 October 2015

#InternetOfToys – let the toy battles begin

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Wouldn’t it be great to play with toys and get paid for it? If this sounds like music to your ears, then this blog post is for you. If you are a business person who thinks toys are just child’s play, then you should read on as well! It’s true that Industrial IoT will generate ...


Canonical
30 October 2015

OpenStack Summit Tokyo: Day Three

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Mark Shuttleworth talks about why we build tools like OpenStack, its new features and how it is evolving for everyone. Day three of the summit didn’t feature highlighted keynote sessions like days one and two. But it did have an entire Canonical track schedule, which kicked off with Mark Shuttleworth talking about why we build ...


Canonical
29 October 2015

Vendors support Ubuntu Core as neutral platform for switches

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Canonical accelerates disaggregation of switch hardware, operating system and network control software with snappy Ubuntu Core ...


Tom Callway
26 October 2015

Juju status flasher on Ubuntu Snappy

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Matt Williams shares a proof of concept project I’ve been working on that combines the worlds of Ubuntu Snappy and Juju. View original Google+ post ...


Canonical
21 October 2015

Snappy Core unlocks IoT value within the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Yesterday marked the launch of the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series, a purpose-built IoT gateway designed to work in the most extreme conditions and to enable customers to perform analytics on the edge of the network; pre-transmitting them to the cloud. It has many mounting and connectivity options which enables it to be used in previously ...


Maarten Ectors
16 October 2015

PiGlow API: one small snap for humanity…

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Victor Palau created a very nice blog post around the PiGlow. With his permission we are reproducing it here. My first steps into snappifying, I have publish a RestApi for PiGlow (glowapi 0.1.2). I though it might be a good first step and mildly useful for people wanting to set up build notifications, twitter mentions, ...


Maarten Ectors
2 October 2015

Canonical launches new ‘#InternetOfToys’ initiative with partners

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

IoT World: Hybrid, Erle and Canonical combine to commercialize IoT dev ROSCon: Canonical demonstrates power of apps on robots; shows Erle Spider Mark Shuttleworth keynote at ROSCon: secrets to ROS success   Canonical is taking its Internet of Things (IoT) innovation on tour over the few days; bringing a host of new developments to the ...


Maarten Ectors
22 September 2015

Crowdsourcing the #AppEnabledHome: GE, FirstBuild and Canonical

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

  IoT is changing the home. Soon you will have apps and app stores on any type of home appliance. Earlier this year, GE’s FirstBuild brought to market the first app-enabled fridge. However, before IoT in the home can be mass market some problems will have to be solved first. What apps will people want? ...