Canonical is today bringing Snappy Ubuntu Core out of the cloud and into physical devices with the reveal of Snappy Core for smart devices. First announced in December 2014, Snappy Core is a new ...

Canonical announced on Tuesday that the popular open-source Ubuntu operating system will soon be coming to multi-core Android devices. Users will be able use Android on their smartphones and Ubuntu as ...

In its latest release, Ubuntu Core 20, Canonical has gone to great pains to make it the most secure IoT and embedded Linux available on the market today. According to a third-party security audit by ...

Developers can prototype their devices, simulate a full release, then keep the finished products updated through an open source app store. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard ...

Ubuntu unveiled Snappy Ubuntu Core today -- a new, lightweight version of the OS that offers a barebones platform combined with cloud-based application hosting. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, wants to bring its operating system to more connected devices and intelligent objects with the launch of its “snappy” Ubuntu Core for the ...

In October, a DDoS attack on Dyn’s infrastructure took down a big chunk of the internet, making sites like Amazon and Twitter inaccessible. It was the first major attack involving IoT (internet of ...

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This last couple of weeks has seen some tension within the Linux Container world as CoreOS launched its Rocket container and questioned Docker’s longer term motives. Adding fuel to the fire today ...

Ubuntu Core 16 for the Internet of Things does this with regular and reliable security updates and app stores for intelligent connected devices. Ubuntu Core is a tiny, transactional version of Ubuntu ...

Editor’s Note: We’d like to let you know that starting Nov. 6, this newsletter will be renamed Network World’s Linux & Open Source Newsletter. The name change will better reflect the focus of this ...