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Canonical

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Canonical is a privately held computer software company based in London, England, founded in 2004. It specializes in making open source secure, reliable, and easy to use, primarily through its support for Ubuntu, the world's most popular enterprise Linux. Canonical operates globally with a remote-first workforce and is dedicated to delivering enterprise-grade technologies and services, contributing to various open source projects, and collaborating with leading vendors to optimize Ubuntu across a wide range of devices.

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Updates as of Oct 01, 2024

• Canonical collaborates with NVIDIA and Lenovo to offer a comprehensive AI edge computing solution using MicroK8s, Charmed Kubeflow, and Ubuntu on Lenovo ThinkEdge Servers.
• Canonical is collaborating with Intel and Microsoft on a Retrieval Augmented Generation solution, with a talk scheduled for October 1-2.
• Canonical announced a collaboration with OpenAirInterface to develop and promote open source software for Open RAN, enhancing automation in software lifecycle management and infrastructure capabilities.
• Canonical celebrates the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu with the upcoming 24.10 release, featuring GNOME 47, improved fingerprint biometric support, and exceptional performance.
• Canonical announced that Ubuntu will be the default operating system for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), enhancing Kubernetes deployment and management on AWS.

• Canonical has launched Managed Applications for enterprise DevOps teams to streamline application deployment and management in Ubuntu Linux environments.
• Canonical has launched Ubuntu Pro and Premium Images for AWS, offering enhanced security, compliance, and support for enterprise cloud deployments.
• Canonical has released updated Ubuntu images for all supported Raspberry Pi boards, enhancing performance, security, and compatibility.
• Canonical announced that over 100 Advantech devices are now ready for Ubuntu, featuring Ubuntu Pro for Devices and Canonical Landscape for enhanced IoT, AI, and industrial applications.
• Canonical introduced Charmed OpenSearch, an enterprise solution for OpenSearch with advanced automation features, multi-cloud capabilities, and comprehensive support.
• Canonical introduced the Advantech RSB-3810, a 2.5” Pico-ITX single-board computer with Ubuntu Certification, powered by MediaTek’s Genio 1200 chipset.
• Rob Gibbon, Product Manager at Canonical, will speak at the Data and AI Masters event organized by Canonical on October 1-2.
• Canonical is currently seeking a Regional Director of Enterprise Open Source Sales in Poland.
• Nick D. has joined Canonical as Engineering Director in the United Kingdom, previously serving as Head of Engineering at Roke.
• Canonical will showcase open-source infrastructure solutions at India Mobile Congress 2024.
• Canonical will host a session on setting up a full data science environment in 3 commands during the Data and AI Masters event on October 1.
• Canonical's upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 release, featuring GNOME 47 and kernel 6.11, is noted for its impressive performance even in beta.
• Canonical has issued critical security updates for the CUPS printing stack vulnerability affecting all supported Ubuntu releases.
• Canonical released Ubuntu kernel and NVIDIA updates to fix Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.
• Canonical released a major kernel update for Ubuntu 16.04, fixing 13 security vulnerabilities to enhance system protection and stability.
• Canonical is hiring for 5 positions in Western Cape, South Africa as of September 28, 2024.
• Canonical's Ubuntu 24.10 beta now supports WiFi on the Steam Deck OLED.
• Canonical will participate in OpenSouthCode25 on June 20-21, 2025.
• Canonical acknowledged a critical Linux vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9 and is working on patches.
• Canonical is sponsoring the Community Over Code event from October 7-10 in Denver, Colorado.
• Canonical fixed several security issues in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu Desktop on September 26, 2024.
• Canonical plans to release the first stable version of Ubuntu Core Desktop in December 2024, focusing on an immutable system based on snaps.
• Canonical’s security team has released updates for cups-browsed, cups-filters, libcupsfilters, and libppd packages to fix four high-impact CVEs in all Ubuntu LTS releases under standard support.
• Cédric Gégout (VP of Product at Canonical) discussed a new research report by Canonical and Omdia revealing that enterprises and service providers expect 5G edge computing to yield returns within two years.

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