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Minimal Ubuntu Pro: lean images backed by enterprise-grade security

The security landscape is growing continually in complexity. Whatever industry you work in, your organization has to contend with evolving threats and ever-stricter compliance requirements, whilst at the same time facing pressure to build fast and scale smart. This is especially true when innovating on the public cloud.

Canonical announces Ubuntu support for the NVIDIA Rubin platform

Official Ubuntu support for the NVIDIA Rubin platform, including the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems, announced at CES 2026 CES 2026, Las Vegas. – Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, is pleased to announce official support for the NVIDIA Rubin platform and the latest distributions of the new NVIDIA Nemotron 3 open models.  As A

Meet Canonical at CES 2026: A trusted foundation for your device lifecycle

This year, the Canonical team will be at Booth #10562 in the North Hall, we will be demonstrating how Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu Pro for Devices, and our partner ecosystem help you accelerate development, ensure reliability, and simplify the lifecycle of your connected fleets.

Canonical to distribute AMD ROCm AI/ML and HPC libraries in Ubuntu

Canonical is pleased to announce an expanded collaboration with AMD to package and maintain AMD ROCm™ software directly in Ubuntu. AMD ROCm is an open software ecosystem to enable hardware-accelerated AI/ML and HPC workloads on AMD Instinct™ and AMD Radeon™ GPUs, simplifying the deployment of AI infrastructure with long term support from

Canonical announces Ubuntu Pro for WSL

Ubuntu Pro for WSL provides turnkey security maintenance and enterprise support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS WSL instances in Windows. The subscription will also enable comprehensive management for system administrators.  Today, Canonical announced the general availability of Ubuntu Pro for WSL which can be installed from the Microsoft Store. Sou

AMI and Canonical announce partnership

Today, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced a partnership with AMI, a provider of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) solutions, allowing users of AMI’s Aptio® V UEFI Firmware to netboot directly into Ubuntu by simply selecting Ubuntu Cloud Installation in the boot menu.

83% of organizations see value in adopting open source, but report major gaps in security and governance

A new Linux Foundation report reveals how organizations worldwide are adopting, using, and perceiving open source software. The Linux Foundation’s latest report, The state of global open source, has just been released in collaboration with Canonical. The report follows the Linux Foundation’s European spotlight report, released earlier thi

Canonical releases FIPS-enabled Kubernetes

Today at KubeCon North America, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, released support to enable FIPS mode in its Kubernetes distribution, providing everything needed to create and manage a scalable cluster suitable for high-security and Federal deployments.

Canonical announces optimized Ubuntu images for Google Cloud’s Axion N4A Virtual Machines

Today Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, and Google Cloud announced the immediate availability of optimized Ubuntu images for the new Axion-based N4A virtual machines (VMs) on Google Compute Engine.

Introducing silicon-optimized inference snaps

Canonical today announced optimized inference snaps, a new way to deploy AI models on Ubuntu devices. Install a well-known model like DeepSeek R1 or Qwen 2.5 VL with a single command, and get the silicon-optimized AI engine automatically.

Canonical releases Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka

The latest interim release of Ubuntu comes with compatibility enhancements at the silicon level, accessibility upgrades and a robust security posture that sets the stage for the next LTS. October 9, 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.10, codenamed “Questing Quokka,” available to download and install from ubuntu.com/do

Canonical achieves ISO 27001 certification

The certification demonstrates alignment with cybersecurity standards that will further safeguard open source products and services for use in the most demanding enterprise environments. Canonical is proud to announce it has achieved the ISO/IEC 27001 certification for its Information Security Management System (ISMS), following an extens

Ubuntu Pro Minimal 22.04 LTS with CIS hardening is now generally available on AWS

August 28, 2025 – We are excited to announce the general availability of Ubuntu Pro Minimal 22.04 LTS with CIS hardening, a new variant of Ubuntu designed for organizations that require tight security controls, minimal attack surface, and out-of-the-box compliance. This new offering combines the efficiency of Minimal Ubuntu with the enter

Canonical’s Ubuntu to be supported on NVIDIA Jetson Thor

Canonical commits to Ubuntu long-term support and security patching for NVIDIA Jetson Thor, bringing real-time performance, out-of-the-box compatibility, and a seamless runtime for AI inference workloads at the edge.

Broadcom and Canonical expand partnership to optimize VMware Cloud Foundation for modern container and AI workloads

Collaboration combines the leading cloud OS with the industry’s first unified private cloud platform to accelerate cloud native innovation [LAS VEGAS] August 26, 2025—Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Canonical today announced an expanded collaboration to help customers ship modern container-based and AI applications faster and more secure

69% of organizations in Europe believe adopting open source makes them more competitive – new Linux Foundation research

New report indicates that open source adoption increases productivity, and offers opportunities for developing digital sovereignty and advancing AI projects Released in collaboration with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, the Linux Foundation’s latest report, Open source as Europe’s strategic advantage: trends, barriers, and prioritie