The Source

The full list of key Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below: Sound controls and playlist support from indicator controls A new Music app will be released shortly to utilise this feature Scopes Smooth refresh of contents Background audio playback supported with control via indicators System settings and Indicators Custom ringtones are now

Okay then, day 3. My liver is still pretty much functioning although hopefully I can “juju deploy new-liver” on my trip back to the UK. So what happened on day 3? Of course for those not interested in Juju there was no day 3, but for those who stuck around, hopefully they had a very

I’ll be honest with you here, I love open source software evangelism, I will talk about it for days given an audience. You are my audience, so thank you very much…. Okay, so I won’t lie last night involved some consumption of alcohol. Luckily everyone rocked up pretty much on time, and then it rained

Today we launched a new and redesigned tablet section on ubuntu.com that introduces all the cool features of the upcoming BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet. Breaking out of the box In this redesign, we have broken out of the box, removing the container that previously held the content of the pages. This makes each

We’re living in a pretty exciting period where robots have become ever more present in our “human lives”. They aren’t simply watched in Sci-Fi films on our living room screens anymore, but like the BB8 they are rolling around our homes (!) transforming our videos into holograms. As the world we live in gets smarter,

Ubuntu launches the first in a series of converged devices alongside European partner, BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet brings full Ubuntu experience to life Ubuntu is the only platform that runs both a mobile-based full touch interface and a true PC experience from a single smart device Canonical’s long held vision of a single,

Juju is a cloud orchestration tool with a lot of unique terminology. This is not so much of a problem when discussing or explaining terms or features within the site or the GUI, but, when it comes to external sources, the context is sometimes lost and everything can start to get a little confusing. So

We’re really excited about MWC this year and can’t wait to showcase the various demos across Cloud and Devices! For those of you not going we’d love to offer you the chance to come and join us and see what we have on display – as our presence is even bigger and better than last

Okay it’s a lie, it was really Config Management Camp, but I was really only there for one purpose. Over the years as a small tech company we have tried a number of automation systems for our server and the honest truth, is that unless you have a dedicated sys admin and people running your

Author Tom Barber is the Technical Director of Canonical Charm Partner Meteorite Consulting.  He is currently attending the Juju Charmer’s Summit in Ghent, Belgium.   Juju Management Camp Day 1 Okay it’s a lie, it was really Config Management Camp, but I was really only there for one purpose. Over the years as a small

Mobile World Congress is weeks away, and we can’t wait to demonstrate the power of Ubuntu on OpenStack alongside the capabilities of NFV. In the meantime, we’re taking a deep dive into innovative telecom focused applications that can be easily enabled with our services modeling tool Juju. TeleStax provides Open Source Communications softw

Maybe, like me, you seen more of the inside of your gym in January than you had for the six months previous. New year, new diet, new me.. or something like that. A big creeping problem in recent years is that websites have been on an all out binge, and not just over the winter holidays

Sanjay Sinha, Vice President of Platform Products at Oracle speaks to Alexander Gallagher, Business Development for Canonical’s Certified Public Cloud on the drivers behind cloud adoption. Alexander: What do you think are the biggest barriers facing enterprises when it comes to cloud adoption? Sanjay: The barriers have been coming down an

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the first month of the year: The Website Obesity Crisis Cryptaris Mission Focusing on Customer Top Tasks with Gerry McGovern Content & Display Patterns BrandColors Towards better meetings This tool connects pencil stubs together Build your own planet Solar System: 5 Things To Know

This is part 4 of my ongoing “Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju” series. The last post, MAAS Setup: Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju, described the steps to deploy MAAS 1.9 itself and configure it with the fabrics, subnets, and VLANs we need to deploy OpenStack. In this post we’ll finish the MAAS setup, add read more »

Telecom operators currently need months to deploy new value added services to production. Not any more! Take a look into how DataArt is using Juju, Docker and other Webscale technologies and applying them to the telecom world. You can deploy a telecom solution in minutes, auto-scale it and change services even while a live audience