Dibakar Ghosh writes that Canonical has developed several open-source tools beyond Ubuntu to assist developers and infrastructure engineers at different scales of complexity. Multipass provides an easy way to launch lightweight virtual machines through simple command-line instructions, while Metal as a Service (MAAS) automates the management and provisioning of physical hardware via a web interface. Finally, MicroCloud simplifies private cloud creation by clustering multiple computers into a single pool for hosting containers and virtual machines with shared storage.
- Multipass avoids manual ISO downloads or driver configuration during VM setup.
- MAAS can deploy non-Ubuntu systems such as Fedora, Debian, or Windows using custom images.
- MicroCloud bundles LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN to provide high availability for workloads across a cluster.
- Multipass avoids manual ISO downloads or driver configuration during VM setup.
- MAAS can deploy non-Ubuntu systems such as Fedora, Debian, or Windows using custom images.
- MicroCloud bundles LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN to provide high availability for workloads across a cluster.
Workshops are secure, fast, and composable development environments designed to be agent-ready. They wrap complex workspaces into reliable and reproducible definitions of languages, libraries, and tooling using independent, connectable units called SDKs. This approach enables sandboxed experimentation and ensures consistent environments across diverse domains such as AI/ML, robotics, IoT, and EdTech. Built on LXD technology, Workshop is optimized for agentic engineering and AI workflows by providing LLM-readable documentation and specialized skills for operating workshops.
- Reproducible development environments through SDKs
- Sandboxed experimentation and manageable environment updates
- Support for AI/ML, robotics, and IoT workloads
- Integration with agentic engineering and AI agents
- Built using LXD container technology
- Reproducible development environments through SDKs
- Sandboxed experimentation and manageable environment updates
- Support for AI/ML, robotics, and IoT workloads
- Integration with agentic engineering and AI agents
- Built using LXD container technology
Ghostty, a high-performance GPU-accelerated terminal developed by Mitchell Hashimoto, is now available in the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS repositories via `apt install`. Designed to feel native on both macOS (Swift) and Linux (GTK4/libadwaita), it offers a lightweight, bloat-free alternative to the default Ptyxis.
* **Native Performance:** Seamless integration with system APIs using GTK4/libadwaita (Linux) and Swift (macOS).
* **Feature-Rich:** Supports terminal splits, tabs, ligatures, emoji clustering, and the Kitty graphics protocol.
* **Easy Installation:** Available in the Ubuntu "universe" repository via App Center or `sudo apt install ghostty`.
* **Cross-Platform Optimization:** Provides a consistent workflow for developers moving between macOS and Linux.
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* **Native Performance:** Seamless integration with system APIs using GTK4/libadwaita (Linux) and Swift (macOS).
* **Feature-Rich:** Supports terminal splits, tabs, ligatures, emoji clustering, and the Kitty graphics protocol.
* **Easy Installation:** Available in the Ubuntu "universe" repository via App Center or `sudo apt install ghostty`.
* **Cross-Platform Optimization:** Provides a consistent workflow for developers moving between macOS and Linux.
Guide
The NanoPi NEO3 Plus is a compact, headless single-board computer:
- Rockchip RK3528A SoC with 1GB of RAM
- Gigabit Ethernet, a USB 3.0 port, and a 26-pin GPIO header
- 2.0 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 processor
- Debian, Ubuntu, OpenMediaVault, Proxmox, and FriendlyWrt, openclaw
- $24, plus $8 case and 64GB or 256GB eMMC module for $23 or $61
- Rockchip RK3528A SoC with 1GB of RAM
- Gigabit Ethernet, a USB 3.0 port, and a 26-pin GPIO header
- 2.0 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 processor
- Debian, Ubuntu, OpenMediaVault, Proxmox, and FriendlyWrt, openclaw
- $24, plus $8 case and 64GB or 256GB eMMC module for $23 or $61
This article details how to set up a Wyze server to expand the capabilities of Wyze cameras, including streaming to any device, multi-camera viewing, local motion-triggered recording, and avoiding monthly subscription fees.
The Rust version of sudo (sudo-rs) used in Ubuntu 25.10 has two moderate security vulnerabilities. Updates are being released to address these issues, including preventing password leaks and improving feedback handling.
This tutorial guides you through installing and using an inference snap, specifically Qwen 2.5 VL, a multi-modal large language model. It covers installation, status checks, basic chat, and configuring Open WebUI for image-based prompts.
Inference Snaps are generative AI models packaged for efficient performance on local hardware, automatically optimizing for CPU, GPU, or NPU.
Canonical today announced optimized inference snaps, a new way to deploy AI models on Ubuntu devices, with automatic selection of optimized engines, quantizations and architectures based on the specific silicon of the device.
On October 23rd, we announced the beta availability of silicon-optimized AI models in Ubuntu. Developers can locally install DeepSeek R1 and Qwen 2.5 VL with a single command, benefiting from maximized hardware performance and automated dependency management.
