Canonical launches high performance Android services on the cloud
Canonical, the creators of Ubuntu Linux, are going to build an Android app platform on top of an Ubuntu-based cloud. That cloud will be called the Anbox cloud, and should make it possible to build more demanding Android apps.
Among other things, high-end games for large smartphones should be del... Read more
Canonical expands ZFS support for Ubuntu
Canonical will expand its support for ZFS on Ubuntu in Ubuntu 19.10 by adding ZFS on-root as an installation option. The new support is based on the ZFS-on-Linux project, which in turn is based on code ported from OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems' open-source operating system.
ZFS on-root basically mea... Read more
GitHub account hacked from Ubuntu-maker Canonical
Canonical's GitHub account has been hacked. Canonical is the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The source code of the project is secure, according to the distribution security team.
The hack took place last Saturday, writes ZDNet. According to the Ubuntu security team, the login details... Read more
Dell brings more high-end Ubuntu Linux computers to market
Dell has announced that it will launch more Ubuntu Linux computers on the market. There are three mobile workstations with high-end specifications. The whole family comes with Ubuntu 18.04, which is the most recent LTS version of Ubuntu. They also support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Workstation ... Read more
Google Project Zero: slow patches Linux are dangerous for users
The developers of Ubuntu and Debian receive a warning from Googles Project Zero. Project Zero researcher Jann Horn, who found the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, calls on them to update their Linux distros more quickly. Otherwise, users will be exposed to threats for an unnecessarily long time.
According... Read more