If you took advantage of Canonical’s free Ubuntu Pro subscriptions (as reported in Jan. 27th’s headlines), you may be pleased to know that it’s now available on the Amazon Web Service public cloud (courtesy of TechRepublic).
ServerWatch Posts Introduction to Virtual Machines
To complement the knowledge you gained from the introductory container article we posted on April 1th, will educate the unfamiliar with the technology, which still has many useful applications.
Canonical Releases Ubuntu 23.04, the “Lunar Lobster”
Canonical launched the latest versions of its Ubuntu OS on April 20th. SMB-focused updates in 23.04, dubbed “Lunar Lobster,” include improved integration with Active Directory and an updated installer. A ZDNET review also found it a worthy upgrade on the desktop, for both “work and play.”
Docker vs. Kubernetes: Container Basics
Linux Journal ran a piece introducing a key aspect of containers: container management/runtime (in this case, via Docker) versus the coordination of containers to provide services. The latter is often realized through a solution called Kubernetes (abbreviated K8s).
Fleet Launches Open Source, Cross-Platform MDM
For companies with a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policy, Fleet is claiming the first open source, cross-platform Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform, per BusinessWire. Supporting ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows, the solution is built on a Git-based core and easy to integrate with other infrastructure solutions such as Puppet
Top (Stable) Linux Distributions for Business
In an interesting take, MakeUseOf breaks Linux distributions down based on where they fall on the scale of stable to bleeding edge. No surprise in that the piece identifies Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, and Ubuntu’s LTS versions as “enterprise-grade.”
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