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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 securely. By bringing together Canonical’s trusted open-source software with […]
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Generating allow-lists with DNS monitoring on LXD

Allow-listing web traffic – blocking all web traffic that has not been pre-approved – is a common practice in highly sensitive environments. It is also a challenge for developers and system administrators working in those environments. In this blog, we’ll cover an easy way to mitigate this challenge by using LXD to generate allow-lists.  The […]
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Real-time OS examples: use cases across industries  

In sectors where precision and predictability are non-negotiable, timing is everything. Whether coordinating robotic arms on a factory floor, maintaining ultra-reliable latency in telecom networks, or ensuring an automotive braking system responds instantly, the success of these systems depends on meeting strict timing deadlines.  This is the domain of real-time computing, where the operating system […]
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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 priorities for the European open source community amid regulatory and geopolitical shifts, […]
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A CISO’s guide to Application Security best practices 

Effective AppSec is not a one-time fix but a continuous journey across every facet of your application’s lifecycle. By embracing a Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) from the outset, diligently uncovering potential risks, and mastering your cybersecurity fundamentals, you lay a robust foundation for resilient applications.
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ROS Noetic is EOL – take action to maintain fleet security

As of May 2025, the Robot Operating System (ROS) Noetic Ninjemys officially reached its end of life (EOL). First released in 2020 as the final ROS (1) distribution, ROS Noetic has been the default choice for thousands of developers building on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For developers and businesses running mission-critical systems on ROS Noetic, this […]
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Is Linux secure?

Does operating system (OS) security matter? Meet Pal. Pal is a senior developer working at PalBank. For the next 6 months, Pal will be responsible for leading the development of the bank’s web application client, which will be used daily by millions of customers. Pal invests considerable effort into designing and implementing the most secure […]
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How to enable Real-time Ubuntu on your machine 

If you’re here, you likely already know about preemption, determinism, and real-time capable operating systems. If that’s the case, and you want to learn how to get up and running with Real-time Ubuntu, skip ahead now to find out how to enable the kernel on your workstation. If you’d like a short refresher, we have […]
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The Linux Foundation and OpenStack – a new chapter for cloud-native infrastructure

Effective July 23rd, 2025 the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OIF) has officially joined one of the world’s largest and most influential open source communities: the Linux Foundation. This strategic move reflects the accelerating trend toward open source standardization and democratization – a movement Canonical has proudly supported since its inception. As a long-standing and active member […]
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Native integration available for Dell PowerFlex and Canonical LXD

The integration delivers reliable, cost-effective virtualization for modern IT infrastructure  Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has collaborated with Dell Technologies on a native integration between Canonical LXD and Dell PowerFlex software-defined infrastructure. The combined solutions for open source virtualization and high-performance software-defined storage ensure tight coupling between the virtualization layer and the underlying storage infrastructure, […]
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The Raspberry Pi’s Wi-Fi Glow-Up

Thanks to Nexmon and fresh Kali packages, onboard wireless is ready for monitor mode and injection (again!).
Kali Linux users on Raspberry Pi now have an improved and more integrated way to use the onboard Wi-Fi interface for wireless assessments. Whil...
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UbuCon Africa and DjangoCon Africa 2025

This year, UbuCon Africa takes place in Arusha, Tanzania. It’s co-located with DjangoCon Africa 2025 (11th-15th August) at Life Fitness Hall, Njiro. The whole event is five days of open source engagement and collaboration. There’ll be three days of talks, on programming, technology, careers, society and business, followed by two more of hands-on training and […]
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What is CMMC compliance?

CMMC version 2.0 came into effect on December 26, 2023, and is designed to ensure adherence to rigorous cybersecurity policies and practices within the public sector and amongst wider industry partners.
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What if your container images were security-maintained at the source?

Software supply chain security has become a top concern for developers, DevOps engineers, and IT leaders. High-profile breaches and dependency compromises have shown that open source components can introduce risk if not properly vetted and maintained. Although containerization has become commonplace in contemporary development and deployment, it can have drawbacks in terms of reproducibility and […]
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Apport local information disclosure vulnerability fixes available

Qualys discovered two vulnerabilities in various Linux distributions which allow a local attacker with permission to create user namespaces to leak core dumps for processes of suid executables. These affect both apport, the Ubuntu default core dump handler (CVE-2025-5054), and systemd-coredump, the default core dump handler in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora and other Linux […]
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The 2025 Frankfurt Engineering Sprint: What did you miss?

If you have ever wondered what goes on when your friends say that they’re going on a “Business trip” abroad, then allow me to spill the beans 🫘. Let’s recap what you may have missed from Canonical’s Frankfurt Engineering Sprint this May, shall we? My name is Nkeiruka, and I work as a Software Engineer […]
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OpenStack with Sunbeam for medium-scale cloud infrastructure

The rapid growth in OpenStack installation and orchestration tools that we have seen in recent years has effectively established OpenStack as the world’s leading open source cloud platform. Projects like Sunbeam or Kolla Ansible, for example, are effectively transforming OpenStack into yet another user application. By using containers and the microservices architecture, OpenStack now runs […]
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Boost your Android development with remote app testing via Anbox Cloud

In today’s hectic app development cycles, speed is key. But as teams scale and spread worldwide, and app complexity increases, traditional testing workflows become bottlenecks that can compromise security, increase operational costs, and delay product delivery. Simply sharing APKs or configuring physical test devices isn’t enough anymore – it’s time to rethink how we test […]
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vBRAS NFVI reference architecture with Huawei OceanStor and Canonical OpenStack

A broadband remote access server (BRAS) is an access gateway oriented to broadband network applications. It bridges broadband access and backbone networks, providing basic access methods and management functions for broadband access networks. Traditionally, BRAS has suffered from challenges, including low resource utilization, complex management and maintenance, and slow service provisioning. Virtual broadband remote access […]
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A New Kali Linux Archive Signing Key

TL;DR
Bad news for Kali Linux users! In the coming day(s), apt update is going to fail for pretty much everyone out there:
Missing key 827C8569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462EC8D5E4C5, which is needed to verify signature.

Reason is, we had to roll a new signi...
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Kali Linux On The New Modern WSL

Late last year we had the pleasure of being reached out to by Microsoft in regards to participating in the launch of the new, modern, WSL distribution architecture. In summary, this new architecture allows for easier distribution and installation of WS...
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Contributing to Kali

With the launch of our brand-new forums, we thought we would update our documentation and explore how everyone can contribute to the growth of Kali Linux. Kali is a multi-platform project that thrives on the the contributions of its community. Whether ...
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