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Canonical integrates NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning with Ubuntu for always-on AI agents

Canonical is pleased to announce that  NVIDIA’s newly introduced NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open, customizable model built for always-on AI agents, is now available on Ubuntu with single-command installation.  NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open 30B hybrid Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 3B active parameters, designed for

Canonical and CIX Technology announce strategic collaboration for edge innovation

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, and CIX Technology, a semiconductor innovator, today announced a strategic collaboration to deliver an optimized Ubuntu experience on CIX Technology’s P1 platform –  a 12-core Armv9.2 system-on-chip (SoC) designed for AI and edge applications. This partnership gives organizations access to a security-ma

What the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) means for Android™ development

The CRA starts now: 24 hours to respond Picture this: a critical Android vulnerability is reportedly being exploited. Based on initial analysis, the compromised component is part of your software stack. Your product runs Android, but probably not exactly the Android described in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) description.

Ubuntu now certified on Qualcomm Dragonwing™ IQ-8275

Sep 8, 2026 –  Canonical and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announce the general availability of certified Ubuntu 24.04 LTS images for the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 Evaluation Kit (EVK). Offering industrial-grade efficiency, this release provides production-ready software designed for building high-performance edge AI applications. For de

Grace on the currents: Stonking Stingray

When the codename for Ubuntu 26.10 was announced, I suspect there was a measurable surge in users searching for the definition of “stonking” across search engines and the various popular AI chatbots. As it so happens, the rather silly sounding word is actually a bit of British slang that denotes “something of considerable size, or

How we create a Canonical Academy exam

Open source provides the world with access to cutting-edge software, and the learning that comes with it. But how do you validate someone’s skills in an open ecosystem? Canonical Academy is a highly rigorous, job-focused qualification platform designed to empower individuals and enterprises with industry-recognized credentials. The platfo

Native Dell PowerStore integration lands in Canonical LXD

Canonical has broadened enterprise storage options for LXD by introducing a native driver for Dell PowerStore.

Canonical Data Mesh: scaling data governance

Data governance is easy to describe and much harder to operate. Most organizations can define ownership, document policies, and agree that data should be easier to find and trust. The difficult part starts when those ideas have to work across real systems. A pipeline may be running successfully, but nobody knows who owns the source.

Canonical joins the Open Secure AI Alliance

Canonical is now part of the Open Secure AI Alliance, announced by NVIDIA with partners across cloud computing, cybersecurity, enterprise software, open source foundations, and AI research. The alliance aims to develop and share open technologies, techniques, and tools to safeguard software and agents in the age of AI. The bedrock for AI 


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AI harnesses for telco autonomous networks

As the telco industry transitions toward Autonomous Networks Level 4, a fundamental architectural challenge has emerged: how do you build a secure, reliable and interoperable AI harness that bridges probabilistic AI reasoning with deterministic, carrier-grade network execution?

Arduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed

London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited to announce that VENTUNO Q is now generally available for pre-order, pre-loaded with Ubuntu. VENTUNO Q is a dual-brain developer board designed for edge AI and robot

Advantech AOM-2721 is now Ubuntu Certified

Canonical announces that the Advantech AOM-2721 is officially joining the list of Ubuntu Certified Hardware.

Confidential computing and the new regulatory focus on data in use

Most organizations already understand encryption at rest and encryption in transit. These controls are mature, widely deployed, and often explicitly referenced in security frameworks. However, runtime is different: when an application processes sensitive information, that data is typically available in memory. In a traditional infrastruct

A day in the life of an Android developer with Anbox Cloud

Meet Alex, an Android developer. In this article, we’ll follow Alex through their day to show you how Anbox Cloud supports Alex from feature development to release. Alex’s focus for today is building a ride-tracking feature for their ride-sharing app.

Canonical announces the Enterprise Store as part of Ubuntu Pro

Canonical introduces a new way to manage software behind firewalls and in air-gapped environments with the Enterprise Store. The Enterprise Store makes software distribution manageable and scalable behind firewalls or in air-gapped environments. Available with an Ubuntu Pro subscription, the Enterprise Store respects the security protocol

Tracing a memory leak bug in PID 1 and contributing an upstream fix: a Linux support story

How Canonical Support helped a global retail organization trace the cause for an unusual memory leak originating in PID 1. By investigating the issue across three separate system layers our team was able to identify the source and fast-track a patch.

MAAS installation: bare metal provisioning is easier than ever

MAAS brings cloud-like automation to physical servers. It helps teams discover, commission, deploy, and repurpose machines from a central control plane, turning bare metal into a programmable resource. But to experience that value, users first need to get MAAS up and running. That path is now cleaner and easier to follow. We’ve created ne

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