Ubuntu 25.04: Plucky Puffin Soars with Performance and Security Enhancements

2025-04-17
Ubuntu 25.04: Plucky Puffin Soars with Performance and Security Enhancements

Canonical has released Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed "Plucky Puffin," featuring GNOME 48, improved installation and boot experience, and a new "devpack" for the Spring framework. This release boasts performance improvements for AI workloads on Intel GPUs and support for confidential computing using AMD SEV-SNP. The Linux 6.14 kernel includes improved scheduling and a new NTSYNC driver for better Windows game performance on Wine and Proton. Ubuntu 25.04 also includes the latest toolchains, enhanced manageability and networking controls, and expanded support for Intel Core Ultra processors and ARM64 hardware.

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Canonical Unveils 12-Year LTS for Kubernetes

2025-02-11
Canonical Unveils 12-Year LTS for Kubernetes

Canonical announced a 12-year security maintenance and support commitment for its Kubernetes 1.32 LTS release. This long-term support covers bare metal, public clouds, OpenStack, Canonical MicroCloud, and VMware. The release boasts ease of installation, operation, and upgrades, integrating best-of-breed open-source networking, DNS, gateway, metrics server, local storage, load balancer, and ingress services. Businesses can choose between frequent updates (every four months) or the 12-year LTS for stability. It also offers FedRAMP compliance and integrates with Ubuntu Pro for comprehensive open-source stack security.

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