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Raspberry Pi 400 with Ubuntu support

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation has a new product — the Raspberry Pi 400. The flagship Raspberry Pi 4 was released in June 2019. Since, they added an 8GB model, brought out the Compute Module 4, we certified all Raspberry Pis since Raspberry Pi 2 and we worked together to make the full Ubuntu Desktop ‘just work’ on a Raspberry Pi 4. Now, Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop also work, out of the box, with the all-new Raspberry Pi 400.  You can get it on its own, the Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard computer itself. Or as a kit including a beginners guide, a Raspberry Pi official power supply and an official mouse (pictured at the end of the article). We are also delighted to say that for a month you can also get an Ubuntu Desktop Groovy Gorilla sticker when you purchase a Raspberry Pi 4 from Pimoroni. The folks at Pimoroni run their Raspberry Pi business on Ubuntu and very kindly agreed to ship some Groovy Gorilla merch with relevant orders. The latest and greatest The changes from the ...

Open Infrastructure Summit 2020: Highlights from Canonical’s first digital OIS

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Another Open Infrastructure Summit just passed, and yet this one was like no other OIS past. Head-sponsoring the first ever virtual OIS was an interesting experience to say the least, with more than 10,000 community members worldwide hoping on the hand-built OIS platform to see what’s new in the open infrastructure space, connect, and – why not? – get their hands on some goodies from their favourite brands! The theme of Open Infrastructure Summit 2020? Couldn’t be more pertinent: ‘The Next Decade of Open Infrastructure’. In other words, this conference was all about change, and evolving to meet with the tech demands to move forward. Canonical had much to say on the topic, with founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth delivering a live keynote on what he predicts for the future of open infra, as well as a number of our team members giving technical talks on OpenStack related topics such as VNF, OVN, cloud and edge solutions, as well as pricing considerations. You can now access all ...

Ubuntu at ROS World 2020: Learn how to do more for your robot

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Get your free ticket Book a meeting Come and connect with the Ubuntu robotics team on November 12th to answer all of your questions. This is the first time ROSCon has ever been virtual and is the first time it’s ever been free to attend, so we’re looking forward to seeing tons of new faces! We have ROS experts and field engineers ready and waiting to talk. Answers to all your Ubuntu, ROS support and security questions are just a few clicks away. We have someone stationed on the booth at all times. Come along, connect, ask all your questions and find out how Ubuntu can support your robot. And while you’re at it, grab an ROS T-shirt – we’re on the back! Here’s a quick overview of what Canonical, the company that publishes Ubuntu, is bringing to ROS World 2020. Extend support for Ubuntu and ROS beyond EOL This year, first and foremost, we want to talk about products based on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) and ROS Kinetic. Both of these are reaching end-of-life in April 2021. Are...