November 2023

Solved “sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found”

In this article, we will see how to solve add-apt-repository: command not found error. add-apt-repository is a free and open source utility to add PPA repository on Ubuntu/Debian based systems. Sometimes it is possible that when you try to add a PPA repo to download and install a package from it, you might end up …

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Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 3

Ubuntu updates: securing multiple Ubuntu instances while maximising uptime Most people know that it is important to apply security updates. It can be challenging, however, to accomplish this while maximising the uptime of the services you are running on top. Every change, even applying security patches, carries some risk of disrupting your workloads. You therefore …

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Canonical releases Charmed Kubeflow 1.8 

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced today the general availability of Charmed Kubeflow 1.8. Charmed Kubeflow is an open source, end-to-end MLOps platform that enables professionals to easily develop and deploy AI/ML models. It runs on any cloud, including hybrid cloud or multi-cloud scenarios. This latest release also offers the ability to run AI/ML workloads …

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Canonical announces the general availability of chiselled Ubuntu containers

Production-ready, secure-by-design, ultra-small containers with chiselled Ubuntu Canonical announced today the general availability of chiselled Ubuntu containers which come with Canonical’s security maintenance and support commitment. Chiselled Ubuntu containers are ultra-small OCI images that deliver only the application and its runtime dependencies, and no other operating system-level packages, utilities, or libraries. This makes them lightweight …

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Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances—part 2

Ubuntu updates: best practices for updating your instance You probably know that it is important to apply security updates. You may not be as clear on the details of how to do that. We are going to explain best practices for applying Ubuntu updates to single instances and what the built-in unattended-upgrades tool does and …

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Cloud backup: improve your disaster recovery plans

Say goodbye to tape, and hello to flexible cloud backup. Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash Today the lowest cost media per terabyte for backups is still tape, even after factoring in the handling costs of manually loading and unloading tape libraries, and logistics surrounding off-site storage. However, while inexpensive, tapes are inflexible. And when …

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