Canonical Ubuntu Core 22 is now available - optimised for IoT and embedded devices
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LONDON, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The ultra-secure embedded Ubuntu introduces support for real-time compute in
robotics and industrial applications.
Canonical today announced that Ubuntu Core 22(http://ubuntu.com/core), the
fully containerised Ubuntu 22.04 LTS variant optimised for IoT and edge
devices, is now generally available for download from
ubuntu.com/download/iot(https://ubuntu.com/download/iot). Combined with
Canonical's technology offer, this release brings Ubuntu's comprehensive and
industry-leading operating system (OS) and services to a complete range of
embedded and IoT devices.
IoT manufacturers face complex challenges to deploy devices on time and within
budget. Ensuring security and remote management at scale is also taxing as
device fleets expand. Ubuntu Core 22 helps manufacturers meet these challenges
with an ultra-secure, resilient, and low-touch OS, backed by a growing
ecosystem of silicon and ODM partners.
"Our goal at Canonical is to provide secure, reliable open source everywhere -
from the development environment to the cloud, down to the edge and to
devices," said Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical. "With this release, and
Ubuntu's real-time kernel, we are ready to expand the benefits of Ubuntu Core
across the entire embedded world."
Real-time compute support
The Ubuntu 22.04 LTS real-time kernel, now available in beta, delivers high
performance, ultra-low latency and workload predictability for time-sensitive
industrial, telco, automotive and robotics use cases.
The new release includes a fully preemptible kernel to ensure time-bound
responses. Canonical partners with silicon and hardware manufacturers to enable
advanced real-time features out of the box on Ubuntu Certified Hardware.
Application-centric
Ubuntu Core provides a robust, fully containerised Ubuntu, which breaks down
the monolithic Ubuntu image into packages known as snaps - including the
kernel, OS and applications. Each snap has an isolated sandbox that includes
the application's dependencies, to make it fully portable and reliable.
Canonical's Snapcraft framework enables on-rails snap development for rapid
iteration, automated testing and reliable deployment.
Every device running Ubuntu Core has a dedicated IoT App Store, which offers
full control over the apps on their device, and can create, publish and
distribute software on one platform. The IoT App Store offers enterprises a
sophisticated software management solution, enabling a range of new on-premise
features.
The system guarantees transactional mission-critical over-the-air (OTA) updates
of the kernel, OS and applications - updates will always complete successfully,
or roll back automatically to the previous working version, so a device cannot
be "bricked " by an incomplete update. Snaps also provide delta updates to
minimise network traffic, and digital signatures to ensure software integrity
and provenance.
Secure and low touch
Ubuntu Core also provides advanced security features out of the box, including
secure boot, full disk encryption, secure recovery and strict confinement of
the OS and applications.
"KMC Controls' range of IoT devices are purpose-built for mission-critical
industrial environments. Security is paramount for our customers. We chose
Ubuntu Core for its built-in advanced security features and robust over-the-air
update framework. Ubuntu Core comes with 10 years of security update commitment
which allows us to keep devices secure in the field for their long life. With a
proven application enablement framework, our development teams can focus on
creating applications that solve business problems," said Brad Kehler, COO at
KMC Controls.
Customers benefit from Canonical's 10 years security maintenance of kernel, OS
and application-level code, enabling devices and their applications to meet
enterprise and public sector requirements for digital safety.
Thriving partner ecosystem
Partnerships with leading silicon and hardware partners, including Advantech,
Lenovo and many others, have established Ubuntu Core’s presence in the market.
The Ubuntu Certified Hardware program defines a range of off the shelf IoT and
edge devices trusted to work with Ubuntu. The program uniquely includes a
commitment to continuous testing of certified hardware at Canonical’s labs with
every security update over the full lifecycle of the device.
"Advantech provides embedded, industrial, IoT and automation solutions. We
continue to strengthen our participation in the Ubuntu Certified Hardware
Program. Canonical ensures that certified hardware goes through an extensive
testing process and provides a stable, secure, and optimised Ubuntu Core to
reduce time to market and development costs for our customers." said Eric Kao,
Director of Advantech WISE-Edge+.
Learn more about Ubuntu Core 22
More information on Ubuntu Core 22 can be found at
ubuntu.com/core(http://ubuntu.com/core). Canonical will also be publishing a
series of blog posts providing deeper dives into the features of Core 22.
To start working with Ubuntu Core 22 now, download the images for some of the
most popular platforms(https://ubuntu.com/download/iot) or browse all the
supported images.(https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/22/stable)
About Canonical
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the OS for most public cloud workloads as
well as the emerging categories of smart gateways, self-driving cars and
advanced robots. Canonical provides enterprise security, support and services
to commercial users of Ubuntu. Established in 2004, Canonical is a privately
held company.
Source: Canonical
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