Ubuntu Core 18 Released for IoT devices (ubuntu.com) 11
Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu Core 18 "for secure, reliable IoT devices." The Canonical blog notes that "Immutable, digitally signed snaps ensure that devices built with Ubuntu Core are resistant to corruption or tampering. Any component can be verified at any time." In addition, "The attack surface of Ubuntu Core has been minimized, with very few packages installed in the base OS, reducing the size and frequency of security updates and providing more storage for applications and data." Ubuntu Core also "enables a new class of app-centric things, which can inherit apps from the broader Ubuntu and Snapcraft ecosystems or build unique and exclusive applications that are specific to a brand or model." You can download it from here.
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You upload your public keys to then sync them to your IOT devices. You login with your private keys.
Not really for IoT (Score:3)
I took a quick peak at their offering [ubuntu.com] and surprise, it's a Behemoth. Weighing in at around 250MB, it's IoT target can only be things that contain SBCs (single board computers).
Oh and yes, it includes Systemd.
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Not very IoTy (Score:2)
Title should be: Shuttleworth chases newest fad. (Score:2)
The title of this should be "Shuttleworth Chases Newest Fad".
Almost every year without fail Shuttleworth sits down looks at the current technology market and chases whatever newest fad he can find. Remember when everything was touch screen, or how about every computer was going to be a tablet or phone?
You can literally go back every single year for the past 10 years and he comes up with some new grand redesign of the PC market and throws the company at it until the next years fad. This "chase every fad" mod