Ishani Ghoshal

In an increasingly volatile job market, standing out from the competition is vital. For many in the open source community, formal recognition for self-taught skills is a significant challenge. These skills are often built through hands-on hobbies, side projects, and deep community contributions. While the market is flooded with certificat

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) reached the end of its five-year Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) window in April 2026. If you are still running 16.04, it is critical to address your support status to ensure continued security and compliance. Your support options Now that 16.04 is in its Legacy phase, you have two primary paths:

How Vaultara achieved FedRAMP compliance with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu Pro helps businesses worldwide to innovate and shape the future. In this edition of What our users make with Pro, we talk to Dave Monk, CTO of Vaultara, a FedRAMP approved data-sharing platform trusted by the US government. Dave shares how Ubuntu Pro became a cornerstone

Secure homelabs – and more – for the entire family Ubuntu Pro isn’t just for enterprises – it’s for the passionate community that powers and supports open source every day. From secure remote access to homelab hardening, Ubuntu Pro helps users get more from their systems, whether at work or at home. In this series,

The latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) co-sponsored by Canonical and Google Cloud  indicates that 36% of organizations adopt open source to improve development velocity, and 7 in 10 organizations see open source as extremely important to run mission critical workloads. However as open source adoption grows, organi

Ubuntu Pro is Canonical’s subscription for open source software security, support and compliance. Users of Ubuntu Pro benefit from Expanded Security Maintenance, which extends patching from the standard 5 years to 10 years, for both the Main and Universe repositories. However, Ubuntu Pro goes beyond patching and maintenance, and includes

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) has reached the end of its standard five-year support window on 31 May 2025. It’s time to start thinking about your options for upgrading. What is an Ubuntu long-term support (LTS) release?  Ubuntu long-term support releases (LTS) are released every 2 years by Canonical. Canonical provides patching and maint