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Energize your engineers
Better security. More packages. Newer tools. All your open source, from cloud to edge.
Loved by developers and trusted by enterprises. Ubuntu is the first pick for organizations to support their software infrastructure and the OS chosen by 66% of experienced developers. (HackerEarth, Developer Survey, 2020)
- Authentically open source
- Secure by design
- A release cadence you can depend on
- Stability through long term support
That's why Ubuntu supports the fastest, biggest, and most successful digital operations.
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Secure your open source apps. Patch the full stack, from kernel to library and applications, for CVE compliance. Governments and auditors certify Ubuntu for FedRAMP, FISMA and HITECH.
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Up to 15 years of security maintenance
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Kernel Livepatch for 24/7 patching with no downtime
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Expanded security for infrastructure and applications
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FIPS 140-2 cryptographic modules certified by NIST
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Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): Meet your CRA requirements
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DISA/STIG hardening for DoD compliance
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CIS profiles for cyber defence and malware prevention
Significant enterprise savings
Sustainable open source at the lowest cost, everywhere.
Rethink what's possible with Linux and open source. Companies engage Canonical to drive down open source operating costs. Automate everything: multi-cloud operations, bare metal provisioning, edge clusters and IoT.
Public cloud optimization
Most public cloud instances are Ubuntu, for performance and security.
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Optimized kernels for AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, IBM
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FIPS, CIS hardening and CVE fixes with Ubuntu Pro
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Minimize rolling reboots with Kernel Livepatch
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Network & storage performance optimization
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GPU enablement for machines and containers
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Pay-as-you-go billing, no more licenses
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Cloud workload migration service
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Containerization and cloud-native migration service
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Fully managed application service
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Integrated logging, monitoring, and alerting
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Platform and infrastructure hardening
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High availability
Ultra secure things
Ubuntu Core with transactional updates for a better embedded Linux.
- OTA compressed updates for apps, kernel, and OS
- Automatic rollback and data snapshots
- Managed private app stores for secure fleet management
- DevSecOps pipeline for edge app delivery
- Built-in device recovery and remote disk repair
- 12 year security maintenance for every device
- Provable system and software integrity
- Secure boot backed by root of trust
- Full disk encryption with hardware keys
- Support for real-time compute
- FIPS certifiable embedded Linux
Workstations and desktops
Optimized AI/ML and cloud devops.
The professional developer's preference.
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Active Directory and LDAP integration
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Full disk encryption
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Security updates for the full open source stack
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Estate monitoring and management
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Configuration lockdown
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Local Kubernetes for offline development
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Optimized images and certified workstations
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Bare metal cloud with on-demand servers
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Remote edge cluster operations
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Infrastructure monitoring and discovery
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Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SALT, Juju integration
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Super fast install from scratch
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VMWare ESXi, Windows, CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu
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Custom images with pre-installed apps
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API-driven DHCP, DNS, PXE, IPAM, provisioning
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LDAP authentication and RBAC
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Full support for ROS and ROS2
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Security patches for long-term ROS
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Fault tolerant over-the-air updates
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Trim time-to-market with SMART START consulting
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Leading Robot-as-a-Platform ecosystem
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Curated app stores
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Operate smoothly across public and private cloud
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Reusable integration code as open source packages
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Python Operator Framework for rapid development
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Bring the K8s operator pattern to classic workloads
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Lifecycle management and Day 2 operations
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Open collection of community-driven operators