Traditionally, Ubuntu has used the Deb package format. The Deb package format comes from Debian, which Ubuntu is based on. This is similar to other Linux package formats, like the RPM packages that ...

As of Canonical’s announcement, Snaps already work on Arch, Debian, and Fedora, as well as the Ubuntu-based Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu systems ...

Breaking step with leading Linux sellers Red Hat and Novell, Canonical's next version of Ubuntu will make KVM its "main virtualization focus." Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

KVM, the Linux kernel hypervisor, is the up-and-coming enterprise virtualization contender. It’s lean, mean, fast, and runs unmodified guest operating systems with ease. In this crash course we’ll ...

Recently, KVM added a new networking feature, "macvtap", which is a method of reducing overhead in virtualized guests for accessing the network. Regular QEMU KVM sets up a network bridge, and then ...