Ubuntu Server News Today

LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and allows for the querying of a directory service over a network. With LDAP running, all machines

Radxa Zero 2 Pro is now available (Tiny Amlogic AM311D single-board computer)

As part of work on the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 release Canonical's engineers have been working on improving the Ubuntu installer — with "provisioning" the

In addition to exploring low-latency changes for the 'generic' kernel image, frame pointers by default, and possible x86-64-v3 optimizations, another area being invested into feature work for this next long-term support release is on the desktop provisioning side

It seems some users aren't happy that there's (currently) no way to disable Ubuntu Pro package updates from showing in the Software Updater tool in Ubuntu

Maybe a poem will help remember complicated power-saving settings for SSDs. Here goes. "ALPM for SATA, not N-V-M-e. The latter needs ASPM, and A-P-S-T"....

One of the exciting innovations currently being explored by Canonical ahead of the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release is an x86-64-v3 build of the OS / packages.

Canonical is experimenting with x86_64 micro-architecture feature levels! They have produced an experimental build of Ubuntu Server using x86_64_v3 for requiring basically Intel and AMD CPUs with AVX capabilities

The Canonical-developed Netplan has served for Linux network configuration on Ubuntu Server and Cloud versions for years

For over 10 years now, I run two self-built NAS (Network Storage) devices which serve media (currently via Jellyfin) and run daily backups of all my PCs and servers. In this article, I describe my goals, which hardware I picked for my new build (and why) and how I set it up.