Where Does Ubuntu Fit Into the Internet of Things? | Linux Today

Where Does Ubuntu Fit Into the Internet of Things?

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Sean Michael Kerner
Dec 21, 2016

Ubuntu Linux started off as a desktop focussed Linux distribution, but has expanded to multiple areas of the years. Ubuntu Linux is today a leading Linux server and cloud vendor and has aspirations to move into the embedded world known today as the Internet of Things (IoT).

In a video interview, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical Inc. details some of the progress his firm has made in 2016 in the IoT world.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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