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Rhys Davies

Rhys Davies

47 posts

Product Manager

Rhys is a product manager on the IoT and devices side of Canonical. His responsibilities include Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu Robotics, Snapcraft, Multipass, LXD, and any and all maker or Raspberry Pi initiatives.

Rhys Davies
11 February 2020

Ubuntu at Embedded World 2020

Internet of Things Article

Embedded world 2020 is the trade fair for embedded systems technology. Given the rapid miniaturisation of hardware and the increasing scope of high performance computing, thousands of exhibitors use the show to take the stage and show off their work. This year Canonical is returning to discuss how to make embedded Linux, more developer-fr ...

Rhys Davies
7 February 2020

The State of Robotics – January 2020

Robotics Article

The first month of 2020 is over and lots is already happening. Everyone seems to have come back from the holidays refreshed and ready to go. Here lies the Ubuntu robotics team’s highlights from January. Including Adam Savage, our own security tools and lots and lots of robots. As ever, if you want us to ...

Rhys Davies
3 February 2020

Why you should buy a pre-installed Ubuntu workstation

Desktop Article

Dell offers numerous workstations that come pre-installed with Ubuntu. For users wanting to run Ubuntu, pre-installed hardware offers a lot of long term benefits. On top of receiving the Ubuntu desktop experience out of the box, users receive specially fine-tuned features that complement their chosen hardware. For a PC to receive this lev ...

Rhys Davies
14 January 2020

Why you should upgrade Windows 7 to Ubuntu

Desktop Article

Windows 7 has reached the end of its life. It will no longer receive security updates and Microsoft’s technical support will stop. Running an out-of-date OS can have serious potential risks, and if you’re one of more than 750,000 people using Windows exposed to the internet, you may have a problem. Fortunately, there are two ...

Rhys Davies
10 January 2020

The State of Robotics – Robotics Over the Holidays

Robotics Article

Canonical closes for the holidays, but robots just get more festive. Roboticists seem to feel the festive spirit, and it turns their projects into festive robots. The Ubuntu robotics team isn’t quite ready to let go of the festive cheer. So we’d like to share with you some of our favourite projects that we saw ...

Rhys Davies
7 January 2020

Keep enterprise ROS robots up-to-date with snaps

Robotics Article

When a robot is not up-to-date, it becomes about as useful as an expensive paperweight, or companies have to burn money to get them back online. Yet when mobile apps need updating, it only takes a few clicks and a minute or two before it’s back up and running. This blog discusses how ROS robots ...

Rhys Davies
20 December 2019

ROS-Industrial – Canonical

Robotics Article

ROS-Industrial was way better than I expected it to be. As a first time ROS-Industrial attendee and only a second-time ROS-anything. I’m not sure what my expectations were. But it was really good. A great event, some great speakers, new friends and cool robots. What more could you want? This blog will not cover every ...

Rhys Davies
9 December 2019

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS feature planning and priority survey

Cloud and server Article

This 10-15 minute survey will shape Canonical’s work on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and beyond. Tell us what’s important for you! We care equally about personal, community, research and commercial projects. Whether you are an enterprise IT director, or a scientist, or a hobbyist, we want to honour the contributions of thousands of developers to all ...

Rhys Davies
6 December 2019

The State of Robotics – November 2019

Internet of Things Article

November, for robotics, was a good month. We’re seeing new things develop, current projects finish and more cute animals in our future. So who can complain? The news we’re covering here are things that have crossed our path and that we’ve found interesting. If you have suggestions for next months post or your own projects ...

Rhys Davies
5 November 2019

ROSCon 2019 – Canonical

Robotics Article

What an exhausting, yet intriguing few days. Huge thanks to Open Robotics et. al. for hosting and setting it up. The fantastic community came in full force with far more people than last year, more people than ROSCon JP and more people than I would have ever guessed. Which is to say, there were more ...

Rhys Davies
1 November 2019

The State of Robotics – October 2019

Internet of Things Article

October came, and October went. Happy November everybody. This month, since last month was quite Ubuntu robotics heavy, the focus is more on you. For you. Community news. But before we get to that, there are several updates from October to cover just in case you missed them. First, this month Canonical, the company that ...

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