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Ubuntu Core 20: Strengthened Security Features for IoT Solutions

Calendar Feb 03, 2021 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Ubuntu Core 20 - the latest embedded Ubuntu Linux - makes a particular point of securing the OS against all attackers.

 

Canonical's Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop, but the company really makes its profits from the cloud and -- CEO and founder Mark Shuttleworth has said -- from its Internet of Things (IoT) Linux distribution Ubuntu Core.

In its latest release, Ubuntu Core 20, Canonical has gone to great pains to make it the most secure IoT and embedded Linux available on the market today.