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Not all open source projects gain traction -- but a few become movements. In this talk, Nariman, Founder of Puter, shares what actually separates the two, based on his experience of growing Puter to 40K+ stars, gaining hundreds of contributors, and over 500K installations. He breaks down how to gain momentum from a project's foundation, attract contributors, and design projects that capture the imagination.

Learn how to deploy Canonical Managed Kubeflow on Microsoft Azure step by step. Canonical's Managed Kubeflow on Azure gives enterprise and startup AI teams a fully operational, open source MLOps platform in under an hour. It is managed 24/7 by Canonical's engineers. This means you can focus entirely on building models rather than running infrastructure.

When a new cybersecurity vulnerability is discovered, it gets a snazzy name, media coverage, and major accolades for the researcher. But what about the person who stays up late writing, testing, and deploying the patch to fix it?

What is uPKI? Dirkjan explains what uPKI is and why it's important to check for certificate revocation at Ubuntu Summit 26.04. Watch his talk live as part of 26.04 on our YouTube channel (@UbuntuOS).

Could you process hundreds of gigabytes of data on your laptop, or tens of terabytes on a single server? DuckDB is an open source SQL database system, geared towards analytical workloads. DuckDB ships a state-of-the-art database architecture as a single package, that is available both as a command line tool and as an in-process library. Uniquely among databases, DuckDB focuses on user experience and portability, making it easy to set up almost anywhere.

What if you could manage your Ubuntu hosts the same way you manage your containerized applications? Managing Ubuntu hosts traditionally means configuration management, package updates, and drift control using tools like Puppet, Chef, or shell automation. Bootc streamlines the process. A Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox project, bootc lets you define your Ubuntu systems as OCI container images and deploy them consistently across bare metal, virtual machines, edge devices, or cloud environments.

Welcome to Ubuntu Summit 26.04! In this welcome keynote, Mark Shuttleworth (CEO, Canonical), and Jon Seager (VP Engineering, Canonical), detail how Ubuntu is driving speed, safety, and community access in the era of agentic engineering. Learn how Canonical is balancing the need for rapid innovation with strict safety sandboxing through snaps, LXD, and microVMs. You'll also get a first look at what's in store for Ubuntu.