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Canonical’s Oliver Graw explains how Ubuntu Core and Ubuntu Pro for Devices form a hardened embedded Linux stack for industrial and edge AI use cases, combining a real-time kernel, strict confinement via snaps, over-the-air transactional updates and long-term security maintenance on top of Ubuntu LTS releases. This gives OEMs a consistent platform from development laptop to factory floor and cloud, with the same packaging model, toolchain and security posture across their fleet. https://ubuntu.com/core
In the demo, Canonical showcases the new Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9 platform (IQ-9075) as a compact edge AI controller certified for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, capable of running real-time workloads and on-device inference on the same SoC. Co-engineered Ubuntu images for Qualcomm IoT platforms expose the NPU, GPU and heterogeneous compute engines to AI frameworks while still benefiting from Pro’s 10-year security maintenance, device management and access to the real-time kernel via subscription. This gives system integrators a single Linux distribution for edge inference, deterministic control loops and fleet management at scale.
Another highlight is a joint demo with Intel and congatec, where a congatec board and real-time hypervisor host three Ubuntu virtual machines: one Ubuntu Core instance running OpenVINO-based computer vision for ball tracking, one real-time Ubuntu Core instance closing the control loop for balancing, and a third VM handling HMI and supervisory control.([Canonical][4]) It illustrates how mixed-criticality workloads can be consolidated onto a single x86 platform while preserving deterministic latency for motion control and keeping user interfaces and AI pipelines isolated from the hard real-time domain. This pattern is increasingly common in factory automation, robotics and machine vision today.
Oliver also dives into Canonical’s hardware-certification pipeline, where industrial PCs and boards are tested in a dedicated lab before each kernel release to ensure driver stability, performance and long-term supportability. That process underpins Ubuntu Certified Hardware and ties directly into security frameworks like Ubuntu Pro, IEC 62443-4-1 and Canonical’s broader strategy for EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) compliance, so OEMs can ship connected devices with a maintained bill of materials and documented vulnerability-management processes.([Canonical][5]) Combined with OTA snaps and image-based updates, this reduces both certification risk and lifetime maintenance cost for industrial vendors.
Beyond x86 and Arm, Ubuntu is expanding across RISC-V boards and even space-borne systems, with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS images and upcoming RVA23-class releases targeting new RISC-V SoCs while still offering the familiar developer experience and security maintenance path.([Ubuntu][6]) In this SPS Nuremberg 2025 interview, Oliver reflects on two decades at Canonical, seeing Ubuntu move from a desktop distro to an embedded platform powering industrial robots, digital signage, transportation infrastructure, satellites and more, showing how a single Linux codebase can span from lab to factory to orbit.
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