Canonicals distroless Linux images are a game-changer for enterprises
Summary
Mark Shuttleworth, Canonicals CEO, didnt mince his words: "Everything LTS means CVE maintenance for your entire open-source dependency tree, including open source that is not already packaged as a deb in Ubuntu." 10 things you need to know Shuttleworth said Canonical will deliver, "distroless or Ubuntu-based Docker images to your spec, which we will support on RHEL, VMware, Ubuntu or major public cloud K8s. Our enterprise and ISV customers can now count on Canonical to meet regulatory maintenance requirements with any open source stack, no matter how large or complex, wherever they want to deploy it." Also: Why I use the Linux tree command daily - and what it can do for you Ubuntu Pro subscriptions will include the right to run unlimited Everything LTS containers. Canonical also promises its average time for fixing critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures security problems will check-in at less than 24 hours.