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# Ubuntu Core 22 is Here for IoT and Edge Devices
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-core-22-release/
- Published: 2022-06-16T15:56:45.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-16T15:56:48.000Z
- Author: Ankush Das
- Tags: Distribution Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Ubuntu Core 22 is a containerized Ubuntu 22.04 LTS variant optimized for embedded and IoT devices.

It should be a wonderful offering for developers looking to make use of Canonical’s latest operating system for edge devices.

To address the Ubuntu Core 22 release, **Mark Shuttleworth**, CEO of Canonical, said: 

> “Our goal at Canonical is to provide secure, reliable open-source everywhere – from the development environment to the cloud, down to the edge and to devices,”.

## Ubuntu Core 22: What’s New?

With Ubuntu Core 22 release, you get improvements focused on security and reliability. Some of them include:

### Real-time Compute

As the announcement mentions, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS provides a real-time kernel (which is available in beta), delivering high performance, ultra-low latency, and workload predictability fit for time-sensitive industrial, automotive, and robotics use cases.

Furthermore, if you have Ubuntu-certified hardware, you should be able to fully utilize advanced real-time features.

### Snapcraft Framework

The entire Ubuntu image breaks down as packages (Snaps), making the kernel, OS, and the applications isolated in a sandbox.

This should let you easily install applications without needing to worry about dependencies from the dedicated IoT App Store. For enterprises, software management solutions through the App Store should enable a range of on-premise opportunities.

The framework also helps the system ensure the OTA updates work as expected, and do not break anything even if it fails for some reason.

### Security

Out of the box, Ubuntu Core provides advanced security features that include secure boot, full-disk encryption, and more fit for mission-critical environments.

Note that you also get 10 years of security update commitment with this release.

### Other Key Improvements

- Easy migration from Ubuntu Core 20 and ensuring backward compatibility.
- Performance improvements.
- A new factory reset boot mode, to factory reset from run/recovery modes.

For more information, you can refer to the [official a](https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-ubuntu-core-22-is-now-available-optimised-for-iot-and-embedded-devices?ref=itsfoss.com)[n](https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-ubuntu-core-22-is-now-available-optimised-for-iot-and-embedded-devices?ref=itsfoss.com)[nouncement](https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-ubuntu-core-22-is-now-available-optimised-for-iot-and-embedded-devices?ref=itsfoss.com).

In case you are curious about Ubuntu Core, you might want to head to its [homepage](https://ubuntu.com/core?ref=itsfoss.com) to explore more about it.