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DESCRIPTION:In 2004\, Ubuntu captured the tech world's imagination as the "
 friendly Linux" desktop\, simplifying computing for a generation of studen
 ts and developers. Fast forward to 2026\, and the landscape has fundamenta
 lly transformed. Ubuntu has evolved into the "Invisible Architecture" quie
 tly driving the world's compute—powering public clouds\, enterprise Kube
 rnetes\, autonomous vehicles\, and global AI infrastructure.\n\nThis sessi
 on offers a 15-year engineering perspective on how Canonical scaled its op
 erations from upstream Linux packaging to engineering massive delivery pip
 elines\, managing 10-year LTS security cycles\, and establishing FIPS-comp
 liant environments. We will address a critical bottleneck in the modern ec
 osystem: the "AI Tax"—the immense friction developers face when battling
  mismatched CUDA versions\, kernel headers\, and broken NPU drivers instea
 d of building models. We will explore how Canonical collaborates with sili
 con partners like NVIDIA (GB10/GB300) and AMD to eliminate this complexity
 \, ensuring the hardware is fully optimized right out of the box.\n\nAddit
 ionally\, the session introduces "Inference Snaps" as the modern unit of t
 ruth for AI deployment. We will examine how Snaps bring immutability\, rep
 roducibility\, and sandboxed security to a "black box" AI world\, serving 
 as a trusted "glass box" across thousands of edge nodes. Finally\, we will
  close with a call to action for the open-source community\, highlighting 
 how the growing local ecosystem can ensure that the future of AI remains d
 ecentralized\, trusted\, and open.\n\n* [Slido Audience Q&A](https://app.s
 li.do/event/59LxbGT28SJ6k4LoFofRUE)
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LOCATION:RB105
SUMMARY:[Prime Session] The Invisible Architecture: From Kernel Patches to 
 Global AI - 蔡志展 Rex Tsai
URL:https://pretalx.coscup.org/coscup-2026/talk/WPRG3M/
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