Canonical has unveiled the latest version of Ubuntu Core, its low footprint operating system aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices and data center equipment. Claiming great successes in networking infrastructure deployments, Canonical now has to manage the transition to IoT devices out in the field – and hopes that its developer-friendly approach will win out. Industrial gateways and IP networking infrastructure developers are easier sells than some of the emerging IoT applications in which Canonical would like to see Ubuntu deployed. A potentially lucrative market, in which the organization has already taken early steps, is telco-led consumer premises equipment (CPE), following its inclusion in a private cloud box from Nextcloud and Western Digital – which could form the basis of a…