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Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu Desktop"


Ken VanDine
24 October 2017

Latest and greatest versions of GNOME apps on YOUR desktop!

Desktop Article

Want to run the latest GNOME applications on Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 17.10? Actually, not just Ubuntu, many other distributions such as Fedora, Linux Mint and Debian that support snap. We have now packaged a pretty extensive list of the latest GNOME apps as snaps and provided them in the Snap store. Any of these snaps ...


David Callé
18 October 2017

Fresh Snaps from September 2017

Desktop Article

October, it’s almost time for a new Ubuntu release! This month’s pick of the top snaps is all about spending relaxing time with your computer: playing games, listening to music and enjoying beautiful GNOME applications! If the term snaps doesn’t ring a bell, they are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing ...


Sarah Dickinson
11 October 2017

elementary on why snaps are right for their Linux distro

Desktop Article

elementary is the company behind the elementary OS Linux distribution and the associated app store. Celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, elementary began in 2007 with their first release in 2011. They are currently on their 4th release (Loki) and are working towards their 5th (Juno) with Jupiter, Luna and Freya as previous relea ...


Canonical
5 October 2017

Security Team Update: October 5, 2017

Cloud and server Article

The Security Team weekly reports are intended to be very short summaries of the Security Team’s weekly activities. If you would like to reach the Security Team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-hardened channel on FreeNode. Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu Hardened mailing list at: [email protected] During the last week ...


Sarah Dickinson
4 October 2017

Heroku as a snap: talking security, Snapcraft & daily updates

Desktop Article

Created 10 years ago and now owned by Salesforce, Heroku is a hosted cloud platform as a service (PaaS) which makes it easy for developers to run apps and services at scale. Heroku’s focus is on the developer experience and productivity. With that in mind, we caught up with Jeff Dickey (CLI Engineer) at the ...


Canonical
28 September 2017

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS selected for Samsung ARTIK Gateway modules

Internet of Things Article

Canonical today announced that it will bring its Ubuntu 16.04 operating system to the Samsung ARTIK™ internet of things ecosystem. The Samsung ARTIK platform is a fully integrated chip to cloud and production-ready Internet of Things solution, designed to help companies accelerate their product development process, reduce time to market, ...


luciadecastro
12 September 2017

Wavebox snap: A central hub for Gmail, Outlook, Trello, Slack and more

Desktop Article

Wavebox is an app that brings together most of the tools you’ll need on an everyday basis, like Gmail, Outlook, Office 365, Slack and more, and is now available as a snap! We had a chat with Thomas Beverley, Co-founder & Software Engineer at Wavebox, to understand how was their experience with snapping their application. ...


David Callé
11 September 2017

Fresh Snaps from August 2017

Desktop Article

September, back to school! This month’s pick of the top snaps is all about productivity and collaboration tools. Very competent web browser? Check. Messaging clients? Check. PDF and Video files editing? Check. Hacking your router to host apps and Minepocket server management? Well, September also has weekends – check! If the term “snaps” ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
10 August 2017

Fresh Snaps from July 2017

Cloud and server Article

If you’re thinking July = holidays… think again! This month’s pick of the top snaps is all about productivity. Graphic design tools, web code editor, Go IDE, JSON configuration, blockchain wallet and Openstack… Ready for an active summer? If the term “snaps” doesn’t ring a bell, they are a new way for developers to package ...


Dustin Kirkland
21 July 2017

Dustin Kirkland: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Default Application Survey

Desktop Article

Back in March, we asked the HackerNews community, “What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?”: https://ubu.one/AskHNA passionate discussion ensued, the results of which are distilled into this post: http://ubu.one/thankHNIn fact, you can check that link, http://ubu.one/thankHN and see our progress so far this cycle.  We already have a beta ...


luciadecastro
18 July 2017

Hiri, the desktop snap that lets you use Microsoft Exchange on Linux

Desktop Article

Earlier this month Hiri launched a snap, making their application very easy to be used by Linux users. We talked to Dave Power, co-founder of Hiri, to understand how this journey was and the value of snaps for his business. Install from Ubuntu Store Can you tell us what is Hiri about? Hiri is a ...


Guest
12 July 2017

Robot development made easy with Husarion CORE2-ROS running Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

This is the first in a series of two posts by guest blogger; Dominik Nowak, CEO at Husarion. We’ve seen many breakthroughs happening in the IT industry over the last decade. Arguably the most meaningful one on the consumer side was the adoption of smartphones and mobile development. What’s the next big thing, now that ...