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"Ubuntu Desktop"

Guest
27 July 2018

Kata Containers – now available in the Snap Store

Cloud and server Article

Guest blog by Julio Montes, Linux Software Engineer at Intel Kata Containers is now available as a Snap and to install from the Snap Store. Kata Containers is a lightweight, fast to boot, virtual machine (VM) designed to provide the speed of containers and the isolation of VMs. Inside the VMs, the processes run on ...

Will Cooke
26 July 2018

First point release of 18.04 LTS available today

Desktop Desktop

Today sees the first point release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, conveniently named 18.04.1 LTS. Point releases for an LTS include a roll-up of all bug fixes and security updates which have been pushed out since the original 18.04 LTS ISO was published in April. If you’re already running 18.04 LTS, and you have been updating ...

Alan Pope
24 July 2018

Graphical Abstinence, Living the Terminal Life

Cloud and server Article

In today’s modern world of multi-gigabyte browser based applications we can get overwhelmed by busy, interrupting graphical environments. Sometimes it’s nice to downsize and focus, VT100-style. So let’s leverage the power of the terminal to get stuff done with a selection of apps, utilities and a couple of games for your Linux console. Yo ...

Canonical
20 July 2018

PowerShell launches as a snap

Cloud and server Article

PowerShell Core from Microsoft is now available for Linux as a Snap. Built on the .NET Framework, PowerShell is an open source task-based command-line shell and scripting language with the goal of being the ubiquitous language for managing hybrid cloud assets. It is designed specifically for system administrators and power-users to rapidl ...

Alan Pope
18 July 2018

Perfectly Formed Snaps Challenge

Cloud and server Development

Summer is here (sorry Southern hemisphere), and with the World Cup and Wimbledon over, it’s time for a new challenge! Background Snaps are universal Linux software packages. That means they can work anywhere, and contain anything. Whether you’re a Pythonista, a Golang developer or if C++ is your bag, Snapcraft can package your software as ...

Martin Wimpress
17 July 2018

Get productive on the Linux desktop with 7 essential apps

Desktop Article

The Linux desktop is not just for people who like to mess with computers. With a wide range of enterprise class productivity and collaboration tools Linux users can enjoy computing parity with their peers and colleagues running other popular desktop computing platforms. Here are 7 apps that will boost your productivity and you’ll also fin ...

Martin Wimpress
10 July 2018

6 IDEs you need to know about

Desktop Article

Linux has long been a favourite platform with developers due to the rich array of languages and toolchains available. In this article we highlight 6 IDEs that can boost your productivity. Each IDE is just a Snap away so you can easily craft your complete development workstation in seconds. Here are six of the best ...

Canonical
10 July 2018

Infographic: Ubuntu connects everything

Cloud and server Article

As highlighted in the Ubuntu is Everywhere infographic to coincide with the 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu is used by millions across every sector and technology imaginable. Two years on, and with 18.04 LTS now released, we take a new look at how Ubuntu has evolved and is at the heart of emerging technologies including AI, blockchain, ...

Alan Pope
3 July 2018

Fresh Snaps from June 2018

Desktop Article

It’s mid-way through the year, and we’re seeing no let-up with the flow of new snaps landing in the store, we can barely keep up! This month we’ve picked out some of our favourites from the last month or so of social posts on the Snapcraft Twitter account for you. Many are fresh new snaps ...

Will Cooke
20 June 2018

Report from the GNOME Software design sprint

Desktop Article

  A couple of weeks ago representatives from across Canonical met in London to talk about ideas to improve the user experience of GNOME Software.  We had people from the store team, snap advocacy, snapd, design and from the desktop team. We were also fortunate enough to be joined by Richard Hughes representing upstream GNOME ...

Sarah Dickinson
19 June 2018

Zenkit: The influence of developer communities in progressing snaps

Desktop Article

Last month, Zenkit published their project management tool as a snap. For those not familiar with Zenkit, they introduced themselves in a guest blog at the time the snap was published which can be read here. Since then, we caught up with Philipp Beck, Full Stack Developer at Zenkit, to discover his opinion on snaps ...

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