Desktop

Canonical
22 February 2017

Why does software-defined everything matter?

Article Cloud and server

Does anybody still think of a phone as a way of just making calls? According to Informate Mi less than 10% of the time you spend on a phone is spent giving calls. That’s because phones have evolved from single function device to malleable pocket computers whose entire purpose is defined by the apps that

Canonical
22 February 2017

Sergio Schvezov
17 February 2017

Snapcraft 2.27 has been released

Article Cloud and server

Hello snapcrafters! We are pleased to announce the release snapcraft 2.27: https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.27 Contributions This release has seen some contributions from outside of the snapcraft core team, so we want to give a shout out to these folks, here’s a team thank you for: Colin Watson John Lenton...

Sergio Schvezov
17 February 2017

didrocks
9 February 2017

8 KDE snaps written in January

Article Desktop

It’s a special this month. Instead of our round-up of desktop snaps, we’re focusing on KDE! 8 KDE snaps written in January have been selected from a Tetris-like game to an education platform on countries. To recap for those of you that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their

didrocks
9 February 2017

Amrisha Prashar
19 January 2017

Winners of #UbuntuAtMWC

Article Cloud and server

A couple weeks ago we held a competition to invite you to join us at MWC by telling us what you wanted to see from #UbuntuAtMWC across Cloud, Devices or IoT! We had some awesome entries which were very hard to limit down to 10! A big thank you to all who entered including our

Amrisha Prashar
19 January 2017

Guest
17 January 2017

Mir: 2016 end of year review

Article Desktop

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] 2016 was a good year for Mir – it is being used in more places, it has more and better upstream support and it is easier to use by downstream projects.

Guest
17 January 2017

Guest
13 January 2017

Welcome the new Ubuntu-based Precision line-up

Article Desktop

This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Today I am excited to announce the next generation of our Ubuntu-based Precision mobile workstation line. Not only have we revamped the current line-up but we have also added the...

Guest
13 January 2017

David Callé
9 January 2017

How to snap: introducing classic confinement

Article Desktop

Last Thursday, January 5, the snapd team was delighted to announce a new release of snapd (2.20), the daemon that enables systems to work with snaps and provides the snap command. It’s time we take a look at the most prominent feature of this release: classic confinement. A new relaxed security policy for snaps, aimed at

David Callé
9 January 2017

Amrisha Prashar
5 January 2017

Interested in joining us at MWC?

Article Desktop

Mobile World Congress is round the corner! We’ll be in Hall P3 and can’t wait to see those of you that can make it there. So we’re giving away tickets! Instead of us telling you what we’re excited about, we want to hear from you. In one tweet, tell us a cool story about what

Amrisha Prashar
5 January 2017

10 desktop snaps written in December

Article Desktop

It’s that time of the month! Evan Dandrea put together a selection of top ten snaps written in December. To recap for those of you that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over the more traditional package formats such as .deb, .rpm,

Amrisha Prashar
5 January 2017

April Wang
7 December 2016

Jamming with Ubuntu Core

Article Desktop

We celebrated the launch of Ubuntu Core 16 hackathon, or shall we say Snapathon, that took place in Shenzhen between 26-27th November. The 30+ hour gathering and coding session was attended by developers, makers and anyone that was interested in the Internet of Things and the technology that powers them. Attendees were...

April Wang
7 December 2016

Canonical
1 December 2016

UbuCon Europe – a sure sign of community strength

Article Desktop

UbuCon Europe, 18-20 Nov 2016, Essen, Germany Recovering from a great UbuCon Europe session that just took place a couple weeks ago! This year was attended by 170 people from 20 countries, about half coming from Germany. Almost everyone was (obviously) running Ubuntu and had been around in the community for years. The...

Canonical
1 December 2016

Guest
28 November 2016

Mir is not only about Unity8

Article Desktop

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Mir is a project to support the management applications on the display(s) of a computer. It can be compared to the more familiar X-Windows used on the current...

Guest
28 November 2016

Amrisha Prashar
21 November 2016

VisionMobile: State of the Developer Nation Survey

Article Desktop

We’re proud to be supporting the State of the Developer Nation Survey run by our friends at VisionMobile! This is the 12th developer survey, focusing on a 360 view of developer tools, skills and salaries. The survey features questions on topics like programming languages, platforms, app categories, new technologies,...

Amrisha Prashar
21 November 2016

didrocks
3 November 2016

10 IoT-focused desktop snaps written in October

Article Desktop

This month we’ve selected 10 of our favourite IoT targeted snaps! And to recap for those of you that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over the more traditional package formats such as .deb, .rpm, and others. They are secure, isolated and

didrocks
3 November 2016

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly Ubuntu desktop operating system.

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly
Ubuntu desktop operating system.