Blog posts tagged
"snapcraft"

185 posts

Alan Pope
12 December 2018

Secure VPN Connection with Ubuntu Core

Desktop Desktop

As part of a personal drive to be less dependent on 3rd party Internet services, I’ve moved some things in house, under my own control. This includes self-hosting important shared files, photos and media at home. Which can pose a problem if I’m away from home and want to access those files. Previously, I would

Alan Pope
12 December 2018

Alan Pope
7 December 2018

Fresh Snaps from November 2018

Article Desktop

Another month passes and we’ve got a collection of applications which crossed our “desk” (Twitter feed) towards the end of 2018. Take a look down the list, and discover something new today. 1. MiniZinc MiniZinc MiniZinc is an open-source, high-level solver constraint modeling language Get MiniZinc from the Snap store or...

Alan Pope
7 December 2018

Canonical
6 December 2018

Canonical launches MicroK8s – deploy Kubernetes in seconds

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical has released MicroK8s – a fast and efficient upstream Kubernetes delivered as a single snap package that installs on 42 flavours of Linux. With a small disk and memory footprint, MicroK8s provides an efficient way to deploy Kubernetes in seconds, whether on the desktop, the server, an edge cloud, or IoT...

Canonical
6 December 2018

Sarah Dickinson
29 November 2018

GitKraken picks up community demand to adopt snaps

Article Desktop

Used by the likes of Netflix, Tesla and Apple, GitKraken is the go-to home for developers who are looking for a more user-friendly interface for Git with integrations for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and VSTS (Azure DevOps). Established a couple of years ago, GitKraken offers a Git Client for Windows, Mac and Linux, and...

Sarah Dickinson
29 November 2018

cprov
27 November 2018

The power of installed-base snap metrics

Article Cloud and server

The Snap Store is able to provide insightful information to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) about usage of their snap applications. Our goal is to help snap publishers interact better with their users and make the most of their relationship. The primary metric provided by the store is the active installed-base. We...

cprov
27 November 2018

Alex Murray
1 November 2018

A guide to snap permissions and interfaces

Article Desktop

Snap is a Linux application package management system which allow developers to easily publish self contained software packages (snaps) that work across many distributions and versions of Linux. Snaps have security at their heart, and are designed to ensure all applications support the principle of least privilege /...

Alex Murray
1 November 2018

Canonical
18 October 2018

Infographic: Snaps in numbers

Article Cloud and server

Coinciding with the release of Ubuntu 18.10 today, we have celebrated the exceptional adoption of snaps by sharing the infographic below. From popular snaps to daily installs, this infographic demonstrates where, when and why users are installing and adopting the secure, Linux application format. For more commentary...

Canonical
18 October 2018

Sarah Dickinson
15 October 2018

Self-containing dependencies leads LogMeIn to publish their first Snap

Article Cloud and server

LogMeIn is one of the world’s top 10 public SaaS companies, and a market leader in communication & conferencing, identity & access, and customer engagement & support solutions, making well-known products such as GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, LogMeIn Central, LastPass, and Bold360. The company is headquartered in Boston, US,...

Sarah Dickinson
15 October 2018

Canonical
11 October 2018

Plex arrives in Canonical’s Snap Store

Desktop Canonical announcements

The leading streaming media platform is now available to a wider Linux community Visit the Snap Store to see more information on Plex as a Snap and install it on your machine. London, UK: 11th October 2018 – Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, today announces Plex as a Snap, bringing the over-the-top (OTT) media...

Canonical
11 October 2018

Martin Wimpress
11 October 2018

Fresh Snaps from September 2018

Article Desktop

Another month passes, and we’ve got a collection of interesting applications that came to our attention (Twitter feed) during September 2018. We have a mix of developer tools, languages, password management, productivity tools and some fun too. Take a look down the list, and discover something new today. 1. Bitwarden...

Martin Wimpress
11 October 2018

Igor Ljubuncic
10 October 2018

Snapistics – Snaps in numbers

Article Cloud and server

Actions speak louder than words. So do numbers. When we talk about snaps, we often focus on the application packages, and talk about their individual merits. However, a no less important – and interesting – facet is the collective numbers behind the scenes. They tell a compelling story for developers and users alike....

Igor Ljubuncic
10 October 2018

Alan Pope
13 September 2018

Fresh Snaps from August 2018

Desktop Desktop

Another month passes and we’ve got a collection of applications which crossed our “desk” (Twitter feed) during August 2018. We have a mix of social tools, music creation and curation software, password storage systems, developer tools and some fun too. Take a look down the list, and discover something new today. 1....

Alan Pope
13 September 2018

Alan Pope
28 August 2018

Fresh Linux Applications On Demand

Desktop Cloud and server

Traditionally Linux users have relied on central distribution-maintained repositories to get new software. With six-month or longer spans between releases, this meant many users just put up with old versions of applications & libraries. In many cases newer software was just missing from the archives. Modern applications...

Alan Pope
28 August 2018

Juan Real
17 August 2018

Snapcraft at Europython 2018

Design Internet of Things

In July, several members of our advocacy and design teams went to Europython 2018 in Edinburgh. It was a really well-organised event, mixing great speakers from a vibrant community at a great location. The main reason for us to get closer to the Python developer community was to promote Snapcraft as the best way to

Juan Real
17 August 2018

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