Blog posts tagged
"Snaps"

191 posts

Igor Ljubuncic
9 July 2020

How to manage snap updates

Article Cloud and server

Updates are an integral part of the software lifecycle. Quite often, they bring improvements, vital security patches – and sometimes, unfortunately, bugs, too. In mission-critical environments, it is important to assert a high degree of oversight and precision over updates. Snaps come with a built-in automatic update...

Igor Ljubuncic
9 July 2020

Canonical
8 July 2020

Canonical enables Linux desktop app support with Flutter

Article Canonical announcements

By Chris Sells (Google) & Ken VanDine (Canonical) Google’s goal for Flutter has always been to provide a portable framework for building beautiful UIs that run at native speeds no matter what platform you target. To validate this capability, we started by focusing on the mobile platforms, Android and iOS, where we’ve...

Canonical
8 July 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
2 July 2020

A blast from the past – Shutter

Article Desktop

The wheel of software turns, and apps come and go. But the end of development does not always mean the end of usefulness. Sometimes, programs stubbornly remain around, offering a complete experience that can withstand the test of time. Several weeks ago, we talked about how you can preserve old applications with snaps....

Igor Ljubuncic
2 July 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2020

How to preserve old software – with snaps

Article Desktop

If you have been using computers for some time now, you probably have fond memories of this or that piece of software from the past, an application or a game that was fun, useful and just plain great, but which isn’t available any longer. For those who have had a chance to experience the digital

Igor Ljubuncic
7 May 2020

cmoullec
27 February 2020

How Domotz streamlined provisioning of IoT devices

Article Internet of Things

Learn how Ubuntu Core and snaps gives Domotz a competitive advantage As the number of IoT devices scale, the challenges of provisioning and keeping them up to date in the field increases. Domotz, who manufacture an all-in-one, network monitoring and management device for enterprise IoT networks, found themselves with...

cmoullec
27 February 2020

Canonical
19 February 2020

Bosch Rexroth adopts Ubuntu Core and snaps for app-based ctrlX AUTOMATION platform

Article Canonical announcements

19th February 2020 – Canonical today announced that Bosch Rexroth has selected Ubuntu Core for their app-based platform ctrlX AUTOMATION. ctrlX AUTOMATION leverages Ubuntu Core, designed for embedded devices, and snaps, the universal Linux application containers, to deliver an open source platform to remove the barriers...

Canonical
19 February 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
11 February 2020

How to upgrade from Windows 7 to Ubuntu – Desktop tour and applications

Article Desktop

This is the third and the last guide in this series. In the first installment, we learned about considerations for an update from Windows 7 to Ubuntu, key differences in hardware and software between the two operating systems, the terminology, and how to safely backup data ahead of migration. In the second tutorial, we covered

Igor Ljubuncic
11 February 2020

Rhys Davies
7 January 2020

Keep enterprise ROS robots up-to-date with snaps

Article Robotics

When a robot is not up-to-date, it becomes about as useful as an expensive paperweight, or companies have to burn money to get them back online. Yet when mobile apps need updating, it only takes a few clicks and a minute or two before it’s back up and running. This blog discusses how ROS robots

Rhys Davies
7 January 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
3 January 2020

Discover cool apps with snap find

Article Desktop

Software discovery and installation broadly comes in two flavors – via graphical user interface or on the command line. If you’re using a Linux distribution with a friendly software frontend offering integrated snap support, e.g. KDE Discover or GNOME Software, you can enjoy the experience without having to resort to...

Igor Ljubuncic
3 January 2020

nilayshrugged
6 December 2019

Simplifying hardware management during Linux development

Article Internet of Things

Every few months we release a Snapcraft update, with improvements to both Linux development, and snap user experience. Last week, we released Snapcraft 3.9, and this blog post will focus on the remote build feature that is now a fully accessible preview. Let’s dig deeper into why you need to try remote build, and how

nilayshrugged
6 December 2019

Igor Ljubuncic
24 October 2019

Bauh is a nifty snap manager

Article Desktop

If you’re looking for an easy, non-techie way to install snaps, you want a simple store-like utility. Snap integration is available in both GNOME Software and KDE Discover, which cover a large portion of the Linux user base. However, in distributions and desktop environments that do not natively provide a snap-capable...

Igor Ljubuncic
24 October 2019

Igor Ljubuncic
17 October 2019

Snaptastic – elementary OS snap manager

Article Desktop

An interesting aspect in the life of any technology is how it propagates. Like organisms in nature, technology follows evolutionary patterns, and sometimes, it can be difficult predicting them. But their observation can be quite telling. Case in point, Snaptastic on elementary OS. Snaptastic is a graphical snap manager...

Igor Ljubuncic
17 October 2019

Alex Cattle
6 September 2019

Management of snaps in a controlled, enterprise environment

Article Ubuntu

Few enterprises want all their computing devices to be fully exposed to the internet. In an environment of ever-growing security threats, isolating internal networks from the wider internet is not simply best practice, but borderline essential. However, with all the benefits that restricted networks provide, it can pose...

Alex Cattle
6 September 2019

Igor Ljubuncic
29 August 2019

A technical comparison between snaps and debs

Article Desktop

How are snaps different from debs? This is a common question that comes up in technical discussions in the Linux community, especially among developers and users who have just embarked on their snap journey and are interested in learning more details. Indeed, the introduction of self-contained application format likes...

Igor Ljubuncic
29 August 2019

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