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Hey snap, where’s my data?
By Igor Ljubuncic, 28 May 2021
Snaps are self-contained applications, isolated from the underlying operating systems by several layers of confinement. This mechanism introduces security...
How to troubleshoot application issues and crashes with snapd gdbserver
By Igor Ljubuncic, 13 May 2021
Sometimes, applications may not run well, or they could even crash. When such issues occur, it is useful to have a consistent, reproducible method of...
The snap developer’s guide on how to migrate to new bases
By Igor Ljubuncic, 7 May 2021
A couple of weeks ago, we published an article about Ubuntu 16.04 entering Extended Security Maintenance (ESM), and the implications of this change for snap...
Community AMA: Indaba for 21.04
By Holly Hall, 21 April 2021
What is indaba? An indaba is a conference or gathering to discuss matters of importance, originating from the Xhosa and Zulu languages. Following this theme,...
Should you ever reinstall your Linux box? If so, how?
By Igor Ljubuncic, 15 April 2021
Broadly speaking, the Linux community can be divided into two camps – those who upgrade their operating systems in-vivo, whenever there is an option to do so...
How to make your first snap
By Rhys Davies, 8 April 2021
Snaps are a way to package your software so it is easy to install on Linux. If you’re a snap developer already or you’re a part of the Linux community, and...
Ubuntu in the wild – 30th of March 2021
By Leia Ruffini, 30 March 2021
The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis.
What’s in a snap?
By Igor Ljubuncic, 26 March 2021
Snaps are several things, all at once. They are confined, standalone Linux applications that bundle all their necessary dependencies, which means they do not...
How does Ubuntu 16.04 entering Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) affect snap publishers?
By Igor Ljubuncic, 23 March 2021
At the end of April, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will reach the end of its five years of mainstream support and enter the Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) phase. If...
Flutter and Ubuntu so far
By Rhys Davies, 19 March 2021
At Flutter Engage, Ken VanDine, engineering manager for the Ubuntu desktop, made an appearance in the keynote speech to talk about Flutter on Ubuntu....
Ubuntu in the wild – 17th of March 2021
By Andreea Munteanu, 17 March 2021
The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis.
Code the future together using Ubuntu
By Andreea Munteanu, 5 March 2021
Where: CodeMotion 2021 – Italian edition When: March 23rd – 25th 2021 Location: virtual Italian space Get your ticket Described by the organisers as an event...