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41 posts from 2016
Jamming with Ubuntu Core
By April Wang, 7 December 2016
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...
UbuCon Europe – a sure sign of community strength
By Canonical, 1 December 2016
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...
Mir is not only about Unity8
By Guest, 28 November 2016
This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact...
VisionMobile: State of the Developer Nation Survey
By Amrisha Prashar, 21 November 2016
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...
10 IoT-focused desktop snaps written in October
By didrocks, 3 November 2016
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...
Ubuntu 16.10 brings Unity 8 to desktop and more snap installations
By Amrisha Prashar, 3 November 2016
The recent release of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak includes a developer preview of Unity 8 for desktop and the installation of snaps! The universal ‘snap’ Linux...
Static code analyser for Ubuntu
By Guest, 2 November 2016
This is a guest post by Ekaterina Milovidova, from viva64. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Static...
Travel-friendly Lemur Ubuntu laptop updated to Kaby Lake
By Guest, 27 October 2016
This is a guest post by Ryan Sipes, community manager at System76. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com...
Infographic: Ubuntu Advantage explained
By Canonical, 25 October 2016
Ubuntu Advantage is the commercial support package from Canonical. It includes Landscape, the Ubuntu systems management tool, and the Canonical Livepatch...
Live kernel patching from Canonical now available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
By Tom Callway, 20 October 2016
We are delighted to announce the availability of a new service for Ubuntu which any user can enable on their current installations – the Canonical Livepatch...
Unity 8 preview session in Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak
By Will Cooke, 13 October 2016
Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak has landed and brings with it the Unity 8 technical preview desktop session. Unity 8 has been the face of the Ubuntu phone and tablet...
10 desktop snaps written in September
By Didier Roche, 5 October 2016
We’ve been speaking a lot around snaps…and as a re-cap for those that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it...