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41 posts from 2016
Mycroft: The open source answer to natural language platforms
By Amrisha Prashar, 7 July 2016
We’re thrilled to be working with Mycroft, the open source answer to proprietary natural language platform. Mycroft has adopted Ubuntu Core and Snaps to...
10 Desktop Snaps written in June
By Didier Roche, 7 July 2016
For those 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...
Announcing new snap desktop launchers
By Didier Roche, 6 July 2016
BackgroundIntegrating desktop applications with snaps has been a little bit challenging in terms of getting them looking and behaving as part of the system....
HOWTO: Host your own SNAP store!
By Dustin Kirkland, 24 June 2016
SNAPs are the cross-distro, cross-cloud, cross-device Linux packaging format of the future. And we’re already hosting a fantastic catalog of SNAPs in the...
HOWTO: Classic, apt-based Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server on the rpi2!
By Dustin Kirkland, 20 June 2016
Classic Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, on an rpi2Hopefully by now you’re well aware of Ubuntu Core — the snappiest way to run Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi…But have you ever...
The Changelog Podcast — Ubuntu Everywhere
By Dustin Kirkland, 18 June 2016
I had the honor and privilege a couple of weeks ago, to participate in a recording of The Changelog, a podcast dedicated to Open Source technology.You can...
Over-The-Air 11: We’ve gone wireless!
By Amrisha Prashar, 1 June 2016
We’re pretty excited about this OTA! We’ve introduced wireless capabilities to the Meizu Pro 5, which gives users the full Ubuntu PC experience running from a...
Snaps on NAS: IOT apps for your private network
By Thibaut Rouffineau, 31 May 2016
QNAP selects snaps and Ubuntu to bring IOT apps to its NAS On Friday QNAP announced that they were adopting snaps as the application format of choice for...
Thank you CC
By Mark Shuttleworth, 17 May 2016
Just to state publicly my gratitude that the Ubuntu Community Council has taken on their responsibilities very thoughtfully, and has demonstrated a proactive...
LTS 16.04 review roundup!
By Amrisha Prashar, 29 April 2016
What a month! We had the release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS that allowed us to bring out newer software for desktop in the form of snap packaging formats and tools....
Canonical unveils 6th LTS release of Ubuntu with 16.04
By Canonical, 20 April 2016
Introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format Introduces LXD pure-container hypervisor with OpenStack Mitaka Supports IBM Z and LinuxONE systems with...
HOWTO: Ubuntu on Windows
By Dustin Kirkland, 14 April 2016
As announced last week, Microsoft and Canonical have worked together to bring Ubuntu’s userspace natively into Windows 10.As of today, Windows 10 Insiders can...