Desktop archives
108 posts from 2017
Ubuntu Desktop Weekly, Nov 3rd & 10th: Bionic daily images available
By Will Cooke, 10 November 2017
The big news this week is the availability of Bionic daily ISOs. As always, we’re beavering away on the desktop: GNOME We’ve started a conversation on the...
Fresh Snaps from October 2017
By David Callé, 7 November 2017
Hot on the heels of the Ubuntu 17.10 release, the snap store has seen some great additions for musicians with MuseScore, for developers with IntelliJ IDEA,...
Canonical joins GNOME Foundation Advisory Board
By Will Cooke, 1 November 2017
As you’re no doubt aware, the default Ubuntu desktop is now running GNOME Shell following the 17.10 release and so we naturally have a great deal of interest...
MAAS 2.3.0 beta 3 released!
By Canonical, 31 October 2017
Hello MAASters!I’m happy to announce that MAAS 2.3.0 Beta 3 has now been released and it is currently available in PPA and as a snap.PPA AvailabilityFor those...
Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: GNOME Fixes & New Snaps
By Will Cooke, 27 October 2017
I’ll be starting the weekly round-up posts again now that the release is out and 18.04 is getting under way. At this early stage in the development cycle...
Ubuntu Core and snaps for easy IoT deployment
By Sarah Dickinson, 26 October 2017
Thinger.io has grown to over 10,000 registered users, but with such growing demand, they needed a quicker way to deliver their systems and applications. With...
Latest and greatest versions of GNOME apps on YOUR desktop!
By Ken VanDine, 24 October 2017
Want to run the latest GNOME applications on Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 17.10? Actually, not just Ubuntu, many other distributions such as Fedora, Linux Mint and...
Ubuntu 17.10 releases with GNOME, Kubernetes 1.8 & minimal base images
By Canonical, 19 October 2017
19th October, London, UK: Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 17.10 featuring a new GNOME desktop on Wayland, and new versions of KDE, MATE and...
Fresh Snaps from September 2017
By David Callé, 18 October 2017
October, it’s almost time for a new Ubuntu release! This month’s pick of the top snaps is all about spending relaxing time with your computer: playing games,...
Security Team Weekly Summary: October 12, 2017
By Canonical, 12 October 2017
The Security Team weekly reports are intended to be very short summaries of the Security Team’s weekly activities. If you would like to reach the Security...
Kernel Team Summary- October 11, 2017
By Canonical, 11 October 2017
October 04 through October 09 Development (Artful / 17.10) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule Important upcoming dates: Final Freeze –...
elementary on why snaps are right for their Linux distro
By Sarah Dickinson, 11 October 2017
elementary is the company behind the elementary OS Linux distribution and the associated app store. Celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, elementary...