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30 posts from June 2017
Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 16 Jun 2017
By David Britton, 16 June 2017
The purpose of this weekly update is to make sure our community can follow development with toes dipped in before and between jumping headlong into helping...
Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: June 16, 2017
By Will Cooke, 16 June 2017
GNOME Further theme fixes have been made in Artful to get GNOME Shell and Ambiance looking just right. Network Manager is updated to 1.8. It is currently...
Gitter and Mattermost: two desktop apps for your future chat platform
By David Callé, 15 June 2017
In the hunt for the perfect communication platform or protocol, a lot of companies are experimenting, which can lead to some confusion as not everyone is...
Juju 2.2.0 and conjure-up 2.2.0 are here!
By rharding, 15 June 2017
We are excited to announce the release of Juju 2.2.0 and conjure-up 2.2.0! This release greatly enhances memory and CPU utilisation at scale, improves the...
Custom user mappings in LXD containers
By Stéphane Graber, 15 June 2017
Introduction As you may know, LXD uses unprivileged containers by default. The difference between an unprivileged container and a privileged one is whether...
Custom user mappings in LXD containers
By Stéphane Graber, 15 June 2017
Introduction As you may know, LXD uses unprivileged containers by default. The difference between an unprivileged container and a privileged one is whether...
Kernel Team Summary- June 15, 2017
By Canonical, 15 June 2017
Introduction This blog is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team...
Project Sputnik: crazy idea to community driven developer systems
By Guest, 14 June 2017
This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-iot@canonical.com Five years ago, I...
Vectr: a fresh take on vector graphics edition on Linux
By David Callé, 13 June 2017
There is new desktop app available in the Snap store: Vectr. A free vector graphics editor for the Web and the Linux desktop Following the Inkscape snap,...
Amazon Greengrass launches as a snap on Ubuntu
By Canonical, 13 June 2017
Last week, Amazon launched Greengrass, their new IoT platform allowing developers to create intelligent edge software. Amazon is collaborating with a variety...
Ubuntu Desktop – GNOME Extensions poll results
By Ken VanDine, 12 June 2017
Recently, with the help from our friends at OMG! Ubuntu, we ran a poll to collect data on usefulness of some GNOME Shell extensions. We limited the poll to a...
Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 9 Jun 2017
By David Britton, 9 June 2017
The purpose of this weekly update is to make sure our community can follow development with toes dipped in before & between jumping headlong into helping...