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103 posts from 2018
Plex arrives in Canonical’s Snap Store
By Canonical, 11 October 2018
The leading streaming media platform is now available to a wider Linux community Visit the Snap Store to see more information on Plex as a Snap and install it...
Fresh Snaps from September 2018
By Martin Wimpress, 11 October 2018
Another month passes, and we’ve got a collection of interesting applications that came to our attention (Twitter feed) during September 2018. We have a mix of...
Design and Web team summary – 8 October 2018
By Anthony Dillon, 8 October 2018
Snappy Whitelist/ Blacklist territories for your snaps We’ve recently implemented the ability to include or exclude your Snap in certain territories. This...
Canonical’s Current Security Certifications
By Canonical, 26 September 2018
Canonical has entered the security certifications space by achieving a few important security certifications for the first time on Ubuntu. Canonical has...
Announcing Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – “Trusty Tahr”
By Canonical, 19 September 2018
Since the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, more than 450 million public cloud Ubuntu instances have launched, making Ubuntu the basis for the majority of...
Optimised Ubuntu Desktop images available in Microsoft Hyper-V gallery
By Will Cooke, 17 September 2018
Today we’re very pleased to announce that an optimised Ubuntu Desktop image is available from the Hyper-V gallery. This will give an optimum experience when...
Fresh Snaps from August 2018
By Alan Pope, 13 September 2018
Another month passes and we’ve got a collection of applications which crossed our “desk” (Twitter feed) during August 2018. We have a mix of social tools,...
Top 10 Linux applications for entertainment and leisure
By Martin Wimpress, 30 August 2018
As the summer vacation season comes to a close in the northern hemisphere I reflect on 10 applications my family and I used during the summer to keep...
Fresh Linux Applications On Demand
By Alan Pope, 28 August 2018
Traditionally Linux users have relied on central distribution-maintained repositories to get new software. With six-month or longer spans between releases,...
Ubuntu updates for L1 Terminal Fault vulnerabilities
By Canonical, 14 August 2018
Today Intel announced a new side channel vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault. Raoul Strackx, Jo Van Bulck, Marina Minkin, Ofir Weisse, Daniel Genkin,...
Retro Style Games on Linux
By Alan Pope, 14 August 2018
Gaming on Linux doesn’t have to mean buying a ludicrously priced GPU (thanks crypto miners!). Nor does it require a beefy CPU. There’s a real resurgence in...
Fresh Snaps from July 2018
By Alan Pope, 7 August 2018
Another month, and another bumper crop of snaps for you! This time around we have a great mix of developer tools, productivity applications and of course...