Desktop archives
103 posts from 2018
Opera launches as a Snap for Linux users
By Canonical, 2 August 2018
London, UK, 02 August 2018: Opera and Canonical today announce that Opera, the popular web browser, is now available as a Snap in the Snap Store. Opera is the...
Create your Linux development workstation in seconds
By Martin Wimpress, 31 July 2018
Linux is the best platform for developers. Here’s how you can get popular languages and development environments up and running in moments. The first step is...
National Cyber Security Centre publish Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Security Guide
By Will Cooke, 30 July 2018
Last week the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) in the UK issued their latest publication which gives advice on how to configure Ubuntu 18.04 LTS in...
Dell XPS13 Developer Edition ships with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS pre-installed
By Canonical, 27 July 2018
Dell’s XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop is now available in the US on Dell.com with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) pre-installed, with European availability...
Kata Containers – now available in the Snap Store
By Guest, 27 July 2018
Guest blog by Julio Montes, Linux Software Engineer at Intel Kata Containers is now available as a Snap and to install from the Snap Store. Kata Containers is...
First point release of 18.04 LTS available today
By Will Cooke, 26 July 2018
Today sees the first point release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, conveniently named 18.04.1 LTS. Point releases for an LTS include a roll-up of all bug fixes and...
Bringing Electron applications to millions of Linux users
By Alan Pope, 26 July 2018
Electron is one of the most popular frameworks for creating cross-platform desktop applications right now. Many developers use electron-builder to do the...
Graphical Abstinence, Living the Terminal Life
By Alan Pope, 24 July 2018
In today’s modern world of multi-gigabyte browser based applications we can get overwhelmed by busy, interrupting graphical environments. Sometimes it’s nice...
Desktop team report from GUADEC 2018
By Canonical, 23 July 2018
This year’s GUADEC [https://2018.guadec.org/] (GNOME Users And Developers Conference) took place in Almeria, Spain. The main conference was from 6th to 11th...
PowerShell launches as a snap
By Canonical, 20 July 2018
PowerShell Core from Microsoft is now available for Linux as a Snap. Built on the .NET Framework, PowerShell is an open source task-based command-line shell...
Perfectly Formed Snaps Challenge
By Alan Pope, 18 July 2018
Summer is here (sorry Southern hemisphere), and with the World Cup and Wimbledon over, it’s time for a new challenge! Background Snaps are universal Linux...
Get productive on the Linux desktop with 7 essential apps
By Martin Wimpress, 17 July 2018
The Linux desktop is not just for people who like to mess with computers. With a wide range of enterprise class productivity and collaboration tools Linux...