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103 posts from 2018
Firefox Quantum snap now available on Linux-based devices
By Canonical, 19 March 2018
London, UK, 19 March 2018: Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, today announced that Mozilla has launched a Firefox snap bringing their latest Quantum...
Your first robot: Sharing with others [5/5]
By Kyle Fazzari, 16 March 2018
This is the fifth (and final) blog post in this series about creating your first robot with ROS and Ubuntu Core. In the previous post we discussed methods of...
Ubuntu Desktop weekly update – 16th March 2018
By Will Cooke, 16 March 2018
We’ve had a busy few weeks, and so this email is a roll up of what’s been going on in Desktopland. Last week we had a team sprint in Budapest where we got to...
Your first robot: The driver [4/5]
By Kyle Fazzari, 9 March 2018
This is the fourth blog post in this series about creating your first robot with ROS and Ubuntu Core. In the previous post we worked on getting data out of...
An intro to ONLYOFFICE – now available as a snap
By Guest, 9 March 2018
This is a guest blog written by Kseniya Fedoruk of ONLYOFFICE. Two years ago ONLYOFFICE developers released a desktop office suite that combined viewers and...
Popular programming language, Kotlin, launches as a snap for Linux
By Canonical, 7 March 2018
We are delighted to announce that the latest addition to the snap ecosystem, launching today, is Kotlin – the pragmatic programming language for JVM, Android...
Ubuntu Desktop weekly update – February 23, 2018
By Will Cooke, 23 February 2018
GNOME We’ve been working on a GNOME Online Accounts plugin for Ubuntu One. This will allow you to manage your U1 credentials and share them with services...
Snapcraft through the eyes of its biggest community contributor
By Sarah Dickinson, 16 February 2018
If you’ve spent any time in the Snapcraft forum, it’s quite likely you’ve come across Dani Llewellyn – a keen community advocate or self-proclaimed...
Skype discuss easing Linux maintenance with snaps
By Sarah Dickinson, 13 February 2018
Skype is used by hundreds of millions of users globally to make free video and voice calls, send files, video and instant messages. It has been two years...
Your first robot: The controller [3/5]
By Kyle Fazzari, 11 February 2018
This is the third blog post in this series about creating your first robot with ROS and Ubuntu Core. In the previous post you were introduced to the Robot...
Ubuntu Desktop weekly update – February 9, 2018
By Will Cooke, 9 February 2018
Here’s the round up from this week: GNOME The default session has now been switched back to use Xorg by default. Wayland is still installed and can be...
Building Slack for the Linux community and adopting snaps
By Sarah Dickinson, 6 February 2018
Used by millions around the world, Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively. Slack...