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didrocks
26 May 2020

ZFS focus on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: what’s new?

Article Desktop

Ubuntu has supported ZFS as an option for some time. In 19.10, we introduced experimental support on the desktop. As explained, having a ZFS on root option on our desktop was only a first step in what we want to achieve by adopting this combined file system and logical volume manager. I strongly suggest you read

didrocks
26 May 2020

didrocks
7 August 2019

Enhancing our ZFS support on Ubuntu 19.10 – an introduction

Article Desktop

Ubuntu has supported ZFS as an option for some time. We started with a file-based ZFS pool on Ubuntu 15.10, then delivered it as a FS container in 16.04, and  recommended it for the fastest and most reliable container experience on LXD. We have also created some dedicated tutorials for users who want to become

didrocks
7 August 2019

didrocks
6 April 2017

Fresh Snaps from March 2017

Article Desktop

It’s that time of the month! We’ve put together a selection of top ten snaps written in March ranging from snapping an electron app through to a simple screen recorder! To recap for those that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over

didrocks
6 April 2017

didrocks
2 March 2017

A couple of new snap tutorials are now available

Article Internet of Things

We are really proud to announce a new couple of snaps tutorials now available on https://tutorials.ubuntu.com The first one is a pure community contribution thanks to Simos Xenitellis who did a first draft on his own blog. With only a little bit of guidance, we got his work turned into this excellent “Snap a python

didrocks
2 March 2017

didrocks
9 February 2017

8 KDE snaps written in January

Article Desktop

It’s a special this month. Instead of our round-up of desktop snaps, we’re focusing on KDE! 8 KDE snaps written in January have been selected from a Tetris-like game to an education platform on countries. To recap for those of you that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their

didrocks
9 February 2017

didrocks
20 January 2017

tutorials.ubuntu.com goes live!

Article Internet of Things

We are really proud to announce that Tutorials Ubuntu went live this week! What are ubuntu tutorials? Ubuntu tutorials are a topic-specific walkthroughs, giving you a very practical experience on a particular domain. They are just like learning from pair programming except you can do it on your own! They provide a...

didrocks
20 January 2017

didrocks
18 January 2017

5 Cool things Canonical does with Go

Article Cloud and server

We had the recent news that Google’s Go was awarded programming language of 2016 by TIOBE! One of the main reasons for winning is the ease of learning and pragmatic nature. It’s less about theoretical nature and more about hands-on-experience, which is why more and more customers are adopting go in Industrial settings....

didrocks
18 January 2017

didrocks
3 November 2016

10 IoT-focused desktop snaps written in October

Article Desktop

This month we’ve selected 10 of our favourite IoT targeted snaps! And to recap for those of you that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over the more traditional package formats such as .deb, .rpm, and others. They are secure, isolated and

didrocks
3 November 2016

didrocks
7 October 2016

The new Ubuntu Core 16 beta image is out!

Article Internet of Things

The Snappy team is happy to announce the Feature Freeze of Ubuntu Core 16, which means all the major features planned for the stable series 16 image have landed, and the upcoming weeks will consist exclusively of stabilization and polishing. Ubuntu Core is an operating system entirely based on snaps. Even the...

didrocks
7 October 2016