Blog posts written by Oliver Smith

Oliver Smith
18 May 2022

Bring your multi-platform apps to Linux desktop with Flutter 3

Article Desktop

Flutter 3 features production-ready Linux desktop support for the first time as part of Canonical’s ongoing partnership with the Flutter team.

Oliver Smith
18 May 2022

Oliver Smith
11 May 2022

Explore what’s in store – Ubuntu Preview on WSL

Article Ubuntu

Ubuntu Preview delivers the latest daily builds of Ubuntu WSL directly to your Windows machine. Try out the latest features as they are developed!

Oliver Smith
11 May 2022

Oliver Smith
10 May 2022

HP brings the power of Ubuntu-based data science to Windows workstations

Article Ubuntu

Ubuntu is fast becoming the platform of choice for data scientists worldwide – which is why HP is empowering its customers to launch Ubuntu environments directly on their Windows machines. In addition to native Ubuntu offerings, select Z by HP workstations are also available with Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2)...

Oliver Smith
10 May 2022

Oliver Smith
29 April 2022

Level up your Linux gaming with the new Steam Snap!

Article Desktop

Introducing the new, early access Steam snap! Packaging everything you need for native and Proton-based linux gaming, secure and dependency free.

Oliver Smith
29 April 2022

Oliver Smith
26 April 2022

What’s new for Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

Article Cloud and server

Jammy Jellyfish delivers long term support for the entire recent Raspberry Pi device portfolio, a host of new HATs and the best desktop performance yet!

Oliver Smith
26 April 2022

Oliver Smith
25 April 2022

Upgrade your data science workflows with Ubuntu WSL

Article Ubuntu

Learn how using Ubuntu WSL on Windows workstations can improve your data science workflows and reduce the time to innovation in our new whitepaper.

Oliver Smith
25 April 2022

Oliver Smith
22 April 2022

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – what’s new for the world’s most popular Linux desktop?

Article Desktop

The latest Linux Desktop release delivers improved performance, fully-featured Active Directory integration and expanded Raspberry Pi support.

Oliver Smith
22 April 2022

Oliver Smith
24 January 2022

Linux game development on Ubuntu: Godot and Unity

Article Desktop

In this post we show you how to set up two of our favourite Linux game development tools for Ubuntu Desktop; Godot and Unity.

Oliver Smith
24 January 2022

Oliver Smith
11 January 2022

How low can you go? Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4

Article Desktop

At Canonical we’re proud to be able to offer a full Ubuntu Desktop experience on the Raspberry Pi 4. Ubuntu Desktop provides everything you need to develop software and even deploy it to Ubuntu Server on devices like the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. However the full desktop environment is quite a lot for the

Oliver Smith
11 January 2022

Oliver Smith
9 December 2021

Raspberry Pi Tutorial: Host a Minecraft server on Ubuntu Desktop

Article Desktop

Welcome to the second in our series of Linux gaming posts in the run up to the holidays. This week, we’ve put together a tutorial that teaches you how to create a basic Minecraft Server on a Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu Desktop, so you can play locally with your friends. This is a great afternoon

Oliver Smith
9 December 2021

What FlutterFire’s announcement means for Desktop Developers

Article Desktop

We cover what Flutter’s latest Firebase announcement means for desktop developers and how to get started with Flutter on Ubuntu Desktop.

Oliver Smith
9 December 2021

Oliver Smith
29 November 2021

How Ubuntu Boosts Developer Desktop Productivity

Article Desktop

From education through to enterprise, Ubuntu delivers a productive and secure developer desktop experience.

Oliver Smith
29 November 2021

Oliver Smith
25 November 2021

Linux Gaming with Ubuntu Desktop Part 1: Steam & Proton

Article Community

In the first of a mini-series of blogs, we break down some of the easiest ways to get started with Linux gaming on Ubuntu, starting with Steam and Proton.

Oliver Smith
25 November 2021

Oliver Smith
22 November 2021

Ubuntu Desktop Accessibility: Our VPAT Conformance Report

Article Desktop

Canonical is pleased to share that our latest Ubuntu Desktop Accessibility Conformance Report is now available for download, based on the VPAT Version 2.4.

Oliver Smith
22 November 2021

Oliver Smith

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