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Will Cooke
9 June 2017

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: June 9, 2017

Article Desktop

GNOME We’ve made the decision to switch to using GNOME Display Manager (GDM) instead of LightDM. We had planned to try LightDM, and based on our investigations it became apparent that we would need to invest a considerable amount of time making changes to get everything to work correctly, more time than we have. We

Will Cooke
9 June 2017

Canonical
8 June 2017

Kernel Team Summary- June 8, 2017

Article Cloud and server

Introduction This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on. If you would like to reach the kernel team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-kernel channel on FreeNode. Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu

Canonical
8 June 2017

Canonical
7 June 2017

Fresh Snaps from May 2017

Article Desktop

This month we have a selection that might please those of you who like games, with apps like OpenSpades and Pin Town. Our selection is really diverse, from graphics editor Vectr to AnimationMaker, there’s a snap for everyone. Using IRC? Now there’s a snap client for that too! And if the word snaps doesn’t ring

Canonical
7 June 2017

Canonical
6 June 2017

Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS!

Article Canonical announcements

We are pleased to announce that we have extended our Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service to users running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS! The Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service enables runtime correction of critical security vulnerabilities in the kernel without the need to reboot. It is the best way to ensure that machines are safe...

Canonical
6 June 2017

Developer Economics survey Q3 2017

Article Desktop

We are excited to announce that Ubuntu is a proud sponsor to the Developer Economics Q3 2017 survey, run by our friends at VisionMobile. This is the 13th developer survey, focusing on tools, training and career development. Every year more than 40,000 developers around the world participate in this survey, so this is a chance

Canonical
6 June 2017

Thibaut Rouffineau
30 May 2017

Build.snapcraft.io gets your code ready to distribute in minutes

Article Cloud and server

The public beta release of build.snapcraft.io is now open! build.snapcraft.io is an easy and free to use platform for publishing your software to the tens of millions of machines running Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSuSE, Arch, Gentoo, Yocto and others. whichever Operating System they’re running, the behaviour of your...

Thibaut Rouffineau
30 May 2017

David Callé
19 May 2017

Visual Studio Code is now available as a snap on Ubuntu

Article Desktop

There is a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Visual Studio Code. A versatile and open source code editor Launched in 2015 by Microsoft, Visual Studio Code has imposed itself as one of the preferred code editors in the developer community. Cross-platform (powered by Electron), it features a marketplace of more than...

David Callé
19 May 2017

David Callé
17 May 2017

Simplenote gives a new life to your notes

Article Desktop

There’s a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Simplenote. Write in Markdown, sync, tag, collaborate and publish If you haven’t tried it yet, Simplenote brings a solid note taking utility to your day-to-day open source toolkit. Don’t be fooled by a simple appearance, as it’s one of the most comprehensive editing suite...

David Callé
17 May 2017

David Callé
11 May 2017

Atom is now available as a snap for Ubuntu

Article Desktop

There’s a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Atom. The hackable editor, backed by GitHub Launched in 2014, Atom has been rapidly adopted by a large community and is considered one of the top language agnostic code editors. It offers a constantly growing library of 6 000+ addons for all purposes, from themes to

David Callé
11 May 2017

Didier Roche
10 May 2017

Fresh Snaps from April 2017

Article Desktop

This month we have a great range of snaps, from desktop to cloud/server, to IoT, there’s a snap for everyone! If you haven’t heard of snaps yet, they 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.

Didier Roche
10 May 2017

David Callé
4 May 2017

Discord is now available as a snap for Ubuntu and other distributions

Article Desktop

There’s a new desktop snap in the Snap store: Discord. Ever heard of Discord? Within 1.5 years of its launch Discord has become an almost mandatory tool for gamers. Adoption has been wild, from streaming to a Twitch account to voice calls to sync up on gaming tactics. But Discord can also be used as

David Callé
4 May 2017

David Callé
11 April 2017

Snap support lands in Fedora 24, 25 and 26

Article Desktop

As part as our mission to get snaps running everywhere, we are pleased to announce that support for snaps has now officially landed in Fedora, starting with Fedora 24 and up. Big thanks to Neal Gompa who has been instrumental in landing snapd packages in the Fedora archive! Install your first snap on Fedora 1)

David Callé
11 April 2017

Dustin Kirkland
11 April 2017

FAQs: Ensuring the ongoing security compliance of Ubuntu

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical recently announced that the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long Term Support) period will end on Friday, April 28, 2017. Following the end-of-life of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Canonical is offering Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance), which provides important security fixes for the kernel and the most essential user...

Dustin Kirkland
11 April 2017

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

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly Ubuntu desktop operating system.

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly
Ubuntu desktop operating system.