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Kyle Fazzari
13 April 2017

ROS production: our prototype [2/5]

Article Internet of Things

This is the second blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we discussed why Ubuntu Core was a good fit for production robotics. In this post we’ll be on classic Ubuntu, creating the example ROS prototype that we’ll use throughout the rest of the series as we work toward using

Kyle Fazzari
13 April 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

David Callé
30 March 2017

Snaps are now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS desktop and server

Article Internet of Things

The snapd team recently announced a new release of snapd supporting Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty) for servers and desktop (i386, amd64). The snapd service is what makes possible the installation and management of applications packaged as snaps. In a nutshell, if you have systems using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, welcome to a brand...

David Callé
30 March 2017

Michael Hall
28 March 2017

Machine learning with snaps

Article Cloud and server

Late last year Amazon introduce a new EC2 image customized for Machine Learning (ML) workloads. To make things easier for data scientists and researchers, Amazon worked on including a selection of ML libraries into these images so they wouldn’t have to go through the process of downloading and installing them (and often...

Michael Hall
28 March 2017

Kyle Fazzari
22 March 2017

Distributing a ROS system among multiple snaps

Article Internet of Things

One of the key tenets of snaps is that they bundle their dependencies. The fact that they’re self-contained helps their transactional-ness: upgrading or rolling back is essentially just a matter of unmounting one snap and mounting the other. However, historically this was also one of their key downsides: every snap must...

Kyle Fazzari
22 March 2017

Didier Roche
9 March 2017

Fresh Snaps from February 2017

Article Internet of Things

It’s that time of the month! Didier has put together a selection of top ten snaps written in February ranging from blockchain to graphical applications. 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 the more traditional package formats

Didier Roche
9 March 2017

Maarten Ectors
8 March 2017

How to become a LimeSDR innovator?

Article Internet of Things

After an amazing week at MWC, I got people reaching out to me that want to be a LimeSDR innovator. Here is a short guide on what to do and what we are working on next. Start by getting your LimeSDR. At Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, we started a new open source standard to

Maarten Ectors
8 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

Amrisha Prashar
3 February 2017

The first consumer device to run snaps: Nextcloud box

Article Internet of Things

The Nextcloud box is a private cloud and IoT solution for home users, giving consumers a way to take back control over their personal data. It’s an app-enabled home gateway and the first Ubuntu-Core-enabled consumer device. Snaps and Ubuntu Core are key enablers of the “out-of-the-box” solution, sustainable auto-update...

Amrisha Prashar
3 February 2017

David Callé
9 January 2017

How to snap: introducing classic confinement

Article Desktop

Last Thursday, January 5, the snapd team was delighted to announce a new release of snapd (2.20), the daemon that enables systems to work with snaps and provides the snap command. It’s time we take a look at the most prominent feature of this release: classic confinement. A new relaxed security policy for snaps, aimed at

David Callé
9 January 2017

David Callé
12 December 2016

snapd 2.18: the snap command strikes back

Article Internet of Things

Last Thursday, December 8, the snapd team was happy to announce a new release of snapd (2.18), the daemon that enables systems to work with snaps and provides the snap command. It’s time we take a look at what makes this release stand out. A brief tour of new snap commands (and the improved snap find) On

David Callé
12 December 2016

Amrisha Prashar
1 December 2016

Competition: Build a seasonal snap on your Raspberry Pi

Article Internet of Things

And our present for you this Christmas is… a competition to create a seasonal snap on your Raspberry Pi 2 or 3! We’d love to see the entries that are the most festive, original and work across devices – it could be snow falling, Christmas carols, Santa Claus snaps – anything that is festive! The

Amrisha Prashar
1 December 2016

Didier Roche
1 December 2016

10 desktop snaps written in November

Article Internet of Things

It’s that time of the month again where we round up our top ten snaps from the last month! For those 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

Didier Roche
1 December 2016

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

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