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Amrisha Prashar
3 November 2016

Ubuntu 16.10 brings Unity 8 to desktop and more snap installations

Article Desktop

The recent release of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak includes a developer preview of Unity 8 for desktop and the installation of snaps! The universal ‘snap’ Linux packages combine both container and packaging technologies to give developers a single format to distribute their apps and services from cloud to personal computing...

Amrisha Prashar
3 November 2016

Canonical
3 November 2016

Ubuntu Core 16 delivers foundation for secure IoT

News Internet of Things

Regular and reliable updates address security issues in IoT devices Snap confinement ensures applications are trusted only with necessary data Meets industry and regulatory requirements for updates, operations and security Provides mechanisms for ISV, manufacturer and enterprise control of updates Enables app stores...

Canonical
3 November 2016

Amrisha Prashar
5 October 2016

Nextcloud Box: The first consumer device to run snaps

Article Internet of Things

Last month saw the release of the Nextcloud box – the first consumer equipment to run snaps! The box is a private cloud and IoT solution for home users, giving consumers a way to take back control over their personal data. It consists of a hard drive, case and is complemented by a Raspberry Pi

Amrisha Prashar
5 October 2016

Didier Roche
5 October 2016

10 desktop snaps written in September

Article Desktop

We’ve been speaking a lot around snaps…and as a re-cap 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 secure, isolated and allow apps to be rolled back

Didier Roche
5 October 2016

Michael Hall
4 October 2016

Snap interview with Krita

Article Desktop

This is the second in a series of interviews with Snap adopters, you can read the first interview here. If you have an interesting snap story to tell, please contact me. I’ve always been a big fan of Krita, so when I started working on snap packaging it was high on my list to do. In doing

Michael Hall
4 October 2016

Guest
29 September 2016

The making of the Nextcloud Box

Article Internet of Things

This is a guest post by Jos Poortvliet, Marketing and Communications Manager from Nexcloud. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com The story of the Nextcloud box – a feature in our upcoming webinar – learn more here. In 2010, Frank Karlitschek founded the ownCloud...

Guest
29 September 2016

Victor Tuson Palau
29 September 2016

I took a circular saw to the Nextcloud box and you won’t believe…

Article Internet of Things

…what happened next! Ok, ok.. sorry for the click-bait headline – but It is mainly true. I recently got a Nextcloud box , it was pretty easy to set up and here are some great instructions. But this box is not just a Nextcloud box, it is a box of unlimited possibilities. In just a

Victor Tuson Palau
29 September 2016

Canonical
27 September 2016

First setup of my Nextcloud Box

Article Internet of Things

Article cited below by Hagen Cocoate and source here Last Saturday at Nextcloud conference in Berlin the Nextcloud Box was announced. Frank said it’s a part of his promise/desire to make the world a better place by bringing your data home. How can the world be a better place with Nextcloud Box? What is Nextcloud

Canonical
27 September 2016

Michael Hall
27 September 2016

Snap interview with Rocket.Chat

Article Cloud and server

Snap packaging has been gaining a lot of momentum recently, from desktop apps to cloud services, and everything in between. To learn more about the people and projects that are building snaps Michael Hall, Ubuntu Community Manager, reached out to Aaron Ogle a Core Contributor to the Open Source Project Rocket.Chat. How...

Michael Hall
27 September 2016

Amrisha Prashar
9 September 2016

Webinar: Using snaps to deliver enterprise and consumer software

Article Internet of Things

We’ll be hosting our next webinar on using snaps to deliver enterprise and consumer software. This webinar will be hosted by Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek who’ll explain the story of the box and how they managed to get the consumer product to market from 0 to 3x months! He’ll also discuss why they have chosen

Amrisha Prashar
9 September 2016

Didier Roche
7 September 2016

10 Desktop snaps written in August

Article Internet of Things

More and more snaps are being created monthly! 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. Snaps are secure, isolated and allow apps to be rolled back should an

Didier Roche
7 September 2016

Didier Roche
4 August 2016

10 Desktop Snaps written in July

Article Internet of Things

More and more snaps are being created monthly! 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. Snaps are secure, isolated and allow apps to be rolled back should an

Didier Roche
4 August 2016

Canonical
7 July 2016

Contributing to the world of snaps

Article Desktop

Zygmunt Krynicki wrote about the availability of bite-sized bugs for the snapd project.I took this as an opportunity to go through the snapcraft bugs as well and tag a few as bitesize myself. snapcraft is written in python, nicely commented documented and comes with a comprehensive test-suite. The people working on it...

Canonical
7 July 2016

Amrisha Prashar
7 July 2016

Mycroft: The open source answer to natural language platforms

Article Desktop

We’re thrilled to be working with Mycroft, the open source answer to proprietary natural language platform. Mycroft has adopted Ubuntu Core and Snaps to deliver their software to Mycroft hardware, as well as Snaps to enable desktop users to install the software regardless of the Linux distribution they are using! CEO of...

Amrisha Prashar
7 July 2016

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