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Didier Roche
7 July 2016

10 Desktop Snaps written in June

Article Desktop

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, secure and allow apps to be rolled back should an issue occur. Snaps really are the future

Didier Roche
7 July 2016

Didier Roche
6 July 2016

Announcing new snap desktop launchers

Article Desktop

BackgroundIntegrating desktop applications with snaps has been a little bit challenging in terms of getting them looking and behaving as part of the system. This means following general desktop theming, having global application menu integration, getting the icon caches, getting configuration keys and such. Also, the...

Didier Roche
6 July 2016

Canonical
29 June 2016

Snapcraft 2.12: an ecosystem of parts, qmake and gulp

Article Cloud and server

Snapcraft 2.12 is here and is making its way to your 16.04 machines today.This release takes Snapcraft to a whole new level. For example, instead of defining your own project parts, you can now use and share them from a common, open, repository. This

Canonical
29 June 2016

Dustin Kirkland
24 June 2016

HOWTO: Host your own SNAP store!

Article Cloud and server

SNAPs are the cross-distro, cross-cloud, cross-device Linux packaging format of the future. And we’re already hosting a fantastic catalog of SNAPs in the SNAP store provided by Canonical. Developers are welcome to publish their software for

Dustin Kirkland
24 June 2016

HOWTO: Host your own SNAP store!

Article Desktop

SNAPs are the cross-distro, cross-cloud, cross-device Linux packaging format of the future. And we’re already hosting a fantastic catalog of SNAPs in the SNAP store provided by Canonical. Developers are welcome to publish their software for

Dustin Kirkland
24 June 2016

Dustin Kirkland
20 June 2016

HOWTO: Classic, apt-based Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server on the rpi2!

Article Desktop

Classic Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, on an rpi2Hopefully by now you’re well aware of Ubuntu Core — the snappiest way to run Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi…But have you ever wanted to run classic (apt/deb) Ubuntu Server on a RaspberryPi2?Well, you’re in luck! &n

Dustin Kirkland
20 June 2016

Gustavo Niemeyer
16 June 2016

Leveling up snapd integration tests

Article Cloud and server

Over the last several months there has been noticeable and growing pain associated with the evolving integration tests around snapd, and given the project goal of being a cross-distribution platform, we are very keen on solving this problem appropriately so that stability is guaranteed everywhere.With that mindset a...

Gustavo Niemeyer
16 June 2016

Stéphane Graber
16 February 2016

Running snaps in LXD containers

Article Cloud and server

Introduction The LXD and AppArmor teams have been working to support loading AppArmor policies inside LXD containers for a while. This support which finally landed in the latest Ubuntu kernels now makes it possible to install snap packages. Snap packages … Continue reading →

Stéphane Graber
16 February 2016

Maarten Ectors
19 May 2015

IoT World and the power of Snappy Apps everywhere

Article Internet of Things

IoT World was an eye opener for many. The same open source operating system that everybody loves from the cloud now powered the first smart fridge with apps from GE, the first Ubuntu Core drone with apps from Erle-Robotics, industrial gateways with apps, Pengiun Computing professional top of the rack switches with apps,...

Maarten Ectors
19 May 2015

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