David Callé
24 posts by David Callé
Desktop
Gitter and Mattermost: two desktop apps for your future chat platform
by David Callé on 15 June 2017
In the hunt for the perfect communication platform or protocol, a lot of companies are experimenting, which can lead to some confusion as not everyone is...
Desktop
Vectr: a fresh take on vector graphics edition on Linux
by David Callé on 13 June 2017
There is new desktop app available in the Snap store: Vectr. A free vector graphics editor for the Web and the Linux desktop Following the Inkscape snap,...
Desktop
Visual Studio Code is now available as a snap on Ubuntu
by David Callé on 19 May 2017
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...
Desktop
Simplenote gives a new life to your notes
by David Callé on 17 May 2017
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...
Desktop
Atom is now available as a snap for Ubuntu
by David Callé on 11 May 2017
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...
Desktop
Discord is now available as a snap for Ubuntu and other distributions
by David Callé on 4 May 2017
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...
Desktop
Snap support lands in Fedora 24, 25 and 26
by David Callé on 11 April 2017
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...
Internet of Things
Snaps are now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS desktop and server
by David Callé on 30 March 2017
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...
Internet of Things
Run scripts during snapcraft builds with “scriptlets”
by David Callé on 2 February 2017
Please note: this blog post is over 5 years old and is out of date. Scriptlets have been superseded by Overrides. If you have snapped an application, or tried...
Internet of Things
Ubuntu Core – how to enable aliases for your snaps commands
by David Callé on 28 January 2017
We are happy to announce that a new version of Ubuntu Core, based on snapd 2.21, has been released to the stable snaps channel yesterday. As with any stable...
Desktop
How to snap: introducing classic confinement
by David Callé on 9 January 2017
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...