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Announcing snapcraft 2.35

by Sergio Schvezov on 22 November 2017

The snapcraft team is pleased to announce that version 2.35 has been released. Contributions This release saw some excellent contributions from outside the...

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How to turn your website into a desktop app

by David Callé on 15 November 2017

Turning your website into a desktop integrated app is a relatively simple thing to do, but distributing it as such and making it noticeable in app stores is...

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Dell Precision Machines Available With Ubuntu Pre-Installed

by Canonical on 14 November 2017

Looking for a new PC with Ubuntu pre-installed? We thought we’d run through the latest Dell Precision computers that come pre-installed with Ubuntu. These are...

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Ubuntu Desktop Weekly, Nov 3rd & 10th: Bionic daily images available

by Will Cooke on 10 November 2017

  The big news this week is the availability of Bionic daily ISOs. As always, we’re beavering away on the desktop: GNOME We’ve started a conversation on the...

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Fresh Snaps from October 2017

by David Callé on 7 November 2017

Hot on the heels of the Ubuntu 17.10 release, the snap store has seen some great additions for musicians with MuseScore, for developers with IntelliJ IDEA,...

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Canonical joins GNOME Foundation Advisory Board

by Will Cooke on 1 November 2017

As you’re no doubt aware, the default Ubuntu desktop is now running GNOME Shell following the 17.10 release and so we naturally have a great deal of interest...

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MAAS 2.3.0 beta 3 released!

by Canonical on 31 October 2017

Hello MAASters!I’m happy to announce that MAAS 2.3.0 Beta 3 has now been released and it is currently available in PPA and as a snap.PPA AvailabilityFor those...

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Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: GNOME Fixes & New Snaps

by Will Cooke on 27 October 2017

I’ll be starting the weekly round-up posts again now that the release is out and 18.04 is getting under way. At this early stage in the development cycle...

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Latest and greatest versions of GNOME apps on YOUR desktop!

by Ken VanDine on 24 October 2017

Want to run the latest GNOME applications on Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 17.10? Actually, not just Ubuntu, many other distributions such as Fedora, Linux Mint and...

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Ubuntu 17.10 releases with GNOME, Kubernetes 1.8 & minimal base images

by Canonical on 19 October 2017

19th October, London, UK: Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 17.10 featuring a new GNOME desktop on Wayland, and new versions of KDE, MATE and...