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Desktop
JetBrains adopts snaps to further simplify developers’ lives
by Sarah Dickinson on 19 December 2017
Used by companies as diverse as NASA, Pinterest, and CitiBank, JetBrains takes the repetition out of a developer’s life through their range of developer tools...
Cloud and server
UbuCon Europe: 27th, 28th, 29th of April 2018 in Gijón/Xixón, Spain
by Canonical on 14 December 2017
The next Ubucon Europe will take place at the Antiguo Instituto Jovellanos in Gijón/Xixón (Asturias, Spain), the 27th, 28th & 29th of April 2018. The Antiguo...
Desktop
Desktop
Snaps & automatic updates prove popular with email client, Mailspring
by Sarah Dickinson on 5 December 2017
In the latest interview with a snap developer, we spoke to Ben Gotow who is the lead maintainer of Mailspring, a free, modern email client for Linux, Windows,...
Desktop
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...
Internet of Things
Introducing the UP² Grove IoT development kit with Ubuntu
by Canonical on 20 November 2017
As computing at the edge grows, so does the need to connect a flurry of IoT devices directly into a device that can do advanced analytics and processing. The...
Internet of Things
Building a future-proofed IoT consumer device with brand stores
by Sarah Dickinson on 20 November 2017
When building or deploying any IoT device either in remote locations or consumer’s homes, it is now essential for manufacturers to consider and review how...
Internet of Things
Orchestrating architectural installations and live shows with snaps
by Sarah Dickinson on 15 November 2017
Dutch manufacturer Visual Productions BV, provides multi-platform software and solid-state hardware lighting control technology for namely the architectural,...
Desktop
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...
Internet of Things
Discovering snaps with .NET and Microsoft
by Sarah Dickinson on 8 November 2017
.NET Core, run by the .NET Foundation and Microsoft, is a free, cross-platform platform that supports building and running the next generation of web...
Desktop
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...