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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,...
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
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...
Internet of Things
Launching Fingbox: from idea to distribution in under a year
by Sarah Dickinson on 2 November 2017
If you’re using a network security and scanning tool at home then there is a strong chance you have adopted Fing – the free network scanner for iOS and...
Desktop
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...
Desktop
elementary on why snaps are right for their Linux distro
by Sarah Dickinson on 11 October 2017
elementary is the company behind the elementary OS Linux distribution and the associated app store. Celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, elementary...
Desktop
Dustin Kirkland: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Default Application Survey
by Dustin Kirkland on 21 July 2017
Back in March, we asked the HackerNews community, “What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?”: https://ubu.one/AskHNA passionate discussion ensued, the results...
Cloud and server
OpenStack in a Snap
by Corey Bryant on 6 July 2017
OpenStack is complex and many OpenStack community members are working hard to make the deployment and operation of OpenStack easier. Much of this time is...
Canonical announcements
Canonical supports Ubuntu Core on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3
by Canonical on 27 June 2017
London UK, 27th June 2017: Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, today announces that its IoT OS, Ubuntu Core, is available on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module...
Internet of Things
Amazon Greengrass launches as a snap on Ubuntu
by Canonical on 13 June 2017
Last week, Amazon launched Greengrass, their new IoT platform allowing developers to create intelligent edge software. Amazon is collaborating with a variety...
Internet of Things
The Turtlebot 3 has launched
by Kyle Fazzari on 31 May 2017
If you’re familiar with ROS (Robot Operating System), chances are you’re also familiar with the Turtlebot. The first version of the Turtlebot was created back...