Didier Roche

Didier Roche

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Didier Roche
10 May 2017

Fresh Snaps from April 2017

Article Desktop

This month we have a great range of snaps, from desktop to cloud/server, to IoT, there’s a snap for everyone! If you haven’t heard of snaps yet, they 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.

Didier Roche
10 May 2017

Didier Roche
9 March 2017

Fresh Snaps from February 2017

Article Internet of Things

It’s that time of the month! Didier has put together a selection of top ten snaps written in February ranging from blockchain to graphical applications. To recap 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

Didier Roche
9 March 2017

Didier Roche
8 December 2016

Christmas-music-carousel-snap

Article Internet of Things

Ding ding ding! It’s Christmas time, and as part of the festive competition we’re hosting that asks you to build a seasonal snap on your RaspberryPi…we couldn’t help but try out another example of our own. Didier from the dev team has created a Christmas music carousel snap! The snap allows you to play a

Didier Roche
8 December 2016

Didier Roche
1 December 2016

10 desktop snaps written in November

Article Internet of Things

It’s that time of the month again where we round up our top ten snaps from the last month! 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. They are

Didier Roche
1 December 2016

Didier Roche
5 October 2016

10 desktop snaps written in September

Article Desktop

We’ve been speaking a lot around snaps…and as a re-cap 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. They are secure, isolated and allow apps to be rolled back

Didier Roche
5 October 2016

Didier Roche
7 September 2016

10 Desktop snaps written in August

Article Internet of Things

More and more snaps are being created monthly! 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 and allow apps to be rolled back should an

Didier Roche
7 September 2016

Didier Roche
4 August 2016

10 Desktop Snaps written in July

Article Internet of Things

More and more snaps are being created monthly! 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 and allow apps to be rolled back should an

Didier Roche
4 August 2016

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