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Fresh Snaps from May 2017

by Canonical on 7 June 2017

This month we have a selection that might please those of you who like games, with apps like OpenSpades and Pin Town. Our selection is really diverse, from...

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Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS!

by Canonical on 6 June 2017

We are pleased to announce that we have extended our Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service to users running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS! The Canonical Kernel Livepatch...

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Developer Economics survey Q3 2017

by Canonical on 6 June 2017

We are excited to announce that Ubuntu is a proud sponsor to the Developer Economics Q3 2017 survey, run by our friends at VisionMobile. This is the 13th...

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Build.snapcraft.io gets your code ready to distribute in minutes

by Thibaut Rouffineau on 30 May 2017

The public beta release of build.snapcraft.io is now open! build.snapcraft.io is an easy and free to use platform for publishing your software to the tens of...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Fresh Snaps from April 2017

by Didier Roche on 10 May 2017

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...

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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...

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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...

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FAQs: Ensuring the ongoing security compliance of Ubuntu

by Dustin Kirkland on 11 April 2017

Canonical recently announced that the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long Term Support) period will end on Friday, April 28, 2017. Following the end-of-life of Ubuntu...

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Fresh Snaps from March 2017

by didrocks on 6 April 2017

It’s that time of the month! We’ve put together a selection of top ten snaps written in March ranging from snapping an electron app through to a simple screen...