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10 desktop snaps written in September
by Didier Roche on 5 October 2016
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...
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The new XPS 13 Developer Edition lands in Europe and United States
by Guest on 5 October 2016
This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Today the 6th...
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Snap interview with Krita
by Michael Hall on 4 October 2016
This is the second in a series of interviews with Snap adopters, you can read the first interview here. If you have an interesting snap story to tell,...
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Meet ORWL. The first open source, physically secure computer
by Guest on 29 September 2016
This is a guest post by Daniel Nelson from Design Shift, makers of ORWL. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact...
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Releasing the 4.1.0 Ubuntu SDK IDE
by Canonical on 29 September 2016
The testing phase took longer than we have expected but finally we are ready. To compensate this delay we have even upgraded the IDE to the most recent 4.1.0...
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Low Graphics Mode in Unity 7
by Will Cooke on 19 September 2016
Unity 7 has had a low graphics mode for a long time but recently we’ve been making it better. Improvements have been made to reduce the amount of visual...
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25 Linux devices to celebrate 25 years of Linux
by Amrisha Prashar on 25 August 2016
Happy 25th birthday Linux. It’s a monumental milestone! Over the years Canonical has been working on putting Linux in the hands of millions of people and...
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Howdy, Windows! A Six-part Series about Ubuntu-on-Windows for Linux.com
by Dustin Kirkland on 9 August 2016
I hope you’ll enjoy a shiny new 6-part blog series I recently published at Linux.com.The first article is a bit of back story, perhaps a behind-the-scenes...
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The App Design Guides go live (bit by bit)
by Stephanie on 2 August 2016
The App Design Guides have a new design and content refresh to better communicate the new convergent UI toolkit, and visualise best practice for designers and...
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Best converged apps
by Amrisha Prashar on 2 August 2016
In June we hosted a competition that asked developers – how well their app converges across devices? We were looking out for apps that beautifully converged...
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Ubuntu version 16.04 point 1 is out
by Will Cooke on 28 July 2016
Today we have enabled upgrade notifications from 14.04 LTS to the first point-release for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, versioned 16.04.1. The first point release for an...
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Skype for Ubuntu…available in Beta mode!
by Canonical on 13 July 2016
Super exciting news for the Ubuntu and Linux community! News has just been announced that the Beta version of a new Skype for Linux has been launched! A brand...