snapcraft.io | Ubuntu

Aaron Prisk
3 April 2024

Creating Snaps on Ubuntu Touch

Article Community

This article was written in collaboration with Alfred E. Neumayer of the UBports Project. Tablets, phones and current technology’s capabilities are phenomenal. Who would have thought a thin, light, barely 10 inch device would provide all the power necessary to run Virtual Machines, wherever one desires while powered on...

Aaron Prisk
3 April 2024

Holly Hall
15 January 2024

Managing software in complex network environments: the Snap Store Proxy

Article Internet of Things

As enterprises grapple with the evolving landscape of security threats, the need to safeguard internal networks from the broader internet is increasingly important. In environments with restricted internet access, it can be difficult to manage software updates in an easy, reliable way. When managing devices in the...

Holly Hall
15 January 2024

Igor Ljubuncic
21 December 2023

We wish you RISC-V holidays!

Article HPC

There are three types of computer users: the end user, the system administrator, and the involuntary system administrator. As it happens, everyone has found themselves in the last group at some point or another; you sit down to perform a task relevant to your needs or duties, but suddenly the machine does not work as

Igor Ljubuncic
21 December 2023

Holly Hall
30 June 2023

Snapcraft.io reloaded: check out the new look and feel

Article Ubuntu

We’re happy to announce that snapcraft.io has a fresh, new look! Time for an update After keeping the same user interface and style for several years, we embarked on a project to redesign snapcraft.io and give it a more modern look. We spent a lot of time analysing how we could improve the store and

Holly Hall
30 June 2023

Heather Ellsworth
27 June 2023

Improving snap maintenance with automation

Article Desktop

Co-written with Sergio Costas Rodríguez. As the number of snaps increases, the need for automation grows. Any automation to help us maintain a group of snaps is welcome and necessary for us to be able to scale. The solution detailed in this article has two main benefits: Any users of snaps that have adopted this

Heather Ellsworth
27 June 2023

Igor Ljubuncic
16 June 2023

Snapcraft 8.0 and the respectable end of core18

Article Ubuntu

‘E’s not pinin’! ‘E’s passed on! This base is no more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is software processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s

Igor Ljubuncic
16 June 2023

Holly Hall
9 June 2023

Release management for snaps made simpler

Article Ubuntu

Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, testing and deploying new versions of software. To make this process simpler for snap developers, we have released a new feature called progressive releases. Continue reading to understand what they are, why they are important and how you can use them in the...

Holly Hall
9 June 2023

Oliver Smith
17 April 2023

The Firefox snap: Updates and Upgrades

Article Desktop

Improvements to desktop snap updates and Raspberry Pi performance headline our latest roundup for Firefox improvements for Ubuntu Desktop.

Oliver Smith
17 April 2023

Igor Ljubuncic
21 March 2023

Craft team welcomes you to another episode of its adventures

Article Ubuntu

Welcome to the second article in the Craft team saga. Previously, on Craft Team, we gave you a brief introduction into the team’s function, we announced our desire to share the ins and outs of our day-to-day work with the community, and gave you an overview of roughly two weeks of coding and fun. Today,

Igor Ljubuncic
21 March 2023

Igor Ljubuncic
6 March 2023

What happens in the Craft team stays in the Craft team … until today

Article Ubuntu

Snapcraft, Charmcraft, Rockcraft … you may have heard of these tools, but have you ever wondered how – and by who – they are developed? These tools are the intellectual and keyboard-driven product of Canonical’s Craft team. Officially, the team’s name is *Craft, and the asterisk symbol can easily be seen as a “star” (The

Igor Ljubuncic
6 March 2023

Igor Ljubuncic
27 January 2023

Jammin’ with Jami – Freedom, privacy, snaps

Article Ubuntu

About a year ago, the Advocacy team established first contact with Savoir-Faire Linux, a free software consultancy company behind Jami, a privacy oriented VoIP and conference platform. The Jami developers were interested in some sort of collaboration with us, and shedding fresh light on their product. Intrigued by their...

Igor Ljubuncic
27 January 2023

Igor Ljubuncic
16 December 2022

Snapcrafters: 2022 wrap-up

Article Community

This article was written by Merlijn Sebrechts and Dani Llewellyn from the Snapcrafters community. ===== Last year, we officially re-launched the “Snapcrafters” initiative. We’re a community of volunteers who build and maintain unofficial snap packages. Although snaps make it easy for developers to publish their software...

Igor Ljubuncic
16 December 2022

Igor Ljubuncic
15 November 2022

Hold your horses, I mean snaps! New feature lets you stop snap updates, for as long as you need

Article Desktop

One of the core aspects of the snap ecosystem is the built-in, robust auto-update mechanism. Whenever there is a snap update available in the Snap Store, the snapd service will apply it, keeping your software patched and up to date. Most of the time, this works great. In some scenarios, though, this may not be

Igor Ljubuncic
15 November 2022

Igor Ljubuncic
4 November 2022

Snaps & better refresh notifications

Article Desktop

Automatic updates grant snap users an ability to receive timely patches to their software, both in aspects of security and functionality. This can be rather useful and convenient, especially for applications that have online access. On the other hand, automatic updates can potentially disrupt users’ workflows if they...

Igor Ljubuncic
4 November 2022

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