Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu Desktop"

320 posts

luciadecastro
18 July 2017

Hiri, the desktop snap that lets you use Microsoft Exchange on Linux

Article Desktop

Earlier this month Hiri launched a snap, making their application very easy to be used by Linux users. We talked to Dave Power, co-founder of Hiri, to understand how this journey was and the value of snaps for his business. Install from Ubuntu Store Can you tell us what is Hiri about? Hiri is a

luciadecastro
18 July 2017

Guest
12 July 2017

Robot development made easy with Husarion CORE2-ROS running Ubuntu

Article Internet of Things

This is the first in a series of two posts by guest blogger; Dominik Nowak, CEO at Husarion. We’ve seen many breakthroughs happening in the IT industry over the last decade. Arguably the most meaningful one on the consumer side was the adoption of smartphones and mobile development. What’s the next big thing, now that

Guest
12 July 2017

Dimitri John Ledkov
11 July 2017

Windows 10 loves Ubuntu

Article Desktop

Ubuntu 16.04 is now available as an app from the Windows Store for users running Windows Insider builds. The newly improved app is created by Canonical in collaboration with the Microsoft WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) team as a result of the work announced at Microsoft Build 2017 Conference, after the first...

Dimitri John Ledkov
11 July 2017

Thibaut Rouffineau
19 June 2017

Distributing KeePassXC as a snap

Article Desktop

This is a guest post by Jonathan White (find him on Github) one of the developers behind keepassxc. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] . Can you tell us about KeePassXC? KeePassXC, for KeePass Cross-Platform Community Edition, is an extension of the KeePassX password...

Thibaut Rouffineau
19 June 2017

David Callé
15 June 2017

Gitter and Mattermost: two desktop apps for your future chat platform

Article Desktop

In the hunt for the perfect communication platform or protocol, a lot of companies are experimenting, which can lead to some confusion as not everyone is moving at the same pace: one team on IRC, another one on Slack, one on “anything but Slack, have you tried Mattermost? It’s almost like RocketChat”. Then, if a

David Callé
15 June 2017

Guest
14 June 2017

Project Sputnik: crazy idea to community driven developer systems

Article Desktop

This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Five years ago, I pitched a crazy idea to an internal innovation team at Dell: what if Dell took its highest end laptop, pre-loaded Ubuntu on it, included all the needed drivers and

Guest
14 June 2017

David Callé
13 June 2017

Vectr: a fresh take on vector graphics edition on Linux

Article Desktop

There is new desktop app available in the Snap store: Vectr. A free vector graphics editor for the Web and the Linux desktop Following the Inkscape snap, there is a new vector graphics editor readily available to install. With project sharing built-in, a modern UI built with Electron and more on the roadmap (real-time...

David Callé
13 June 2017

Ken VanDine
12 June 2017

Ubuntu Desktop – GNOME Extensions poll results

Article Desktop

Recently, with the help from our friends at OMG! Ubuntu, we ran a poll to collect data on usefulness of some GNOME Shell extensions. We limited the poll to a select group of extensions based on popularity on https://extensions.gnome.org as well as how they changed the user experience. The poll was done with Google forms,

Ken VanDine
12 June 2017

David Callé
19 May 2017

Visual Studio Code is now available as a snap on Ubuntu

Article Desktop

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 has imposed itself as one of the preferred code editors in the developer community. Cross-platform (powered by Electron), it features a marketplace of more than...

David Callé
19 May 2017

David Callé
17 May 2017

Simplenote gives a new life to your notes

Article Desktop

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 a solid note taking utility to your day-to-day open source toolkit. Don’t be fooled by a simple appearance, as it’s one of the most comprehensive editing suite...

David Callé
17 May 2017

David Callé
11 May 2017

Atom is now available as a snap for Ubuntu

Article Desktop

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 and is considered one of the top language agnostic code editors. It offers a constantly growing library of 6 000+ addons for all purposes, from themes to

David Callé
11 May 2017

David Callé
4 May 2017

Discord is now available as a snap for Ubuntu and other distributions

Article Desktop

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 gamers. Adoption has been wild, from streaming to a Twitch account to voice calls to sync up on gaming tactics. But Discord can also be used as

David Callé
4 May 2017

David Callé
11 April 2017

Snap support lands in Fedora 24, 25 and 26

Article Desktop

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 Fedora 24 and up. Big thanks to Neal Gompa who has been instrumental in landing snapd packages in the Fedora archive! Install your first snap on Fedora 1)

David Callé
11 April 2017

didrocks
6 April 2017

Fresh Snaps from March 2017

Article Desktop

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 recorder! 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

didrocks
6 April 2017

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