Desktop archives
103 posts from 2018
Six reasons why developers choose Ubuntu Desktop
By Sarah Dickinson, 28 November 2018
Used in more than 240 countries, by governments, enterprises, and consumers alike, Ubuntu Desktop is the number one Linux operating system (OS) in the world....
The power of installed-base snap metrics
By cprov, 27 November 2018
The Snap Store is able to provide insightful information to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) about usage of their snap applications. Our goal is to help...
egmde: a project that uses Mir
By Alan Griffiths, 19 November 2018
Display servers solve a large and complex problem. Mir provides a broad and powerful library to solve those problems, but there is a learning curve to use Mir...
Samsung announce Linux on DeX with Ubuntu: for developers on the move
By Canonical, 8 November 2018
The Samsung Developer Conference, held this week in San Francisco, brings creators together to discover and learn about the latest technologies in Samsung’s...
A guide to snap permissions and interfaces
By Alex Murray, 1 November 2018
Snap is a Linux application package management system which allow developers to easily publish self contained software packages (snaps) that work across many...
Low latency and real-time kernels for telco and NFV
By Canonical, 26 October 2018
The kernel is the fundamental core of a computer operating system. It is the first program to load, and it manages all core functions of the computer. With...
Canonical and Ubuntu – user statistics
By James Nunns, 20 October 2018
Most stories are pretty clear and straightforward, heroes, villains, friends, enemies. There’s clear lines as to who is involved with who and what is going...
Welcome Ubuntu Desktop 18.10
By Will Cooke, 19 October 2018
The Cosmic Cuttlefish has arrived. Ubuntu 18.10 is out and represents the first step on the road to the next LTS in April 2020. This release of Ubuntu comes...
Infographic: Snaps in numbers
By Canonical, 18 October 2018
Coinciding with the release of Ubuntu 18.10 today, we have celebrated the exceptional adoption of snaps by sharing the infographic below. From popular snaps...
Ubuntu 18.10:Multi-cloud,new desktop theme & enhanced snap integration
By Canonical, 18 October 2018
London, UK, 18th October 2018; Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 18.10, focused on multi-cloud deployments, AI software development, a new...
Self-containing dependencies leads LogMeIn to publish their first Snap
By Sarah Dickinson, 15 October 2018
LogMeIn is one of the world’s top 10 public SaaS companies, and a market leader in communication & conferencing, identity & access, and customer engagement &...
Firefox ESR 60 availability on Ubuntu
By Canonical, 12 October 2018
Mozilla Release Engineering created a special customised packaging of the Ubuntu version of Firefox intended for our enterprise partners of Canonical. This...