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Didier Roche
1 December 2016

10 desktop snaps written in November

Internet of Things Article

It’s that time of the month again where we round up our top ten snaps from the last month! For those that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over the more traditional package formats such as .deb, .rpm, and others. They are ...


Canonical
1 December 2016

Taking a stand against unofficial Ubuntu images

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu is amazing on the cloud because we work with cloud providers to ensure crisp, consistent and secure images which you can auto-update safely. On every major cloud—AWS, Azure, Google, Rackspace, SoftLayer and many more—you can be confident that ‘Ubuntu’ is Ubuntu, with the same commitment to quality that you can expect when you insta ...


Inayaili de León Persson
1 December 2016

November’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of November: BARBICAN | Urban Poetry The Future of Web Education A new algorithm for finding a visual center of a polygon This Map of the World Just Won Japan’s Prestigious Design Award Ten things I wish I knew as a UX ...


Canonical
30 November 2016

Docker and Canonical partner on CS Docker Engine for Ubuntu users

Canonical announcements News

New commercial agreement provides integrated enterprise support and SLAs for CS Docker Engine SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, 30th November 2016 – Docker and Canonical today announced an integrated Commercially Supported (CS) Docker Engine offering on Ubuntu, providing Canonical customers with a single path for support of the Ubuntu operating s ...


Udi Nachmany
28 November 2016

Canonical and AWS partner to deliver world-class support in the cloud

Cloud and server Article

In today’s software world, support is many times an afterthought or an expensive contract used only to keep-up with the latest patches, updates, and versions. Hidden costs to upgrade software, including downtime, scheduling, and planning are also factors that need to be considered. Canonical does not believe the traditional norms of suppo ...


Guest
28 November 2016

Mir is not only about Unity8

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Mir is a project to support the management applications on the display(s) of a computer. It can be compared to the more familiar X-Windows used on the current Ubuntu desktop (and ...


Benjamin Zeller
28 November 2016

Ubuntu SDK meets snapcraft

Internet of Things Article

Everyone who has followed Ubuntu lately for sure stumbled across the snappy technology, which does not only bring the new cross-distro packaging format “snap” but also a sandboxing technology for apps, as well as transactional updates that can be rolled back in case of an update going wrong and a new way of installing and ...


Maarten Ectors
25 November 2016

Pycom and Canonical to enable LPWAN communications via snaps

Internet of Things Article

Pycom is the company behind the disruptive products such as the LoPy and SiPy which enable developers to easily get LoRa and Sigfox low-power WAN (LPWAN) communication happening. Their latest product, the FiPy combines LoRa, Sigfox and LTE-CAT M1/NB1. All also support Bluetooth Low Energy and WiFi. The FiPy can be currently pre-ordered on ...


David Callé
21 November 2016

How to build your own Ubuntu Core image and other documentation add-on

Internet of Things Article

2 weeks since the launch of Ubuntu Core 16! Many of you have been asking for help porting Ubuntu Core to new boards, chips or simply building your own images for supported boards like the Raspberry Pi. Wait no more!! Here is the first piece of documentation to help you build an Ubuntu Core image ...


Amrisha Prashar
21 November 2016

VisionMobile: State of the Developer Nation Survey

Desktop Article

We’re proud to be supporting the State of the Developer Nation Survey run by our friends at VisionMobile! This is the 12th developer survey, focusing on a 360 view of developer tools, skills and salaries. The survey features questions on topics like programming languages, platforms, app categories, new technologies, revenue models, IoT ve ...


Adam Stokes
21 November 2016

conjure-up Canonical Kubernetes under LXD today!

Cloud and server Article

We’ve just added the Localhost (LXD) cloud type to the list of supported cloud type on which you can deploy The Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes. What does this mean? Just like with our OpenStack offering you can now have Kubernetes deployed and running all on a single machine. All moving parts are confined inside their ...