Blog posts tagged "Snaps"

Discover cool apps with snap find

Software discovery and installation broadly comes in two flavors – via graphical user interface or on the command line. If you’re using a Linux distribution...

Simplifying hardware management during Linux development

Every few months we release a Snapcraft update, with improvements to both Linux development, and snap user experience. Last week, we released Snapcraft 3.9,...

Bauh is a nifty snap manager

If you’re looking for an easy, non-techie way to install snaps, you want a simple store-like utility. Snap integration is available in both GNOME Software and...

Snaptastic – elementary OS snap manager

An interesting aspect in the life of any technology is how it propagates. Like organisms in nature, technology follows evolutionary patterns, and sometimes,...

Management of snaps in a controlled, enterprise environment

Few enterprises want all their computing devices to be fully exposed to the internet. In an environment of ever-growing security threats, isolating internal...

A technical comparison between snaps and debs

How are snaps different from debs? This is a common question that comes up in technical discussions in the Linux community, especially among developers and...

Jupyter looks to distro-agnostic packaging for the democratisation of installation

When users of your application range from high school students to expert data scientists, it’s often wise to avoid any assumptions about their system...

Digital signage platform Xibo launches as a snap

The open source digital signage platform, Xibo, is now available as a snap – the universal Linux app packaging format. Xibo provides a comprehensive suite of...

Getting started with Ubuntu Core – streaming video from a Raspberry Pi

Artificial intelligence relies on machine vision just as much as human intelligence relies on vision. Image sensors are, therefore, crucial for AI...

Kubernetes on Mac: how to set up

UPDATED in July 2020 with the latest instruction set. Are you looking for a Kubernetes solution to run on your Mac? MicroK8s is a lightweight, pure upstream...

Your first robotic arm with Ubuntu Core, coming from Niryo

Niryo has built a fantastic 6-axis robotic arm called ‘Niryo One’. It is a 3D-printed, affordable robotic arm focused mainly on educational purposes....

Customisable for the enterprise: the next-generation of drones

Drones, and their wide-ranging uses, have been a constant topic of conversation for some years now, but we’re only just beginning to move away from the...

Introduction to snapcraft

First steps are always hard, especially in technology. Most of the time, you need a primer, just the right dose of knowledge, to get started with a platform....

An introduction to AppArmor

Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated, attack frequency is on the rise, and the cost of cybercrime damage is projected to reach $6 trillion annually...

Open infrastructure, developer desktop and IoT are the focus for Ubuntu 19.04

18th April, 2019: Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 19.04, focused on open infrastructure deployments, the developer desktop, IoT, and cloud to...

Industrial & Embedded Linux: Looking Ahead

I recently returned from an extended visit to Germany, where my colleagues and I kept busy attending conferences, visiting customers and partners. We...