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Simplenote gives a new life to your notes
by David Callé on 17 May 2017
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...
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Atom is now available as a snap for Ubuntu
by David Callé on 11 May 2017
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...
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Fresh Snaps from April 2017
by Didier Roche on 10 May 2017
This month we have a great range of snaps, from desktop to cloud/server, to IoT, there’s a snap for everyone! If you haven’t heard of snaps yet, they are a...
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Discord is now available as a snap for Ubuntu and other distributions
by David Callé on 4 May 2017
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...
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Snap support lands in Fedora 24, 25 and 26
by David Callé on 11 April 2017
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...
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FAQs: Ensuring the ongoing security compliance of Ubuntu
by Dustin Kirkland on 11 April 2017
Canonical recently announced that the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long Term Support) period will end on Friday, April 28, 2017. Following the end-of-life of Ubuntu...
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Fresh Snaps from March 2017
by didrocks on 6 April 2017
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...
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The MirAL story
by Guest on 3 April 2017
This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software Developer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact...
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Mobile World Congress 2017: day four recap
by Canonical on 2 March 2017
Today was the final day for Mobile World Congress 2017. It has been a long, hectic, but exciting week. For starters, we had a record number of visitors to...
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Why does software-defined everything matter?
by Canonical on 22 February 2017
Does anybody still think of a phone as a way of just making calls? According to Informate Mi less than 10% of the time you spend on a phone is spent giving...
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Snapcraft 2.27 has been released
by Sergio Schvezov on 17 February 2017
Hello snapcrafters! We are pleased to announce the release snapcraft 2.27: https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.27 Contributions This release has seen...
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8 KDE snaps written in January
by didrocks on 9 February 2017
It’s a special this month. Instead of our round-up of desktop snaps, we’re focusing on KDE! 8 KDE snaps written in January have been selected from a...