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Igor Ljubuncic
16 December 2022

Snapcrafters: 2022 wrap-up

Community Ubuntu tech blog

This article was written by Merlijn Sebrechts and Dani Llewellyn from the Snapcrafters community. ===== Last year, we officially re-launched the “Snapcrafters” initiative. We’re a community of volunteers who build and maintain unofficial snap packages. Although snaps make it easy for developers to publish their software directly to users, ...

Igor Ljubuncic
15 November 2022

Hold your horses, I mean snaps! New feature lets you stop snap updates, for as long as you need

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

One of the core aspects of the snap ecosystem is the built-in, robust auto-update mechanism. Whenever there is a snap update available in the Snap Store, the snapd service will apply it, keeping your software patched and up to date. Most of the time, this works great. In some scenarios, though, this may not be ...

Igor Ljubuncic
4 November 2022

Snaps & better refresh notifications

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Automatic updates grant snap users an ability to receive timely patches to their software, both in aspects of security and functionality. This can be rather useful and convenient, especially for applications that have online access. On the other hand, automatic updates can potentially disrupt users’ workflows if they happen to coincide. B ...

Oliver Smith
21 October 2022

What? The Steam snap is evolving!

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

The Steam snap has evolved a lot over the last six months. Join us for a tour of the current state of play and help inform our plans for the future. ...

Igor Ljubuncic
14 October 2022

The long ARM of KDE

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

With over 100 applications available in the Snap Store, KDE is by far the biggest publisher of snaps around. What unifies this impressive portfolio is the fact that all of these snaps are made for the x86 platform. Not anymore. Now, don’t panic! The x86 snaps are not going anywhere. But ARM-supported KDE snaps are ...

Oliver Smith
8 July 2022

Firefox snap performance Part 3: significant startup improvements

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

In Part 3 of our Firefox snap performance series we cover two significant performance improvements that have just landed for all users. ...

Igor Ljubuncic
5 July 2022

Behind open DORS – Conference organizers share their thoughts on Canonical, Ubuntu, snaps, and open-source

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

A Linux conference almost as old as Linux itself. In mid-May, DORS/CLUC hosted its 29th event at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, Croatia. With a long history of participation and contribution to open source communities, Canonical was one of the sponsors at the conference, with a busy schedule that included a ...

Holly Hall
30 June 2022

Star Developers are here!

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

We are happy to announce that the newest community feature of the Snap Store is here: Star Developers! Background  In the Snap Store, we have a fantastic community where members can discuss topics in the forum, develop snaps and help others. Currently, the Snap Store has verified accounts; verified companies have a green tick by ...

Igor Ljubuncic
24 June 2022

The new classic confinement in snaps – Even the classics need a change

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

As part of their fundamental, security-driven design, snaps are meant to run isolated from the underlying system. In most cases, the idea works well, and granular access to system resources using the mechanism of interfaces allows snap developers to ship their applications packaged with strict confinement. However, there are some scenario ...

Oliver Smith
16 June 2022

How are we improving Firefox Snap performance? Part 2

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Improving Firefox snap performance is one of our top priorities. In part 2 of this series, we give an update on our progress and latest fixes. ...

Vergil Yotov
15 June 2022

Master IoT software updates with validation sets on Ubuntu Core 22

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

If you are packaging your IoT applications as snaps or containers, you are aware of the benefits of bundling an application with its dependencies. Publishing snaps across different operating system versions and even distributions is much easier than maintaining package dependencies. Automated IoT software updates make managing fleets of d ...

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