Desktop

Firefox Quantum snap now available on Linux-based devices

by Canonical on 19 March 2018

Your first robot: Sharing with others [5/5]

by Kyle Fazzari on 16 March 2018

Ubuntu Desktop weekly update – 16th March 2018

by Will Cooke on 16 March 2018

We’ve had a busy few weeks, and so this email is a roll up of what’s been going on in Desktopland.  Last week we had a team sprint in Budapest where we got to...

Your first robot: The driver [4/5]

by Kyle Fazzari on 9 March 2018

An intro to ONLYOFFICE – now available as a snap

by Guest on 9 March 2018

This is a guest blog written by Kseniya Fedoruk of ONLYOFFICE. Two years ago ONLYOFFICE developers released a desktop office suite that combined viewers and...

Popular programming language, Kotlin, launches as a snap for Linux

by Canonical on 7 March 2018

We are delighted to announce that the latest addition to the snap ecosystem, launching today, is Kotlin – the pragmatic programming language for JVM, Android...

Ubuntu Desktop weekly update – February 23, 2018

by Will Cooke on 23 February 2018

GNOME We’ve been working on a GNOME Online Accounts plugin for Ubuntu One. This will allow you to manage your U1 credentials and share them with services...

Snapcraft through the eyes of its biggest community contributor

by Sarah Dickinson on 16 February 2018

If you’ve spent any time in the Snapcraft forum, it’s quite likely you’ve come across Dani Llewellyn – a keen community advocate or self-proclaimed...

Skype discuss easing Linux maintenance with snaps

by Sarah Dickinson on 13 February 2018

Skype is used by hundreds of millions of users globally to make free video and voice calls, send files, video and instant messages. It has been two years...

Your first robot: The controller [3/5]

by Kyle Fazzari on 11 February 2018

Ubuntu Desktop weekly update – February 9, 2018

by Will Cooke on 9 February 2018

Here’s the round up from this week: GNOME The default session has now been switched back to use Xorg by default.  Wayland is still installed and can be...

Building Slack for the Linux community and adopting snaps

by Sarah Dickinson on 6 February 2018

Used by millions around the world, Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively. Slack...