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Rajan Patel
1 March 2023

Create stop motion animation with Dragonframe on Ubuntu

Desktop Ceph

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was animated using Dragonframe, opening the door for incredible stop motion visual effects. Anyone inspired by the techniques used in Pinocchio can make an animated movie using their iOS or Android device’s camera, connected to Dragonframe running on Ubuntu. Professional animators could go...

Rajan Patel
1 March 2023

Felipe Vanni
15 February 2023

Project Sputnik retrospective: 10 years of developer laptops with Dell

Article Desktop

10 years ago, Dell and Canonical launched Project Sputnik, an initiative to deliver high-end Dell systems with Ubuntu preinstalled to meet the needs of application developers. Whereas Dell had previously offered lower-end Linux-enabled laptops, this was the first time that customers had access to powerful systems...

Felipe Vanni
15 February 2023

Oliver Smith
26 January 2023

How Ubuntu Pro delivers enhanced security and manageability for Linux Desktop users

Article Desktop

This week Ubuntu Pro entered general availability, giving Ubuntu users access to expanded security coverage on top of key enterprise management features.

Oliver Smith
26 January 2023

Oliver Smith
4 January 2023

WSL and Ubuntu: 2022 year in review

Article Desktop

Join us as we look back at some of the transformative changes to WSL over the last year as well as a roundup of our personal highlights and Ubuntu insights.

Oliver Smith
4 January 2023

Igor Ljubuncic
16 December 2022

Snapcrafters: 2022 wrap-up

Article Community

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...

Igor Ljubuncic
16 December 2022

Aaron Prisk
30 November 2022

Kudos for Kudu Customization

Article Community

Kinetic Kudu is out with another beautiful collection of community provided wallpapers. Check out the contest winners and more Kudu customization tips.

Aaron Prisk
30 November 2022

Igor Ljubuncic
15 November 2022

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

Article Desktop

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
15 November 2022

Felipe Vanni
14 November 2022

Canonical at AWS re:Invent 2022

Article Desktop

AWS re:Invent is a learning conference hosted by Amazon Web Services for the global cloud computing community. The in-person event features keynote announcements, training and certification opportunities, access to technical sessions, and so much more. Canonical is proud to sponsor AWS re:Invent this year and have...

Felipe Vanni
14 November 2022

Igor Ljubuncic
4 November 2022

Snaps & better refresh notifications

Article Desktop

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...

Igor Ljubuncic
4 November 2022

Oliver Smith
21 October 2022

What? The Steam snap is evolving!

Article Desktop

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.

Oliver Smith
21 October 2022

Adam Szopa
21 October 2022

What’s new in Ubuntu Desktop 22.10, Kinetic Kudu

Article Desktop

The latest release of Ubuntu Desktop comes with improved productivity features, a new official flavour and performance improvements for Bluetooth devices.

Adam Szopa
21 October 2022

Canonical
20 October 2022

Canonical releases Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu 22.10 improves the experience of IT administrators and enterprise developers with a particular focus on the IoT ecosystem.

Canonical
20 October 2022

Igor Ljubuncic
14 October 2022

The long ARM of KDE

Article Desktop

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

Igor Ljubuncic
14 October 2022

Canonical
29 September 2022

Ubuntu Arrives on Amazon WorkSpaces: The First Fully Managed Ubuntu VDI on a Public Cloud

Article Desktop

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of Ubuntu WorkSpaces on AWS, a fully managed virtual desktop infrastructure on the public cloud.

Canonical
29 September 2022

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly Ubuntu desktop operating system.

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly
Ubuntu desktop operating system.